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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16
TROUBLE OVER THREsH BILL.

J. W. Aitken from southeast Of
the city. was in Minot Monday. He
is the defendant in suit brought by
the Case Threshing Co. for a $1on
thresh bill, which Mr.. Aiken paid
to the owner Of the machine, W..
Tibbs. Mr.. Aitken says it is hard
enough to pay thresh bill once.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16

a fine baby boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Amy early this week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16
LEGISLATURE NEWS, 800.

Mail the Bismarck Tribune 4 dol
ar bill for the daily three weeks.
Three trained writer's cover the 90.
sion. Best session news IN state.
Adv q
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16
FRoLlc NEARLY ENDS IN DEATH,

Jos. Donahue and Miss Shea were
married at Williston last week and
the friends Of the couple gave them a
ride about the city in an old stage
coach. Following this vehicle was a
yoke of oxen hitched to an auto
truck. Lloyd Shannon mounted one
Of the oxen, but the animal bucked
and threw him of. As he fell, he
was caught In the harness and tram
pied by the oxen, then run over by
the auto truck. Three Of his ribs
were broken and hia skull fractured.
He Is recovering at q hospital.
LENTEN SEASON SHORT.
For only the fourth time since 1888,
125 years ago, Lent will begin this
winter as early as February 5th. Ash
Wednesday and Easter viii fall On
March 33rd. This forty-day season
prescribed by the church az one Of
fasting and prayer, has never begun
any earlier except in one year, 1918,
Easter that year falling ON March Ed.
In the latter year, according to the
church almanac, the date again will
be March. So those who suffer by
falling OF Of business this winter in
consequence Of the early date need
not look for a repetition Of the situa-
ton during their life time, for It will
not happen again for 100 years. In
the past Easter has come 40 early as
March 23rd in 1888, 1S45 and 1856.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-16

When you have bilioas s&teek
sive Chamber1ain's Tablets ! tsial
They ars sxosllsnt. FOR sale - "a
dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
KILL RESOLUTION
AIMED AT BRYAN
Democrats in the Senate Table
BriStOW Document.

Washington July 19.-By practical
ly a strict party vote, Al to 20, the SEN
ate Democrats succeeded without de-
bate in tabling Senator Bristow's reso-
luton aimed at Secretary Bryan's pro-
posed six weeks lecture tour.
The resolution would have called on
President Wilson to advise the senate
what salary would be sufficient to
keep Mr.. Bryan continuously at his
POST.
Senators Poindexter and Borah vot-
ed with the Democrats to table the
resolution. The vote was Al to 20. AS
the vote was announced Senator Bris-
tow faced the Democratic senators
and declared:
"You may shut off debate in the
senate but you cannot convince the
American people that a secretary of
state may neglect the duties of his
office for three months of a year."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
WISH TO BUTTONHOLE LANE
WiIliston Irrigation Farmers Ask
Secretary to Visit Them.

Secretary Of the Interior Lane has
been petitioned by the water users on
the Williston irrigation project for an
extension of time for the payment of
arrearages for the use of water. He
has been requested to stop at Willis
ton on his way to the coast so that a
conference can be held. r
Mr.. Lane issued last month an OIL
der that all arrearages must be paid
by July 1 or the water would be
turned off. The water users protest
against this, pleading two bad years
and the fact that much of the alfalfa
had been winter killed.
The users request that the annual
fees be so fixed that they can be paid in
installments, 60 per cent in December
and 40 per cent in May, and that the
a~rrearages be spread over a ten-year
period, with 5 per cent payable in each
May and December.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
BLAMES SECRETARY DANIELS
Mayor Of Seattle Says Speech of
Naval Head Caused Riot.

Seattle, Wash, July 20.-That the
attack on the headquarters of the In
dustrial Workers of the World was
due directly to an address by Secre-
tary Of the Navy Daniels the night
before was the declaration made by
Mayor Cotterill and his supporters.
They assert that the marines and
sailors from the w%arships at anchor
who smashed the furniture of the In
dustrial Workers and attacked Social
ist speakers were inspired by Daniels
utterance in which he denounced any
mayor who would permit the red flag
upon his streets.
Several hundred bluejackets par.
ticipated in the Cleaning up"
Defying the police the mob attack.
ed the l. W. w. headquarters and
burned the literature and other con.
tents of the building. From this they
went to the Socialist headquarters,
demolishing the furniture, smashing
the windows and mailing American
flags to the walls and across the en-.
trance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
UNITED STATES
EXTENDS CONTROL
Nicaragua Under Complete
Domination.

Washington, July 21.-A new policy
toward Nicaragua involving the viz.
tual control of the affairs of that re.
public by the United States trust pro-
tectorate, similar to that now exer-
cised over Cuba, was outlined by Sec.
rotary Bryan at a private conference
with members of the senate foreign
relations committee.
This plan for the extension of the
protecting wing of the United States
over Nicaragua has become the alb.
sorbing topic of diplomatic and con-
gressional consideration.
While official utterances have not
been given of the purpose of the ad.
ministration to outline a general pol
icy toward Central America, members
Of the senate evince a growing con
fidence that the principle to be ap.
piled to Nicaragua is one that the
Wilson administration would be glad
to e extended to the other Cen.
trail American republics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
News Of the Week From Vari.
Gus Parts Of ths State.
BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER
Wealthy Business Man of Omaha,
Visiting at Mandan, Murdered
by Unknown Parties.

d. H. Parkhurst, wealthy Omaha
business man, who arrived at Man
dan about a month ago to live
with his daughter, Mrs. j. ]. Pollard,
was shot through the lungs and killed
and then thrown into the Missouri
river some time last week. The nude
body recovered from the river thirty
five miles south of Mandan was
Identified as Parkhurst's by his SON
in-law.
A post mortem examination showed
that the wound in the chest caused
death. A c%oroner's jury returned a
verdict that Parkhurst was murdered.
Albert Swenlassky, a maniac, was
taken in charge near the place where
Parkhurst was last seen the day after
his disappearance. Swenlassky was
sent to Duluth. The authorities be.
lieve he may be connected with the
crime.
Parkhurst, VINO was seventy-two
years old, disappeared once before
and was found on the prairie entirely
nude. He was returned to his daugh-
ter's home. He disappeared again July
I. The next day he was seen north of
the city.
Parkhurst had no money with him
and no %valuables except a gold watch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
M'CUMBER HITS TARIFF BILL
Declares II a Crime Against the Amer
lean Farmer,

Senator P. J.. McCumber opened the
Republican assault on the Democratic
tariff revision bill in the senate, de.
Tending the farmers of the country
against the free listing or great reduc-
ton in tariff rates on agricultural
products and charging the Democratic
party with deliberately kicking the
American farmer into the gutter"
I'm this year, 1913" said Senator
McCumber, addressing the Democrats,
you are about to commit a greater
crime against the American farmer
than has ever been perpetrated by
any political party against any class
of people during any period of record
ed history.
with violent hands you are about
to strip him of every advantage which
the changed conditions of home sup
ply and demand were about to yield
to him. You have declared that he is
an outcast in the land which he has
made, the only one of all the classes
of American people who is not enti-
tied to any consideration at your
hands. You have insulted his sense of
fairness, slapped him in the face and
kicked him into the gutter"
The tariff bill, Senator McCumber
declared. seems to have been con-
ceived in animosity against Ameri-
can industry, with the American farm
er as "the special object of choler and
hate"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
SAY DRINK WAS POISONED
North Dakotan Dies and TWO Men
Are Under Arrest.

Opium tablets, supposed to have
been given in liquor, caused the death
of Harry Freeze Of Edmore. Dick
Bendeke and George Moriarity are IN
der arrest. held pending an investi-
cation.
Freeze became i'll while at Lawton.
He had accompanied the Edmore
baseball team to that city. Physi-
clans found traces of opium poisoning
and notified Coroner Gilbertson, who
took charge of the inquiry.
The dead man was given notoriety
several years ago when he was
arrested in connection with the
shooting of Dan Brennan of Devils
Lake. He vas a pool hall proprietor
in Edmore.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
FROST WILL BE VITAL FACTOR
Size of Crop Depends on Early or
Late Fall. s


Late Fall.
The difference between a half and
a tWo-thirds crop this year will
be largely dependent on whether
there is an early or late fall. Should
there be an early frost the immense
acreage of late grain will suffer and
the yield for the state will not exceed
half that Of 1912. If the fall should
be like that of 1911, so the late grain
could mature, the chances are that
North Dakota would raise a two
thirds crop.
There have been few years I'M the
history OF the state where the fan,
conditions were of such great i'm
portance as they will be this fall.
This is due to the fact that, outside
the Red river valley, little fall plow-
ing was done and the crop was from
five to fifteen days late over the
state. Lack of precipitation earlier in
the season prevented the late grain
from advancing rapidly.
Later rains have been timely and
sufficient practically to insure the
crop if it has time for maturity. Late
wheat, oats and barley are all looking
exceptionally we'll and are full of
promise if Jack Frost is tardy. In
many sections of the state there is
already all the moisture that will be
needed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
PROBLEM CONSIDERED
Threshing Machine Owners Believe
Land Owners Should Help Out,

There is a general movement I'M
der way among threshers of the state
10 bring about better conditions as
relate to the problem Of help. Sew
eral associations of threshers have
held meetings at which the question
has been considered, and the machine
owners have in every instance de-
tided to make an effort to interest
The actual land owners in working on
the machines. BY utilizing all the
home labor and not having to depend
upon outside labor, the machine own
ers contend that far better results
this year, usually fixed by the asso-s
citation, will remain unchanged.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
SLEPT UNDER FREIGHT TRAIN
North Dakota Painter Is Dying by
Inches,

Ed Olson, a Grand Forks painter,
probably will die because he went
to sleep under a Northern Pacific
freight train in that city several
weeks ago. Physicians reamputated
one of his legs several inches above
the point where it had been previous
ly amputated, and they expect it will
he necessary to amputate the other
leg. Olson is in a very weak condi-,
tioa and there appears little likelihood
he will survive.
AS Olson slept between the cars q
switch engine was hooked to one
end of the string and pulled several
cars over him before he was discov-
cred. Both limbs were horribly
mangled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Chairman Simmons Lauds Bill
Now Before Senate.
RATES II PER CENT LOWER
Senator in Charge Of Measure Com.
Pares 1t With Payne-AIdrich
Act Now in Force.

Washington, July 19-An average
reduction of 27.64 per cent under the
rates of the existing Payne-Aldrich
tariff law is proposed by the Demo
cratic Underwood Simmons tariff bill,
npon which the senate has just begun
debate, according to the report Of the
finance committee majority submitted
by the chairman, Senator +. NJ. Sim
mons.
The report also shows that the bill
as reported to the senate provides
rates 4.22 per cent lower than the
Underwood bill as it passed the house.
A salient feature of this bill, it is
pointed out, is the large increase Of
imports to be admitted free of duty.
Under the house bill the value of free
listed imports was Sl03, 000, 000, where
as the Democrats of the senate in eau
Gus, by sweeping changes, propose to
free list imports valued at $141 ,367,-
600.
Cpo1 IL DoSlS vi LSh Sil "
the coming fiscal year the report esti-
mates that the receipts from customs
alone under the new bill will be $685.
100000; from income tax for ten
months, $~5S,330,0O0; corporation tax,
$37 ,000, 900; internal revenue, includ.
ing tax on cotton futures OF $5,0OO,'
900. s2O7,00O,O 900, and that the eve
nue. from all other sources will bring
the total for the fiscal year to $685.
$4,000. With disbursements estimat-
ed at 1894 100, 900 a balance is shown
in favor of the government. of S2,202,-
900.
blouse Changes Toe Drastic"
In a%nalyzing its changes in the
house administrative features of the
bill the committee deemed the amend
ments of the house entirely too dras-
tic" Particular attention is called to
the senate provision designated to
furnish the president with power to
impose tariff duties of a retaliatory
character upon all articles comprised
in a specific list" which includes many
agricultural products.
The provision now recommended"
says the report, will, it is believed,
place in the hands of the president
powers which, though extensive in
their sphere, are sufficiently circum-
scribed to permit of their being ex-
erted within the limits assigned them,
without disturbing the general fiscal
system of the United States"
Reduction of the basis of exemption
from income tax from $4,000, as in the
house bill, to $4,000 for unmarried per-
sons, and the consequent rearrange-
ment of this, the report comments up.
on as follows:
"Your committee reduces the amount
of exemption of net income to $4,000,
and allows on account Of marriage an
additional exemption of $1,000 to eth
er the husband or wife where they are
living together, but not to both. In
the case of minor child or children
living with and dependent upon the
parent, such parent is allowed an ad-
ditional exemption of $500 for one
minor child, and up to $1,000 on &C.
count of minor children, except where
both parents are taxable, in which
case no exemption is allowable on &C.
count of children"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, July 22.-Cattle-Beeves,
$7.15@9.15; Texas steers. $7.OOmS.OO;
Western steers, S7.10@8.2O; stockers
and feeders, s5.60@7.85; cows and
heifers, $3.S0@S.5O; calves, $500
11.50. Hogs-Light, $9.2069.6O; mixed,
$8.S5@9.50; heavy, $S.65@9.5O; rough,
$8.65MS.S5; pigs, $7.60M9.3O. Sheep
Native, $4.15M5.10; yearlings, $500
$50; lambs, $5.50M7.60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
RETURNED TO GRAND FORKS
VoIlmer and Groskins Captured in
British Columbia.

Maintaining that they are innocent,
G. ]. Vollmer and Isadore Groskins,
charged with %felouies, were returned
to Grand Forks. Vollmer was released
on bail but GroskiDs went to Jail.
Vollmer and Groskins were captured
at Vancouver, B. c., after a cross con.
tinent chase. They took with them
two automobiles on which G. r. Very
of Park River claimed to have a mort
gage. After crossing the Canadian
boundary line into the United States
Vollmer sued a writ of habeas corpus
in Seattle, Wash, but he abandoned
the attempt.
Vollmer and Groskins went from
Grand Forks to St. Paul, from which
place they shipped the machines to
San Francisco.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
MANY PEOPLE, ARE HOMELESS
Fire Causes 100000 Damage in North
Dakota Town.

Fire at New England completely
destroyed the Morceau Lumber com.
pany yards, several business houses
and many residences. The loss will
amount to $1OO,0 900. Numerous fami-
lies are homeless.
The fire started in the Persons
clothing store. The New England
Drug company, the Stoddard & Dyer
Hardware company, the numbering
company and several smaller concerns
we're wiped out.
The cause Of the fire has not been
learned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
LOCKOUT IN CHICAGO ENDS
Thirty Thousand Members of Building
Trades Return to Work.

Chicago, July Reconstruction Of
$40, 900, 900 worth of improvements
was resumed with the return to work
of 10000 members of building trades
unions. They were locked out more
than a month ago by contractors in
an attempt to stop the calling of pet
ty strikes which frequently tied up
work on large Office buildings.
The unions and contractors asso-
Citations have signed ar agreement to
arbitrate future differences.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
COMMISSIONER OF MEDIATION
William L. Chambers Named for New.
Iy Created Position.

Washington, July 19.-President Will
o has selected William L. Chambers
of the District of Columbia to be COM
missioner of mediation and concilia-
ton under the Newlands act, and G..
w. w. Hanger as his assistant.
The other two members of the new
board will be Judge Martin Knapp
of the United States commerce court
and Louis f. Post, assistant secre-
tary of labor.
Immediate confirmation of the presi.
dents nominations is expected. The
board is a permanent institution to
aid in the adjustment of disputes be-
tween railroads and their employees.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, July 22.-Wheat-July,
S7%c; Sept, 89Mc; Dec, 92hc. Cash
close on track: No. / hard, 91Mc; No.
/ Northern, 1919 G91hc; No. 2 North.
ern. S7M@ S9Mc; No. 3 oats, S5M@
87hc; No. 8 yellow corn. 59@59hc;
No. 4 corn, 56@5Skc; No. 3 white
oats. 3sh@ 3S%c; to arrive. 3shc;
No. 3 oats. 36@37c; barley. 43@5Ec;
fax. $l.3GN: to arrive. $l.36N.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
SILK MILL STRIKE BREAKS
Withdrawal Of Haywood Causes Rush
of Hands to Plants.

Paterson, N. j., July 1S.-The an
%nouncement that big Bill" Haywood
had withdrawn from active partici.
patton in the silk mill workers strike
here caused a break in the strike
ranks and there was a rush of hands
to the mills.
Haywood's withdrawal is explained
by Joseph Ettor, the Industrial Work
ers Of the World leader, who says
Haywood is physically unable to con-
tinue leadership.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
OUTBREAK IN CHINA GROWS
Another Southern Province Joins
RevoIutjonists.

Washington, July 22.-Fukien prov
ince has seeded from the Chinese re.
public. according to a dispatch to the
state department from Consul Fowler
at Foochow.
The legation at Picking reports that
The local government Of Canton, In
K%wangtung province. proposes to send
$4,000 troops north within a week to
engage the government forces.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
SAYS MULHALL is PERJURER
Candidate McCIave Testifies at Lobby
Probe,

Washington, July 19.-S. Wood Nc
Clave, Republican candidate for con-
gress in a special election to be held
in the Sixth New Jersey district next
Tuesday, came to Washington and
told the senate lobby Investigating
committee that Martin M. Mulhall,
late lobbyist" for the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, had per-
jured himself in his testimony before
the committee.
McClave denied emphatically that
Mulhall had raised or spent money
for him, had managed his campaign
or had been his close companion and
associate during his fight against Will
lam Hughes for the Sixth district
nomination in 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July 22.-Wheat-July,
86kc; Sept, S7Ac; Dec, 90%c. Corn
July, 62Bc; Sept, 63Ac; Dec,
:0Ac. Oats-July, 39%c; Sept, 41Ac;
Dec. 1880. Pork-July, $22.22; Sept,
$21.25. Butter-Creameries, 25@26c
Eggs-15c. Poultry-Chickens, 15c;
springs, 19c; turkeys, 19c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Forty Die in Sulphur Pit.

Palermo, Sicily, July 1S.-A sulphur
mine ear Castel Termini caught fire
while many miners we're at work.
There was a terrible struggle to es.
cape from the deadly fumes. and 1t Is
estimated that forty OF the men were
killed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
Delay to Currency Bill.

Washington, July 22.-President
Wilson still Is confident that curren.
cy legislation can be enacted at the
present session of congress-. He told
visitors at the White House that the
delay the currency bill has encounter.
ed was nothing more than he had
expected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
SHIP AND CREW DISAPPEAR
German Sailing Vessel and Twenty
Men Believed Lost.

Hamburg, July 22.-The German
sailing ship Kilo, with her crew OF
twenty men, has been given up as lost
by her owners
She sailed from Talcahuano on July
II for Mejillones and is believed to
have gone down on the coast of Chile.
She was a vessel Of 1871 tons net,
built at Glasgow in 1883.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
STATION SAFE IS CRACKED
Collection of Rare Coins and $50 in
Cash Taken at Tower City.

The safe in the station Of the North
ern Pacific railroad company at Tower
City was blown, the yeggmen secur.
Ing only $50 for their trouble, In
addition to a collection Of rare coins,
valued at about $50. Insurance pol.
icies and abstracts taken from the
safe were found Il short distance
away. The Job was evidently the work
Of experienced men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, July 22.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. 1 hard, 92Ac; No. 1
Northern, 91Ac; No. 2 Northern, 1914
@S9%c; July, 90A; Sept, 91Ac; Dec,
931sc. Flax-On track and to arrive,
S1.3S%; July, $1.37A; Sept, S1.39A;
Oct. $780,.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, July 22.-Cattle-
Steers, $6.50@S.50; COWS and heifers,
$4.50@7.25; calves, $6.0O@1O.25. feed
ers, $6.30@7.25. Hogs-$S.6O@9.O5.
Sheep-Shorn lambs, $4.0O@7.35;
shorn wethers, S4.50M4.75; shorn
ewes, $2.00@4.5O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
THANKING BY MAIL" LATEST
Postal Saving System Introduces In
novatjon,

novation.
Washington, July 1S.-"Banking by
mall is the latest innovation entered
into by the government in connection
with the postal saving system. Here
after deposits may be made by mail
and Withdrawals likewise effected
through the same agency.
When the postal savings system was
first put in operation postmasters
were forbidden to permit deposits by
such persons as were not patrons
Of the postoffice in which they sought
to bank.
This was found to work a hardship
On a certain class of depositors and
Postmaster General Burleson accord
ingly abrogated the rule.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-24
MAN WHO SOLD BODY DEAD
Sword SwaIlower Apparently a Sui.
eide in Bismarck.

Allan ]. Price, %forty-five years old,
sword swallower and snake charmer
with the Altman carnival shows, died
at Bismarck from morphine poison.
ing. He destroyed all papers that
would lead to his identity, but it was
learned that he has a Chinese wife
In New York city.
1t also was learned that some time
ago he had sold his body, to be de.
iivered after his death. to Johns Hop
kins university at Baltimore, for
5000.