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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
POPE Plus GREATLY
AFFECTED BY NEWS
Death Of Cardinal Rampo|Ia
Shock to POntitt.

Rome, Dec. 1S.-The condition OF
Pope Plus X. slightly alarmed Doctors
Marchiafava and Amici, who were
summoned to the Vatican Immediately
after the death of Cardinal Mariana
Rampolla earlier in the day was an
nounced to his holiness.
Cardinal Rampolla died suddenly
the result of an Illness that attacked
him following a religious ceremony,
He was formerly papal secretary OF
state and was considered likely can
didate for the pontificate on the death
of Plus.
He was a Sicilian, born in 1912. and
was of noble family. His temporal
title was Marquis del Tindaro.
The effect of the death on the pope
coupled with the recent demise of Car
dinal Oreglia, was greatly feared by
the Vatican physicians. Both cardi
nails were close friends of the pontifl
and it was Pope Plus hope that Car
dinal Rampolla would succeed him
recognizing that Rampolla would sure
ly have been elected to succeed Pope
Leo but for the Austrian vote, which
turned the sacred college to Plus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
LYNCHING WILL BE PROBED
No Clue to Men Who Strung Up North
Dakota Murderer.

Williston, \. d.. Dec 1S.--The lead.
er of the mob that lynched Cleve Cul-
bertson, murderer of the three mem
bers of the Dillon family at Ray, N.
d., is believed to have been rela-
tive of the slayers victims and on
that theory States Attorney U. L.
Burdick will continue the inyestiga-
tion of the lynching.
No clue to the members of the mob
or to the automobiles in which they
hurried from the scene of the lynch.
ing have been found. A grand jury
will be called within thirty days and
Mr.. Burdick is confident that in the
meantime much evidence will be
found
Asked If the attorney general would
be asked for assistance in the investi
cation the prosecutor said that he
cid not believe it would be necessary
Nor did he feel the governor would
find it necessary to order an investi
CATION by the state authorities.
Instructions from Culbertson's par
ents are awaited in regard to the dis
position of his body.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
MANY WORK BEYOND LIMIT
100000 Violations of Railroad Sixteen
Hour Law.

Washington, Dec. 18.-"Violations
of the law limiting the service of
train employees on American railroads
to sixteen consecutive hours go to the
very heart of the efficiency and safety
of train operation" said Commission
er Charles C. McChord, commenting
upon a statement issued by the inter
state commerce commission analyzing
the monthly reports of interstate
railroads on hours of service during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1912.
Nearly 100000 violations of the six.
teen hour law were reported by 269
railroads during the year, the roads
submitting various reasons why such
violations were necessary.
The commission analysis points
cst, however, that while this figure
may appear abnormal to the lay mind
1t must be remembered that 251, Iii
men were employed in handling trains
during the year and that the excess
service probably would not exceed one
instance to each employe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
VESSEL DAMAGED IN CRASH
Steamer Tennessee Reaches New York
i'm Tow of Tug.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The steamer
Tennessee of the Bay State line
reached her pier in tow of tug with
about twenty feet of the port rail torn
away, several staterooms smashed in
and the pilot house damaged. She
collided with the four-masted schooner
Matte Bassett at the entrance to Long
Island sound.
On board the Tennessee were about
$50 passengers and crew of forty.
Ave- No one was hurt.
Twenty-Five sailors, on shore leave
from United States battleships now a
the Brooklyn navyyard after thei
European cruise, were aboard the Ten
nessee and aided in quieting the pas
sengers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
LESS DELEGATES
FROM THE SOUTH
Tentative Plan for New G.
0. P. Representation.
TOTAL CUT OF SEVENTY
Under Scheme Submitted to Commits
tee the Southern States Will Lose
tion and Northern States Eight.


Washington, Dec. 1S.-Only two
propositions remain to be acted upon
by the Republican national commit
tee, which is considering reform meas
tires planned to reunite the party.
The problems were to clear the par.
ty convention machinery of certain
features and to reduce representations
In national conventions from South
ern states and congressional districts
which are regarded as overwhelming
ly Democratic.
A special subcommittee headed by
National Committeeman Warren OF
Michigan agreed upon a plan of reap.
portionment providing for four dele
from each congressional district and
one additional from each district
where the total Republican vote was
80 per cent or more of the total vote
cast.
No district, however, would have
more than two delegates, no matter
how large the Republican vote.
States having congressman at large
would be entitled to one vote for each
The congressional election of 1916
probably will be used as the basis for
determining the exact representation
in each state. The plan would become
effective when ratified by states rep
resenting majority of the electoral
college.
New Apportionment Plan.
Under the Warren plan representa-
ton in national conventions would be
reduced by seventy delegates.
The following named states would
lose the following number of dele
gates Alabama s, Florida 2, Georgia
6, Louisiana Z, Mississippi s, NORTH
Carolina 2, Oklahoma /, North Caro-
lima 7, Tennessee 4, Texas IA, Vir
ginia 5, total loss for the South, 81
Illinois 2, Kentucky 1, New Jersey /
New York A, total loss for the North
The subcommittee unanimousl.
agreed on the 35 per cent plan.
The subcommittee presented {
unanimous report for a modification
OF the party's rules, providing for The
recognition of state primary laws, the
acceptance of the right of a state Il
choose all or part of its delegates a
large to national conventions ant
agreed that in future conventions dele
gates presenting certificates from
proper state authorities should b,
placed on the temporary convention
roll.
This plan was adopted by the ne
tional committee by unanimous vote
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
Total Expense s7s2,ese, Says Report
to Congress.

Washington, Dec. 18.-Raising the
old battleship Maine from the mud of
Havana harbor cost the United States
1892, ,989, according to report sent to
the house of representatives by the
war department.
This includes the transportation to
and burial of the bodies of more than
200 of her crew in Arlington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
RAILROADS WILL
AGREE TO Rates
Drop Objection to Minnesota
Distance Tariff Law.
One ROAD IS UNDECIDED
Minneapolis and ST. Louis Has Been
Enjoined by Federal Courts From
Is Liable for Contempt

st. Paul, Dec. 1S.-Minnesota rail-
roads, with the possible exception of
the Minneapolis and ST Louis and
some of the logging roads, will adopt
the eastman distance tariff Jan. l
without further demur.
This information has been obtained
from authoritative sources and means
1hat the Glass A carriers have decid-
ed that there is no way by which
they can attack the rate schedules at
this time. The decision has been
reached after two weeks of almost
continuous conferences. Carriers
earning less than $4,000 per mile are
to be given hearing in a few days.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis, it is
said, is still undecided as to the ac-
tion it will take, as the supreme court
decree enjoined it from putting in
lower rates, the action having been
instituted by stockholders. Should II
establish the new schedule it is said
that the directors might be liable for
contempt for violating the injunction
and as a result it is likely that the
circuit court will be asked to pass
on the matter
The state commission does not take
seriously. the reported complaint oi
lumber manufacturers. Commissioner
Elmqui5t said that the new schedules
only boost the rate from Little Falls
to st. Paul, 100 miles, about 30 cents
on 1000 feet, weighing 1900 pounds
and not one-thiro, as charged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
WINNER AND LOSER BANQUET
Mitchell and Mccall Sit Side by Side
at Dinner.

New York, Dec. 1S.-John Purroy
Mitchell, mayor elect, and Edward f.
Mccall, the man he defeated in the
recent mayoralty campaign, sat side
by side at a dinner given in Mr..
Mitchel's honor by Corrigan council,
knights of Columbus.
II was their first meeting since the
election and both of them did their
best to show the 900 diners that no
hard feelings existed between them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
Root Not a Candidate.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-During the
currency debate in the senate Senator
Root of New York. replying to Demo
cratic criticisms, announced that he
had no presidential aspirations and
would not take the Republican noml.
nation II it were offered to him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
SERVANTS TO GET MILLIONS
Paris Cabman and Groom Heirs to Es
tate Of $1,4oo,0o0.

Lemans, France, Dec. 18.-A Paris
cabman and a groom, Charles and Au-
gust de Perrochel, will receive a for
tune of $1,400,000 by the decision of
the Lemans court pronouncing in fa-
vor of a will of relative, Count Jules
de Perrochel, naming them as his sole
hai
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
Two Negroes Lynched.

Shreveport, La, Dec. 1S.-Two ne
groes, Ernest and Frank Williams,
were lynched by mob at Blanchard,
La. The two had confessed to killing
Calvin Ballard, whose body was found
hacked to pieces in his store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
FREE LUNCH AT CHURCH.

Aurora, ILL.,, Dec. 1S.-Free
lunch will be served at the
First Methodist church next
Sunday to encourage attend
ance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
Editor Acquitted of Murder.

! Taylorville, H., Dec. lS.-Fay d.
Slate. editor of the Mount Auburn
Tribune, was acquitted of the murder
of Mayor P. H. Windsor of Mount Au-
burn. The jury returned a verdict
a1ter being out all night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18

Pittsburg, Dec. 1S.-S. F. Hill of
Roslyn, Long Island, was seriously
hurt and thirty-five other persons mar
rowly escaped death when an attempt
was made to burn the bachelor hall
apartments, four-story building
tenanted by men in Williamsburg, a
suburb.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18

Four superdreadnoughts of the At
lantic fleet, which has just completed
a trip through the Mediterranean wa.
ters, have reached New York. Five
thousand sailors were paid off at that
port and will spend the holidays there
unless developments in Mexico make
the presence of the vessels in south
ern waters advisable. With the ar
rival of the fleet comes the announce
ment that Admiral Winslow will haul
down his pennant as second in com.
mand and will wait orders from the
navy department as TO his future du-
ties. 1t is understood that he is to be
the next commander-in-chief of the
fleet, and that he will be the officer
who will direct its passage through
the Panama canal when it is opened
to the worlds commerce in 1915.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
TWINS-FATHER DROPS
DEAD.

+ Speermore, Okla, Dec. 49, i
+ Samuel Bealmer dropped dead i
+ when told that his wife had !.
!. given birth to twins. /
I. i
4. + i. + i! i. J. I. + i 4. 4. + + i. /. +
Sayres Guests Of Asquith.
London, Dec. 18.-Ambassador and
Mrs. Page, with Francis Bowes Sayre
and his bride, formerly Miss Jessie
Woodrow Wilson, we're the guests o1
Premier AsQvtth at luncheon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-18
RAISING OF MAINE COSTLY

= : + i. = !. i. !. = 1. i. 1. !. + i. 4. /
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
AFTER FAME
NOT PELF
ALASKA PROMOTER SAYS HE
SOUGHT GLORY MORE
THAN WEALTH,

Chicago, March 27-Albert c. Frost
with four others, on trial in the federal
court here for alleged contempt at
fraud to get control Of many square
miles of coal land in Alaska, unexpect-
edly took the witness stand in his own
behalf today Frost said that 1t was
a dream of being a pioneer In the de-
Felopment of Il great agricultural and
commercial territory in interior Alaska
rather than a dream of wealth that
urged him into the promotion schemes
now being aired in court The coal
was the least Of his interests, he said.
The chief immediate aim he had was
development of the Alaska Central
railroad.
Frost Is tho most prominent of five
defendants on trial here charged with
inducing more than so dummies" to
apply for coal locations In Alaska,
which. the indictments asserts, were to
be turned over to Frost and his asso-
ciates.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
DECISION WRITTEN
BEFORE TRIAL
JUDGE GUTHRIE, BEFORE SU-
PREME COURT, MAKES
STARTLING ADMISSION.

Kansas City, March 27-Circuit
Judge Joseph A. Guthrie, who recently
cited W. r. Nelson, editor and owner
of the Kansas City Star, for alleged
contempt, testifying today before e. C.
Crow, commissioner for the state SUI
preme court, admitted that he had
written his decision finding Mr.. Nelson
guilty in advance of the hearing at
which the editor appeared before him.
He said he had written the decision
the night before, intending to change it
if evidence presented to him should in
fluence him to do so.
Mr.. Nelson was cited for contempt
and sentenced to one day in Jail by
Judge Guthrie on account of articles in
the Star relating to decisions in di-
Vorce cases.
Mr.. Nelson appealed to the supreme
court.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
GOVERNOR REFUSES
PARDON
MANN OF VIRGINIA DECLINES TO
DELAY EXECUTION OF
YOUNGER ALLEN.

Richmond, Va, March 27-Just be-
for Trenton, n. j., Governor Mann
again declined to commute the death
sentence of Claud Swanson Allen, who
will be executed in the state peniten-
tiary tomorrow morning with his aged
father, Floyd Allen, for their part in
the Hillsville courthouse murder on
March IA, 1912 Friends of the Aliens
made desperate efforts to have the
governor extend mercy to the younger
prisoner, and they even asked that a
commission be appointed to determine
the justice of the plea for commute
tion.
Under Governor Mann's orders, the
gold medal which has been bought for
Claude Allen was not presented to him
and tonight it is locked in the prison
superintendent desk.
rThe medal carries the inscription:
"For bravery in defending his father.
The claim of the defense was that
Claude Allen did not begin shooting in
the Hillsville courthouse until he was
forced to do so in his fathers defense.
Final preparations have been made
for the execution, which win take
place shortly after T o'clock. Floyd
Allen, whose nerves are quite un-
strung, will go to the death chamber,
To- be followed in few minutes by his
stalWart son.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
Survivors ReIievad,

Hamilton, Ohio. March 27.-Hamil-
ton has relieved her suffreing sur
vivors who have been shivreing and
starving. and late today began recov
erlng bodies of her dead from the re-
ceding waters OF the flooded Miami.
TWenty-six bodies had been recov-
cred when darkness tonight stopped
the work of the struggling workmen
Mayor karb declared that the fatality
list Is certain to be large.
Among the identified dead recov-
cred We're bodies of Henry Scha1-
schneider and his wife Their three
children are known to have perished
also, Bullet holes in the heads of the
parents showed they had shortened
their suffering as they We're rushed to
certain death on the roof of their
hcmc A body OF a cripple which was
recovered also had a bullet hole
through the head.
Refugees from above Hamilton re-
late that Coke Otto. a hamlet of 400
souls. which lies in little valley be-
tween the Great Miami and the canal.
is completely submerged, not even IA
roof being visible. The fate of the
inhabitants is unknown.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
Peru's Situation.

Peru, Ind, March 27.-(Via Fort
Wayne. DIR. Huff, who spent Tues
day night in a tree after the capsizing
of a boat in which he attempted to
cross the Wabash river to South Peru
died late tonight of exposure.
Charles Knight, brother of Theo-
dore Knight who was with DR.. Huff
believes his brother was drowned
The Knight brothers are credited with
rescuing 500 persons.
Wallace, of the Wallace Hagenback
circus which had it's winter quarters
in South Peru, thinks all of the me-
nagerie was lost except the elephants
1t is said he offered Charles Knight
$500 if he would row across the tur-
bulent waters and report to him the
extent of the damage. Knight refused.
The county building, which has been
a home to a thousand refugees, was
scrubbed today with a carbolic solution
under the supervision of the sanitation
committee The doctors are using
sprinkling wagons to flush toilets
which they believe are the greatest
menace to health. The first mail to
leave Peru in four days went this
evening on the Lake Erie &, Western
relief special, which carried 1000
homeless persons to towns along the
line, where they will be cared for until
the flood subsidies.
The mail consisted largely of postal
cards, hurriedly written in the lobby
of the courthouse, where a sub sta
ton of the postoffice was opened.
Three women suffering from pneu-
monia were removed from the court
house to a hospital this evening. Late
in the day the temperature fell below
freezing, and cold north winds are
adding to the suffering of thousands
marooned in the second stories of their
homes without fuel. Three unknown
men were drowned this afternoon when
a leaky boat which they had stolen
sank.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
SEARCH FOR MISSING MEN DELAYED
BY NECESSITY or RELIEVING LIVING
Ohio Cities, Almost Obiteraed by Flood, Concentrate
Energies In Endeavor to Cover Homeless Feed
Hungry and Drive Away Impending
Epidemic-Situation Serious.

Columbus. Ohio, March 27.---In total
darkness, save for the fltckering Ian
terms of the flood rescuers, Columbus
awaited tonight the receding of the
waters to learn the nulhoer of dead,
which conservative reports placed at
about 1a6. The verified deaths total
20. and 20 bodies haze been recovered.
The Rev. =. =. Chappa ear, pastor of
the West Park chur h in the certcr of
the inundated district, declared tonight
that he had penetrated the flooded
district to the church and had cvuncd
81 bodies in the structure. Forty
more, he asserted, We're in an apart
ment house next door. The rescuers
working through the swift cross cur
rent in motor boats declared that they
have seen scores of bodies, and report
tragic instances of men. women and
children lost in the swrling waters.
The authorities are working fevershly
to ascertain the truth of these reports.
Relief work for the West Columbus
sufferers continued mahatcd through
out the night, and hundreds We're
taken from their flooded homes. The
entire district was placed under con-
troll of the militia, Supplies were
rushed into the flooded area by motor
boat and the victims given food and
clothing as rapid. as the supplies
could be secured.
The flood gradually rcceded tonight,
until at Scioto it stood A feet below
the high stage of Tuesday. The
weather was cold and cloudy with a
biting wind.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
AS SKY CLEARS AND WATERS RECEDE
INDIANA BEGINS TO REPAIR LOSSES
Protection of Homeless Thousands Is Task That Now
= Occupies State-Scores of Bodies Are Recov-
cred But Total Number of Drowned
Cannot Yet Be Estimated

Indianapolis, March 27.-Under
clearing skies and with conditions i'm
proving slightly in most Of the flooded
zones, Indiana began to divert its ener-
gies late today from the fight against
raging waters to reparatipn of its
losses and protection Of it's homeless
thousands.
Uncertainty as to the loss of life
increased in almost every section,
while rescue workers, warmed by oc-
casionaI rays Of the sun that was seen
for the first time in moro than four
Gays, attained access to many isolated
spots heretofore cut off entirely.
In BrookvilIe, where the flood struck
Monday night, more than IS bodies
were recovered, some were identified; i;
and in West indianapolis it is certain
that six persons were drowned, but it
is still doubtful whether 20 or 200 may
havs perished.
GraduaIly lines Of communication
were extended into towns and cities
cut off from the outside world for
three days, and although no further
loss Of life was reported, each new
place reached in the three great river
valleys affected in Indiana added tales
of property loss. It is probable there
was loss Of life in isolated parts Of
these communities.
Governor Ralston has assumed full
charge of the situation in West In
dianapolis, and is prepared to place
any part or all of the city under mar
tial law.
Governor Ralston prepared a procla-
Tnation at noon placing West Indian
apolis under martial law, but withheld
it in the hope that so drastic a meas
ure would not become necessary. State
troops entered that section of the city
with rifles loaded.
Advances in prices Of food made by
commission merchants aroused the
governor to immediate action, and the
informatio that he had ordered an in
vestigation with view to establishing
martial law in the Wholesale districts
had tho effect Of stopping any effort
to advance prices to consumers. Gov
ernor Ralston said that he would
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
TOWNS ALONG SCIOTO AND MUSKINGUM RIVERS
ISOLATED, BUT DEATH LIST WON'T BE LARGE

other points south in the Scioto val
ley could be obtained. The towns are
known to be flooded.
Mount Vernon remains isolated but
information obtainahle from round
about sources indicates that early re-
ports of heavy loss of life We're ex-
aggerated
1t was impossible to establish COM
munication in towns east of Newark
in the Muskingum valley today or to-
night. GAINESVILLE is known to be
suffering from the flood and tele-
phone advices from the vicinity late
today were that there was eight feet
of water In front of the courthouse in
the central part of the city. 1t was
said tonight that it was impossible to
get within II miles of that city ex-
cept on foot. 1t is not known that
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28
MONEY AND SUPPLIES SENT FLOOD SUFFERERS
FROM EVERY PART OF HORROR-STRICKEN NATION

governor of the State of Montana and
president of the Montana Red Cross
board, do earnestly join President
Wilson and the authorities of the
American Red Cross in such appeal
for aid for the sufferers. 1t is hoped
that the people Of Montana may res
pond promptly to the call for help in
the face of the calamity that has be-
fallen and may contribute in gener-
Gus measure to cause than which
none could be more worthy.
contributions may be made to any
member Of the Montana board Of the
American Red Cross, said board be-
ing composed Of the following citi-
xens: Mr.. Edward J. Bowman, Ana.
conda, treasurer; Mr.. Henry w. Row.
ley, Billings, secretary; Mr.. r. S.
Lusk, Missoula; Mr.. Thomas A. Mar.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-28

Helena, March 27.-(SpeciaD-An
appeal to the people of the state for
aid for the flood sufferers was issued
today by Governor Stewart as fol-
lows:
Whereas, because Of havoc wrought
by flood and fire in the states of
Ohio and Indiana, a condition Of dis
tress exists that touches the great
heart of the people of the nation; and
Whereas, thousands Of families are
rendered homeless and penniIess by
the devastation wrought by the ele-
ments, rendering quick measures OF
relief imperative; and
Whereas, an appeal has been made
to the people Of the United States for
funds with which to prosecute the
relief work:
"Now therefore, |, S. v. Stewart, a,