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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
AGAIN AFTER ROCKEFELLER
Process Servers Renew Search for
Oil Kings Brother.

New York, Dec. 28.-After a six
months still hunt for that most elu-
sive of all quarries, William Rookie
teller, who is hiding somewhere to es-
cape the process servers of the money
trust investigating committee at
Washington, Charles Riddell, SER
geant-at-arms of the house Of repre-.
in New York city bent on making an.
other desperate attempt to run down
their man.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
HUNDREDS OF CATTLE
DIE IN PRAIRIE FIRE
Strip From One to Three Miles
Wide Swept Clean.

Several hundred cattle and thou
sands of tons of hay were destroyed
in a prairie fire which started near
Sanger and swept clear to the Mis-
souri, river, burning a strip from M
to three miles wide.
A high gale was blowing and ordi-
nary firebreaks were altogether inef-
fective. Among the places burned was
the ranch of Thomas Hall, the new
secretary of state. His supply of hay
for his stock this winter was burned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
CITY AT MERCY OF FLAMES

North Dakota Town Narrowly Escapes
Destruction.
The entire retail and wholesale
business and manufacturing district
of Minot was threatened with destruc-
ton by fire, which destroyed the
plant of the Minot Foundry company,
while the city was temporarily with
out protection, owing to a broken
water main. The building of the
Minot Sash and Door company, which
adjoins the burning structure, was
saved by firemen, who only could use
a chemical engine. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
WILL AIR PUBLICITY LAWS
Newspaper Men May Faver Repeal of
Federal Act.

Newspaper legislation, particularly
the federal act prescribing the publ
cation of certain facts relative to
newspaper ownership and circulation,
and the corrupt practices act Of North
Dakota, will be discussed at the meet
ing of the North Dakota Press asso-
citation when that body holds it's an
nuaI meeting in Wahpeton Jan. 10
and II.
The association may go on record
for the repeal of the federal act. On
the question of corrupt practices the
North Dakota law hits at campaign
publicity through newspapers and for
that reason several features of the
measure are particularly interesting
to the newspaper publishers.
Indications are that the Wahpeton
meeting will be one of the most i'm
portant ever held by the association
and there will be a good attendance
from all sections of the state.
So far as known at the present time
the newspaper men of the state are
not seeking any particular legislation
at the coming session of the state
assembly.
The citizens of Wahpeton are in
charge of the entertainment features
and have arranged a good time for the
visiting editors and publishers.
President n. B. Black and Secretary
w. E. Holbein held a conference at
Grand Forks and have arranged the
program.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
Auto Show Dates Decided On.

Feb. IS, 10, 20 and 81 have been set
as dates for North Dakota's third an
nual automobile show, to be given I'M
der the auspices of the Grand Forks
Automobile Dealers association. The
show this year promises to be unusu-
ally successful, both from the interest
taken by dealers in North Dakota and
outside the state and general public.
Grand Forks is fortunate in having an
auditorium that is admirably suited
has II, 900 square feet of show space,
with an immense gallery. A splendid
program of music is planned for the
entire four days of the show.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Wheat Dec,
S6Ac; May, 913sc; July, 98hc. Corn
Dec, 47Ac; May, 4Shc; July, 49c.
Oats-Dec., 32%c; May, 32Ac; July,
32Mc. Pork-Jan., $17.45; May, $751;
OF. Butter-Creameries, 27@35c Eggs
-1S@25c. Poultry = Turkeys, 800
21c; chickens, 12hc; springs, 13c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
Grand Forks Contractor Dies.

J. w. Young, fifty-one years of age,
q pioneer Grand Forks contractor,
died at Saskatoon, Can, where he
had been located during the past
summer. Typhoid fever, with which
he was stricken about three weeks
ago, caused his death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
German imperial Secretary Expires
Rather Suddenly.

Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 31.-Al'
fred Won Kiderlen-Waechter, secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs of the
German empire, died suddenly here,
after a brief illness, from heart fail
ure. He was sixty. years of age and
had occupied the Office of imperial
secretary of state for foreign affairs
only since June %, 1910, when he sue
ceeded Wilhelm Won Schoen, who be,
came German ambassador to France
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
CORN FLAKE SUIT A TEST
Will Settle Manufacturers Rights tc
Fix Retail Prices.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Tne result of
the antitrust suit against the Kellogg
Toasted Corn Flake company, if the
governments allegations are proved,
will determine the legality of the
turers who dictate the price at which
their product shall be sold to the pub
lie, according to government officials.
The custom is held to be widespread.
The suit filed is expected to operate
as a test. The principle involved is
regarded by the department as among
the most important questions ever
dealt with under the Sherman law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. observation-disclosures,
$5.7O@9.50; Texas steers, $4.60@5.S0;
Western steers, $5.75@7.60; stockers
and feeders, $4.25@7.40; COWS and
heifers, $2.75@7.50; calves, $6.50@1O.-
so. Hogs-Light, $7.05@7.50; mixed,
$7.2O@7.55; heavy. $7.15@7.60; rough,
$7.15@7.30; pigs, $5.40@7.25. Sheep
Native. $4.25@5.50; y%earlings. $4,000
7.2O; lambs, S6.10@8.75.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
RULING HITS MANY RAIL WAYS
Several Roads Declared Guilty of Re-
straint of Trade.

Columbus, O., Dec. 31.-United
States Circuit Judges Warrington,
Knappen and Brown handed down a
decision in the government suit
against the Lake Shore and Michigan
Hooking Valley, Toledo and Ohio Cen
trail and other railroads tried in fed
eral court here last June, declaring
the roads guilty of restraint Of trade
I'm violation Of the Sherman law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Dec. 31.-Wheat-Dec.,
size; May, 84A @84Bc; July, 87Rc.
Cash close on track: No. l hard,
83%c; No. l Northern, 81B@83%c;
to arrive, S1% @82Bc; No. 2 North
ern, 82Bc; No. 3 Northern, 77B@
1890; No. 3 yellow corn, 41@41Ac;
No. 4 corn, 37@40c; No. 8 white oats,
1914 @30c; to arrive, 29Ac.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
CHILDREN FORM HUMANE CHAIN
Seven Youngsters of Tender Years
Save Girl From Drowning.

Forming a human chain over the
Ice of a pond near a schoolhouse in
Baldwin township v children,
none of them over eight years old,
saved their companion, Charlotte
Smidt, from drowning.
The little girl, after repeated warn
ings, started across the pond with the
words II an not afraid" and broke
through. One little one went for the
teachers, but before she had returned
the human chain had been formed
and the girl brought safely to shore.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Dec. S1.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.25@S.50; cows and heifers,
s4.00@7.00; calves, $4.00@S.50; feed
ers, S3.75@6.90. Hogs-$7.15@7.25.
S~heep-Lambs, $3.5O@7.S5; wethers,
$3.25@4.GO; ewes. $2.00@4.35.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
HILL SURVEYORS IN CANADA
Grew Said to Be Mapping Out Route
for Proposed Line.

Winnipeg, Dec. 3O.-Considerable
interest has been aroused by the
presence in the vicinity of Weyburn,
Sask., of a party of surveyors who
claim to be connected with the Hill
systems, and who have been looking
over the ground between there and
the international boundary line, in
view of the projected invasion of
Western Canada by the Great North
ern railway.
1t is the intention of the Hill COM
pany to run a line from Crosby, N. D.,
to Weyburn, thus establishing a COM
p%etitive line with the Canadian Pacific
company's 500 road.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
PEERAGE FOR M BRYCE
Ambassador to United States to Re-
ceive New Years Honor,

London, Dec. 3l.-It is reported that
the kings New Years honors include
a peerage for James Bryce, the British
ambassador to the United States.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 31.-Wheat-To arrive
and On track-No. 1 hard, 83Ac; No.
1 Northern, S2Ac; No. 2 Northern,
S0Ac; Dec, S2Bc; May, S6A@ 86%c.
FlaX-On track and to arrive, $1.24;
Dec, $1.24; jan, $1.24.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
oil company's Plant Burns.

Winnipeg. Man, Dec. 31.-The I'M
perial Oil company's warehouse No. l
was destroyed by fire. with large guam
titles of oil.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-01-02
NINE DIE IN EXPLOSION
Three Whites and Six Negroes Killed
When Boiler Bursts.

Columbia, S. c., Dec. 29.-Seaboard
Air Line officials here report nine
were killed in the explosion of a boil
err in one of the shop buildings of the
system at Hamlet, N. c.
Charles B. Utter, general foreman,
his brother, William Utter, Electrician
Reynolds and six roundhouse helpers,
mostly negroes, are reported dead.
The cause of the explosion is not
known,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
CHRIST HANSON
BURIED TODAY
MANGLED REMAINS or CHRIST
HANSON WILL BE BURIED TO-
DAY IN. RIVERSIDE CEMETERY
coRoNER's JURY WILL MEET
THURSDAY.

The manglad remains of Christian
Hanson, the Inflated street cleaner
who was ground to a merciless death
beneath the wheels of an N. P. avenue
street car yesterday afternoon, will be
buried late this afternoon from the
Wasem morgue with interment in Riv-
erside cemetery.
The Fargo-Moorhead Street Railway
Co. officials were deeply affected by
the horror Of the calamity and ordered
the remains of the unfortunate man
buried in the best possible.
The victom Of the accident was
about so years old ana slightly hard of
hearing. This, 1t was said, was par
TALLY the cause of the accident as he
did not hear the approaching car when
he stepped directly in front OF it in
order to get out of the way of a
frightened horse. Mr.. Hanson Is sur
vived by a widow n son.
The coroner's jury, impaneled last
evening, adjourned until Thursday aft
ernoon. 1t comprises A. III. Leimbach-
er, Frank Pearson and John Thorne.
Motorfnan Riggleman and Conduc-
tor Thorson, who operated the car
which ran yer Mr.. Hauson's body,
We're not arrested by the police depart
ment as was first enormously report
ed about the streets last evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

The main trunk of the mississippi
river, reaching from the mouth OF the
Ohio river to the Gulf OF Mexico, d
distance OF 1860 miles, receives the
water from SO many millions of acres
of national domain, that the treatment
of this main outlet ought to be viewed
from a national standpoint and dealt
with as d national problem.
Flood waters from ihirty-one states
and q part OF Canada converge at the
head Of this 1000 mile outlet and
should be conducted to sea so as not
to damage tho property lying adjacent
to- 1t. lit lis the opinion OF all civilian.
and United States engineers, who have
studied the subject, that a property
constructed levee system ~ the only
feasible and economical method of
preventing foods In the Mississippi
below Cairo. A government COM
In 1850 reported;
tsThs plan or leXeeS which has all
recommended itself BY It's sim
plicity, can be relied upon for pro-
tecting ali OF the aJluvial bottom lands
liable to inundation.
Another United states commission
i'll 1875 so decided, The senate com
rlittee OF comrnerc iii 1893 declared
From all the evidence taken by
your cornIsaattee IL is evident that the
basins along the mississippi river can
only be protected from foods by an
ample and complete system of Ievees
from cairo to the head of the passes.
Colonel Townsend, ore of the abiest
engineers In this country was station
ed Til Memphis FOR vAs Six years In
charge pf this section at the river; he
also spent many gears an other see;
Oh tlis river and has investigated
the leEee system of foreign countries.
III speech delivered iii Memphis Hast
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

SQUARE miles of territory, subject 10
damage and destruction by foods, and
the people owning these lands have
provided $50, 100000 towards con-
structing the levees prescribed by the
Mississippi river commission, but as
will be seen by the 1evee cross section
sketch, they have not completed more
than 500 OF the necessary work al
though they have been striving to-
ward that end.
The heavy shaded portion Of the
sketch shows a cross section OF a
typical levee in the present system
which, with the exception OF five
creyasses, aggregating about fve
miles, Withstood the UNPRECEDENTED
food Of 1913. The full section shown
by the dotted surface or lightly shad-.
ed area, represents a. cross section of
q levee la the perfected system To-
which the United States Mississippi
river commission has been working,
and which 1t declares will withstand
all future floods.
The mississippi river commission
estimates that 200, 100000 cubic yards
OF earth are vet to BIZ put I'M place on
the entire ,53s miles of leveess
paralleIing the river before the system
will be completed and ixes It's cost at
$50, 900, 900.
8iHS VIEW 81 A16 IAEt&IuaL the lGYeG
system has never been completed ac
cording to the plans of this COM
mission, III lii not fair TO say that d
few ~crevasses demonstrate the com
plete inefiiciency DIT the Ievee SYSTEM.
sThe Scientific American puts the ease
clearly as follows.
That few weak places in the
levee failed III last years flood and in
this years. ii no fault DIT fine Eevee sys-i
tenn, bHfaitis due TO the fact that the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

ence Of the secretaries of group asso-
citation secretaries, such conference be-
ing proposed to permit the laying Of
definite and uniform plans for all or
g~anizations. The group associations
are pointed as a permanent feature
Of the state association work, nine
group meetings having been held dur
ing the year.
In protective work the association
has paid $500 in rewards. being in
the case of the holdup OF the First IN
ternational bank Of Noonan. Both
burglars were captured and are now
in the state p~enitentiary. Few forger-
les have been carried out SUCCESSFUL
~ the losses being small.
The secretary reports that many
banks have failed to pay the assess
n1ent for the North Dakota Better
Farming association and the question
will be considered during the conven-
tion,. He also reports the establish
nlent Of the North Dakota Banker,
q trade publication handled BY the as
ISOLATION. During the year the assoc
citation handled SIS, 351,59.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

sLeyees have been tested for ages
and have proved uniformly successful
when built to adequate dimensions
no other relief from floods has been
successfully applied to larea streams
The leyees along the Rhine, the
Danube, the Pc and the Arno, all aI1u-
vial streams like the Mississippi, have
prevented overf1ows for hundreds Of
years. So have the levees of Holland.
We do not need to go to- Europe FOR
proof OF levees' efficiency. The Ieyees
Of the upper Mississippi distfict--10o
miles long-were built higher and
stronger than any others along the
are not up to- the standard proposed Nv
the u. s. Mississippi River commits
sion but they held the unprecedented
waters of 1912 ana 1918.
AIS early as. 1879 the Mississippi
river commission was created nv the
United States government IA deal with
this problem. After an exhaustive
survey and careful consideration of
all of the methods suggested, III
recommended the construction of
earthen walls known as lerees, to be
TO conduct flood waters safely to the
gulf. These plans have never been
carried OUT because, after congress
had ascertained the remedy. lit failed
TO provide sufficient means to apply
it ZIP To 1918 the government spent,
about 27;000,00 on leyesa for the.
purpose of maintaining and improv-
ing navigation but not FOR protect.
Ing lands from overflow. consequently
the burden of%carrving out the plans
of the national commission for Hood
prevention has fallen almost entirely
upon the inhabitants of the stricken
8IStlnfA are Sffaa ~ 30 am
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
BANKERS OF
STATE Meeting

Grand Forks, N. ID. June 17.-A
large number OF bankers from ali parts
of the state are iii the city to attend
the eleventh annual convention Of the
North Dakota Bankers association
which opened In this city today.
The executive committee held a ses-
sion In the commercial club oolns
last evening and many questions were
discussed. These were taken up at the
meeting, which Is being held today.
"A. u. "A. to Name Delegate.
The secretary's report has been sup
piled to all members OF the association
and the other reports will be made to-
day. After the North Dakota assocla-
ton meeting has adjourned for the
day. members of the American Bank
ers' association present bit the conven-
ton will meet and nominate a vice
president OF the American association
for North Dakota, and elect a delegate
as a member of the next nominating
committee of the IA. b. As. convention.
William ]. Burns the most noted of
ali detectives In the United States, viii
arrive In the city this evening and will
make an address before the convention
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Burns is
chief Of the Burns National Detective
agency. His subject will be, Al New
Era In the Detection Of Crime.
II The meeting was called to order at
9:39 o'clock in the morning by Pres.
n. S. Adams, OF the First National
bank sof Lisbon. The following is the
programmed
Invocation by Rev. II. M. Mccoy;
address OF welcome by M. #. Murphy,
mayor of Grand Forks; response by
sL.SF. Crawford, Vice president; annual
address by the president. annual re-
port of the treasurer H =, sos, Edge
ley; annual report Oh the secretary, w.
6. Macfaddeas Fargo: report Of the
chairman. Park River; reports 81
standing committees on legislation.
taxation, burglary insurance and
bonds, membership and purchasing
and supplies; appointment OF commit
tees by the president; adjournment.
Secretary's Report.
Only sixty-two Of the 750 national
and@state banks and trust companies
of North Dakota are not represented
by memberships In the North Dakota
Bankers association. The fact is
cleaned from the report of Sec. wv.
&c. Macfadden for the past year.
His report shows that of the lag a
tional banks. 139 have representation
iii the association; OF the SOL state
banks, SAG have representation, while
the three trust companies doing BUSH
ness iii the state are all represented.
THE growth irI membership during the
year was from 662 TO 6sS, and from
8624 two years ago. George IT Carpen~
ter of ROSS is chairman of the menu
hersIlip committee, and Mr. Macfad-
den says he Isl responsible for the big
percentage OF banks represented It'll the
association.
me legal department has been &C.
Aty~1&A%M 4 NO go <SYkS - -.x.n ELLLHr4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

leyees have been built. not to fha
height, width and strength that en-
|gireers knew to be advisable. but Is
such dimensions as the land owners
along the river were willing To tay
themselves for. II liz doubtless too
much 70 expect that the general yub-
lic, deceived as it is apt to be bv tlse
pseudo-scientists of the rewspapars.
VIII form correct opinions of slici,
matters as river regulation and tiofyd
control for a long time to come. III
may DO hoped, however, that tfas pub
nc Will learn to rely In such matters
on the opinion of expert engineers.
This main outlet for the ffood VA
tiers OF nearly half of the whole & -
ton should be treated as a national
problem. just as the Panama canal
Was r the government should pre-
vide g large part of the funds neces~
saTy to protect the inhabitated por-
ton or the mississippi delta from over
flow and to reclaim the larger por-
ton now lying waste Il ~uaproduc-
tive.
A bill has been introduced into 5
gress, known as the Rarsdeli -IIslIm~
pErey bill TO complete fle Ievee sys-
tenn as originally projected by ffie
Mississippf river commission, Under
y t1e INJECTED territory must con-
tribute to this work, and, iftflis bill
is passed the s Of the levaa sys@
en- when completed, will have been
borne equally by the national govern
1fIert and the states affected. and flses
enormous losses from overflow of the
bow inhabited portion nearly asslarge
AS the state of Maryland win BE pre-
large aa THE states of Observation-Disclosures.
New Jersey and Connecticut cpTrabisIaa
Will ne opened ITO ku the commences of
the Wilole country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
Kaiser as a Booster.

Sioux city Tribune: Having crowd
ed the United states our of second
place in the trade of Argentina, Ger
many now is trying to displace Eng
land from the premier position, and
the special commission from the South
American state has received unprece-
denied entertainment at Berlin. The
emperor placed an army of court at
tendants at the disposal of the visitors,
had them housed in the royal suites at
the Hotel Adlon, and twice entertained
them at table. The kaiser is d con-
summate trade booster, and it is in
this field he lis most to be feared by
other nations. He is an advocate of
traits attributed to him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
MEN SENTENCED
TO P"ENITEN1IARY
THREE MEN NAMED IN WEIGH
HoLD-UP CASE CONFESSED IN
DISTRICT COURT AND WERE
SENTENCED TO BISMARCK BY
JUDGE POLLOCK YESTERDAY.

The three men arrested on complaint
of Patrick WEIGH for relieving him of
his watch and So in cash last Friday
shortly after midnight at the Great
Northern station, confessed to the
crime before Judge Pollock yesterday
afternoon and were sentenced to the
~penitentiary.
The men were RolIa Van Skiver, Ed
Morgan and Charles Ellison. Van
Skiver and Morgan were the men who
committed the hold-up. Mr.. WEIGH
followed them down Broadway and
watched them disappear up a stairway,
after which he notified the police. The
men were arrested a few moments
later and brought before Judge Miller
the next noon.
They asked for lawyers and their
hearing was continued. Before they
were ar~raigned, however. it developed
another man was a, party to their
work and the police arrested Charles
Ellison. All admitted their guilt yes
terday afternoon.
Judge Pollock sentenced Van Skiyer
to two years and six months, Morgan
to one year and six months and Ellison
to one year in the state p~enitentiary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
AbeIisnina Ward lines.

Ohio state Journal: AS sure as the
sun rises the elimination OF the wards
in elections will eliminate the machine.
Just give it the wards to operate in,
and the machine is happy. It can to a
great extent control the wards. And If
the charter commission provides for
ward representation it will generally be
understood, whether intended or not,
that it thereby favors machine poll
tics. Destroy ward representation and
you destroy bossism; preserve 1t. and
you preserve bossism. There are no
two ways about 1t. 1t is not a theory
merely; 1t Is history. We are now at
that point in our caree when Column
bus lis to be advanced or retarded. The
decision is with the commission. and
after the decision will come the expe-
rience and the Judgment and the fun
sense Of responsibility.