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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02
QUITS CONVEYANCE
 SAYS bE WAR
London, Jan. 2.--It is rumored here that Scutari has surrender ed to the Servians.

London, Jan. 2.--Madjaroff, the Bulgarian minister here, and a delegate to the peace conference, quit the meeting of the delegates in high anger, declaring that the Allies were tired of the delays of the Turks and that they would at once resum hostilities.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02

Dougherty & Ferguson, for the balance of December, are selling goods at reduced prices.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02

~ Dougherty & Ferguson. TOT the balance of December, are selling goods al reduced prices.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02

It is worth while taking a chance on the $500 diamond ring being rallied at Plant & Con- pany's, jewellers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02

Dougherty X Egpson, for the balance of Dsal IT,, are selling goods at redo67 prices.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-02

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
.WANTS" INVESTIGATION
OF GARMENT INDUSTRY
Congressman Berger Proposes
Congressional Inquiry Into
Labor Conditions. -.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Investigation
of conditions in the garment working
industry in New York was proposed in
a resolution today by Representative
Berger, the socialist member from
wisconsin. The resolution would au-
thorize the appointment of a special
committee of seven members to inquire
into the conditions surrounding the
garment making trade and the recsnt
strike.
In the preamble of his resolution, Mr..
Berger sets forth that the New York
clothing industry supplies the trade OF
p large section of the country through
Interstate trade; that the wage Of the
industry are so law that healthy sur
roundings and a different standard of
living have become almost impossible"
1T is further charged" continues the
preamble, that vice n crime are bred
Of the needless misery coincident to
the manufacture OF the nations cloth
ing and further, that said manufacture
is carried on in filthy and unsanitary
places saturated with germs of on
sumption. smallpox and scarlet fever
and other contagious diseases"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
ERRANT SON GAINS
MONDIKE WEALTH
Former Sioux City Lad. Who
Disappeared IL Years Ago,
Returns With Yukon Gold.

ST. Louis, No, Jan. 2S.--Mourned for
a decade as dead, Chester w. ,Gurnea.
formerly Of Sioux City, Ia. missing IL
merly Mrs. Clara Gurnea, now of ST.
Louis, announcing himself alive ans
well at Oakland, Cal, and the win
gner OF a Kloidike fortune.
Sobbing with Joy in her bed last
midnight. Mrs. Gurnea learned through
"a st. Louis newspaper man the goon
news, the letter opened by the chief OF
police at Frankfort, Ind. whittier Mrs.
Gurnea came to st. Louis, having not
yet reached her. N.
At first her daughter. Mrs. Bessie
Walker, who lives with her. would NOT
let Mrs. Gurnea know Of h tidings.
Mrs Gurnea has been convinced OF
her sons death. She gradually has
been falling and three weeks ago was
stricken so seriously with pneumonia
that fears were entertained for her
life. INK &
1t was thought the mother, who is
81 years old, would be unable to bear
up under the shock, but she would not
be denied. She heard her sons name
mentioned in the conversation n in
sisted on knowing what was going on.
When she learned. all she could do was
gasp, THANK God, thank God be-
tween her sobs. au y
In 1894 the Gurneas were living in
Sioux City. Chester Gurnea, then %,
was happily married. But that year
his wife burned to death in a gasoline
explosion and he became moody and
restless. He decided to go with a am
lily named Wheeler to Portland, Ore.
The plan was to work their way over
land. o., f-
In Pierre, s.. D., he stopped to'eat
dinner with an aunt, Mrs. N. +. How
ard. That was the last heard Of him
by his mother until last midnight.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
LIKELY :
TO FOLLOW INQUIRY
Commissioner Harlan Threat
ems Railway Officials Who
Give Out Passes.

Denver. Colo, Jan. 27.-With more
than go witnesses, including shippers
and railroad officials under ~subpoenas,
the stage was set early today for the
opening of the nation wide hearing be-
fore Interstate Commerce Commission
er Harlan into the alleged illegal and
improper use of railroad passes.
From the text Of the questions asked
at the beginning of the days hearing,
1t was expected that the commerce in
'vestigation would be confined to he
charges. Of Colorado railroads having
given passes to Colorado shippers to
influence their interstate freight ship
ments.
'"This Investigation will not stop with
a report" said Commissioner Harlan,
but prosecutions will follow wherever
We find there has beer a violation OF
the law. There will be a recommends
ton for additional state legislation
against the use of passes, If WI find
what we have been told exists"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
GREAT LEVEE BREAKS;
fine VALLEY FLOODED
Mississippi River On Rise
Water Over Banks At Sew
eral Points.

Vicksburg. Miss, Jan. 27.-The Beu-
lah levee on the east SIDE OF the Mis-
sissippt river near -Greenville, Miss,
broke today and the food waters are
pouring over some of the finest farming
land In that section.
The crevasS was caused by the set
thing OF the foundation in the new levee.
Fifteen hundred men, including several
hundred Mississippi convicts had been
working day and night for the last
week in an attempt to rebuild the levee
which was carried away by last springs
flood.
A wide territory both above and be-
low Cairo is inundated. Thousands OF
acres OF wheat land are under water.
Water is pouring through the breaks
in the levee at Drinkwater, Mo. A
small increase in the flood at Birds
Point, MO, will embarrass both the
Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain rail-
ways.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
DIAMONDS STRUGGLED
THROUGH THE MAILS

Washington. Jan, 2S. -- Customs
agents have Temporarily detained" in
suspected of having been smuggled into
the United States by Nathan Groen.
under arrest in New York on charges
of having smuggled diamonds through
the international parcel post.
The diamonds in Chicago are owned
by merchants, who are said to have
bought them innocently. If the gov
ernment's investigation sustains the
suspicion that duty has not been paid
upon them, they will be seized. This
latest raid puts about 100000 worth Of
diamonds imported by Groen under in
Yestigation by the government.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
PLOT AGAINST THAW
IS seen BY BOIES
Former Governor of Iowa Pro-
tests Against Passage of
Proposed Law.

Utica, N. Y, Jan. 27.-Mary G. Thaw,
mother of. Harry K. Thaw, has sent
5000 letters from Pittsburgh to mem
bers of the New York State Bar as
ISOLATION in session here, asking mem
bers to read a printed letter from Hor-
ace Boies. former governor of Iowa.
referring to changes in laws recon-
mended at a meeting of Il committee
Of the Bar association in Rochester.
These would prevent successive APP
plications Of writ of habeas corpus by
persons confined i'll state asylums for
criminal insane.
"The openly avowed purpose Of this
movement is an effort to shut the doors
Of your state against one particular
Individual, Harry K. Thaw," says the
Boies letter and continues that 1t is the
duty of the association to see that the
legal rights of men are preserved in
stead Of being hindered.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
BUREAU OF HEALTH BILL
Is FAVORED BY WILSON

Hoboken, N. j.. Jan. 2S.-President-
Elect Wilson addressed Sunday a pri-
vate gathering of prominent social
workers at the home of Mrs. Caroline
3. Alexander, where he n his family
were weekend guests, In a statement
given out by Mrs. Alexander setting
forth Governor Wilson's remarks he is
quoted as declaring that in forwarding
the movement for a national bureau of
health it was desired to remove the
impression that the government ex-
pected to set up a medical trust"
The governor is reported as having
said there was no intention to put any
school Of medicine in charge Of the ma
tional health projects, but that all
schools of medicine should work in
harmony on the question of sanitation,
which he considered most important.
The bill creating a department OF
health was prepared by Senator Owen
of Oklahoma,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
.SUFFRACETS LOSE
FIGHT FOR BALLOT
Cabinet Drops Bill-London
Carefully Guarded to Prevent
Possible Outbreak.

london, Jan. GA declaration
Of guerilla warfare By the suffra-
gets, including sorties and riots to
begin at once was made by Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant
leader, at q meeting this evening.
Mrs. Pankhurst called for the
names OF those who were ''pre-
pared to take part in the gallant
onslaught"
The suffraget leader declared that
there ere plenty women who
were prepared to endanger their
lives in the cause,
Miss Annie Kenney, who has been
prominent in the maneuyers OF the
militants. added that the women
would make the lives of public
men impossible" and added: a.
IF you are 8 shopkeeper, you had
better look out. It's not Just your
windows which are going to be at
tackled. 1t is something else. We
are going to get this question set
tied at once for all.
Many shops Immediately began 4
to board up their windows. +.
London, Jan. 28.-The British cabine
has decided to drop the franchise bill
This decision was In Difference to the
speakers ruling that the form anc
substance Of the measure would be Sc
materially altered by the amendmen,
granting the vote to women. that 4
ought TO be presented In the shape Of
a new bill. "&. UbHE4
~ The precincts OF the house of com
mons presented many Of the features
OF a well defined encampment wheT
the house met this afternoon to brine
to a conclusion the current chapter Of
the work of the acknowledgements Of
women. ... .. H. r.. s"
Police on Guard.
Mounted and foot police were to b,
seen everywhere in great strength
Two thousand patrolmen and 10(
mounted men were actually on duty
while large reserves were hidden Ii
convenient court yards in the vicinity
of parliament ready to pounce upoT
any suffraget who Should attempt t.
break the peace. Besides this the leave
of all the other policemen belongings
to the metropolitan force had beer
stopped.
After the speakers ruling it was only
"a question whether the cabinet woulC
announce its equalization before or after
the vote had been taken on Sir Edward
Grey's amendment. The amendment
called for the omission Of the wore
male" and thus practically introduced
adult suffrage
Will Try Again.
At the opening OF today's session
Premier Asquith asked the speaker Il
state again in more definite form tina
III any Of the women's amendment!
were carried, the franchise bill would
become substantially Il new bill anC
would have to be withdrawn. This
done, Mr.. Asquith announced that thu
cabinet would not prolong the discus,
sion under the circumstances, but woulC
drop the BILL. '-.
The government. he added, would a
its own time and within the lifetime
of the present parliament proceed witt
bills dealing with electoral reforms anG
plural voting. ..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
WILSON VISITS ELLIS
ISLAND ON BUSY DAY.
Governor Asks Many Questions
Sees Immigrants Turned
.r Back.

New York, Jan. 27.-The next presi-
dent of the United States witnessed
his country's immigration laws in OPP.
Grafton today at Ellis island. Cow
ernor Wilson called the visit O. pleas
ure trip, but the immigration officials
were inclinded to attach Importance to
the fact that with hin came several
prominent persons who have been &C
tive In improving the conditions sur
rounding immigrants. t@E
The president elect asked many ques-
tons. 1874
Il wonder" he remarked as he
looked down on the crowd awaiting ex-
animation, IF these people know before
they arrive what they are to go
through" =. r F.I :,
Commissioner Williams told him that
in general the immigrants We're told
IN s~hipboard what was expected of
them. The governor saw, a Russian
rejected on accoun of a weak heart
and listened to the testimony before
the board of special inquiry regarding
another Russian charged with being
a white SLAYER" This man was orr
dered deported. ..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
WHIPPING up
ON WAR AUTOMOBILES
Emergency Orders Sought and
Factory Soon May Be Es-
tablished. =

St. Petersburg, Jan. 2S.-Russia has
suddenly Weakened to the utility of the
automobile in war. With the darken-
ing of the clouds in the Balkans, gov
ernment agents have soundeG Amer
lean and other interests as to the pos
sibility of establishing a factory in
Russia on the basis of guaranteed an
nual orders for freight and passenger
cars and the taking over of the fac
tory by the Russian government at
it's valuation in case OF war. -a
Today,it became known that Russian
government agents have been sent to
European automobile centers with
large emergency credits for the putr-
chase OF any available cars suitable
for military purposes. The opening
here of q school for training Russian
army officers in handling war automo-
biles, is a further Indication of the in
terest taken in the matter .4
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
SOLDIER BOYS RESENT
SLANDEROUS REMARKS

Honolulu, JAN. 2Z-Stirred to activ-
ity by the barring of uniformed men
from the steamship Cleveland, nov in
port here, u. 8. soldiers began a move
ment today to raise funds to prosecute
Perley L. Horne, president OF the
Kamehameha schools, of the Island Of
Oahu, for alleged SANDER. Horne, at a
mass meeting early ast December, said
the misconduct of soldiers made the is
lands Unsafe for Hawaiian women 1t
was said the soldiers rejoinder t o the
charges would be sent to the wal de-
partment.
Representatives of the army de-
manded a retraction from Horne, which
he refused to give, and a grand jury
investigation INDICATED the soldiers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
MAYoR-PASToR LEADS
FIGHT OVER CHURCH

Schnectady, N. Y, Jan. 2S.-The fac
flonal war in the First Congregational
ehurch, headed by Mayor George r.
Lunn and its opponents. nearly result
fd in blows last night when the mayor,
fs pastor OF the church. ordered two
patrolmen TO eject former Deputy City
comptroller Horace w. Raymond and
Two others Of the anti-Lunn faction,
rom the church property.
The men had been stationed at the
fhurch all day to prevent the chang
ing of the locks by the socialists so as
% bar the anti-Lunn faction from
FOLDING its regular Sunday night serv-
Zee, the Lunn following holding serv-
GEES in a local theater.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
MORE WOMEN CAUGHT
IN POKER GAME RAID
Handsomely Gowned Young
Woman Held On Charge Of
Conducting Place.

New York. Jan. 27.--The second raid
within a week disclosing alleged gam
bling among women at poker in uptown
apartment houses was carried u by
the police late last night, 1t was
learned today. A score. Of men and
women in evening dress were arrest
ed. including a handsomely gowned
young woman who sal she was Mrs.
Alice Merrill. for whose arrest the de-
tectives carried warrants charging her
with maintaining a gambling house.
She was locked up. Notwithstanding her
protests hat she was only entertaining
a few quests at cards. =
The arrests were made by detectives,
who succeeded in getting places at the
poker tables without their identity be-
ing suspected, the methods which were
successfully Used about a week ago
In a raid upon a similar party.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
TUMBLES OFF
TRAIN; FINDS HOME

Strong City, Kan, Jan. 28.-When
Harry O'Brien, a 1~4-year-old orphan
from st. Louis. tumbled from h blind
baggage of q train running 30 miles an
hour here Saturday night he did not
know thai he a dropping into a
home where he would be cherished and
loved.
Charles Beach. city marshal here,
picked O'Brten UP, bruised and bleed
ing and took him to his home to give
him care. So attached did Marshal
Beach and his wife become to the boy
that they decided to keep him and
announced today that they probably
would adopt him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
ONE KILLED: TWENTY
HURT IN CAR CRASH

Lockport, N. Y. Jan. 27.-One man
was killed and 20 persons seriously in
jured In a collision between a trolley
passenger train and a freight on the
international railway here early today.
The injured are all members of the
Lockport Aerie of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, who were returning from a
lodge entertainment in Buffalo last
night.
The freight train was standing on the
main line when the passenger train
crashed into it. The forward car Of
the passenger train n h rear car
OF the freight were demolished.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
BOMB" SHOWS
NO INTEREST IN CASE

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 2S.-Exhibit-
Ing the same apparent Indifference to
'his fate that characterized his de-
emeanor during his first trial, Carl
|Riedelbach. who threatened to blow up
the central police station with an in
fernal machine, paid little attention to-
day to the closing arguments In the
second trial. He devoted his time to
whiting the officers about him and dis
played great interest in the medals
For bravery which had been issued by
the board OF supervisors to the detec-
lives who overpoweredH him and de-
stroyed the bomb. 1t was thought. the
base would go to the jury today.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
ALLEGED WIRETAPPERS
INDICTED IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Five men. alleged
to be wiretappers and confidence men.
involved in the defense of the Kirby
Savings bank scandal. were indicted
yesterday by the Cook county grand
jury.
who, DR.. William T. Kirby, heavy
stakeholder OF the defunct private in
stitutlon. said swindled him out OF
$20.0 900 Of the missing funds came as a
climax to many sensations brought out
In the United States district court.
Judge X. M. Lands adjudged DR..
Kirby and his wife, Mrs. Margaret L.
Kirby, guilty of contempt, gave them an
indeterminate sentence, in Jail and pro-
nounced the wiretapper" story a
"frameup" and the entire defense a
"mess of perjury"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
BAPTISMEL RECORD
ESTABLISHES CLAIM

New York, Jan. 2S.-The lost link IN
a. chain Of evidence on which to base a
suit for a $4,000, 900 tract of land.
now occupied by a part of the city of
New Orleans is said to have been found
in the discovery Of the baptismal rec
ords of Joseph Valliere. an early French
adventurer. Persons claiming to be his
heirs are scattered throughout the Uni
ted States and for years attorneys in
their behalf have been seeking to es-
tablish title to the Louisiana property,
a strip of 100 miles long and 80 miles
wide, along the banks of the White
river
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
LURES HUNDREDS
TO TRY OCEAN PLUNGE

New York, Jan. 28.-Weather that
you'd have been ideal for an Easter
funday, but which was phenomenal for
|anuary lured thousands to the beaches
yesterday. With merry-go-rounds GO
Gg and vendors busy, and hundreds
liunging in the surf, Ii was almost a
Midsummer scene. All records for
January 26 were broken with the tenn
l~erature Of 81 degrees at the weather
lureau, but a bright sun made 1t seem
fuch warmer than this. Just a year
go New York was in the grip OF me
4 Its worst blizzards.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
MISS MARLoWE ILL.

Chicago, Jan. 28.-The Julia Mar
lowe, the actress, Is not suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, but is merely rest
ing from the effects of overwork was
explained here today by Mrs. ]. H. Be-
ham, to whose home Miss Marlowe was
taken upon her arrival here today from
CT IouiS,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
NORRIS ANTITRUST
BILL REPORTED OUT
Act to Break Up Practices Of
Coffee Monopoly Fav-
ored.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Norris bill
to authorize government seizure Of i'm
ported merchandise controlled by a
trust, or imported under, illegal means.
was approved today by the Senate ju-
dietary committee. The measure Is
aimed at the Brazilian coffee monopoly,
which had had thousands Of sacks Of
coffee stored in New York, in bonded
warehouses, out of reach of the govern
ment's antitrust law. The Norris bill
has passed the House and the Senate
will be asked to take it up at once.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
BURGLAR ALARM IS
FLASHED BY movie"

Boonton, N. j., Jan. 27.-Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Brewers were
spectators at q moving picture
show here last night when one
of the film dramas was suddenly
interrupted with these scrubbed
words thrown on the screen:
Norman Brewers wanted at
homo at once"
The message was a burglar
alarm. A 16-year-old daughter
had been attacked by a burglar
at the Brewers home, a mile
distant, and her grandparents,
who had found her unconscious
and bleeding from a wound IL
the head, had telephoned to the
theater, where the unusual
burglary alarm startled the par
entS.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
MANUFACTURERS WAY T..
CLOSE THEIR PLANTS

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. zS.-Unless
there is a decided change in the gar
ment strike situation here before Mon
day, there will begin a shutdown of
factories that will throw IL, 900 workers
out of employment. The manufactur-
ers declared today that they will close
dC-yn all their factories Monday unless
the strikers return to their work un-
CO~nIitiOnallY.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
WOULD STOP SALES OF
ClGARET TO WOMEN

Boston. Jan. 28.-Every woman who
smokes clgarets is lowering the stand
ard of womanhood according to Repre-
sentative Frederick p. Greenwood, of
Everett, who appeared before the com
mittee on public health of the legis-
!ature yesterday In support OF a bill
providing a fine OF not more than $50
for any person who gives or sells tobac-
co in any form TO a Woman
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
TEN PERSONS BITTEN
BY SUPPOSED MAD DOG

Jersey CITY. N. j., Jan. 2S.-Ten per-
sons are suffering today from dog bites
here, and worry lest serious trouble
result. The cry of mad dog was
raised rs a yellow mongrel, swapping
at every one 1t 8, tore through a
crowd Of women and children on their
way to Sunday school yesterday. The
animal was chased for three miles be-
fore A policeman succeeded in shoot
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
BODY OF JOHN PAUL
JONES Is REMOVED

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 28,-With sim
pie, but impressive ceremonies, the
body of John Paul Jones, the first ad-
miral of the American navy. was Sun
day placed in it's final resting place in
the new crypt under the naval acad-
envy chapel. Escorted by a brigade of
700 .midshipmen, at whose head was
the naval academy band playing a fun
eral dirgs, the casket was trans ported
from bancroft hall to. the chapel Oh a
car drawn by a squad Of bluejackets
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-30
RYAN HAVING FINE
BUZZ WAGON BUILT

Washington, Jan. 2S.-MeInbers of
Pngress today were much interested
B a bit OF gossip from Philadelphia
Fought over by some OF the visitors
p an automobile show there. 1t is to
Pc effect William j. Bryan had been
RVing q roomy automobile built os-
Enslbly 10 be delivered to his son In
eashington. Delivery OF 1t. however,
ed been temporarily postponed, IL is
Pa to be OF about the size required
Pr a cabinet officer.