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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Burglars Make Rich Haul

NEW YORK, March 16.-An east side
burglary perpetrated by clever cracks.
men some time today netted the thieves
the largest haul obtained in New
York City in many years. Martin
Simons & Sons, pawnbrokers in Hes
ter street, were the victims and the
property stolen includes $3.50, 600 worth
of jewelry, diamonds aud other prec-
ious stones and sl00, 900 worth of ne
gotiable securities.
The thieves gained access to the
pawnbr brokers' richly stored vaults by
means of tunnel from an abutting
building on q neighboring street. The
police believe six cracksmen were en-
ployed and that the tunneling requir-
ed all OF last night and the greater
part of Sunday morning. 1t 10 their
belief that the actual robbery took
place this afternoon while hundreds of
persons we're passing along the street
in front OF the pawnshop.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Defends RecIamation..Service

CHICAGO, March l3.-Director F. H.
Newell of the government reclama alton
service in q statement issued here
takes issue with remarks credited to
J ames j. Hill in recent speech. The
railroad magn ate is quoted as stating
that the irrigati work of the govern
ment could be accomplished at half
the amount now expended.
In his statement Newell declares that
Mr.. Hill shows q surprising lack of
accur ate information and apparently
clings to the worn out theory that the
government can not do work as cheap
ly as private enterprise.
Newell asserts that "a compilation
of the costs OF all the irrig alton pro-
iects Of consider able size recently
built or in process of construction In
the United States by private or cor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Office Seekers Must Wait,

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Confer-
ences today between National Chair.
man William F. McCombs and demo-
cratic leaders brought out the fact th at
the administration intends to proceed
slowly and carefully in filling feder al
Offices throughout the country.
While The senate is expected to ad-
journ early this week, President vii.
son and his advisers will continue the
sitting progress 90 that when the extra
session of congress begins on April I
there will be long list of appoint
ments ready for confirm alton.
When the extra session opens, Post.
master General Burleson also expects
to have ready his plans for dealing
with the situation created when all
fourth-class postmasters were put In
to the classified service. The post
master general had long talk with
Chairman McCombs and said after
ward that he would occupy himself in
the next three weeks with the drafting
of plan by which merit system
could be applied to fourth-class post
masters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Montana Democrats Appointed

WASHINGTON, March l2.-Sen ator
Myers and Senator Walsh, after q
conference today, sent to Secretary of
the Interior Lane recommend ations for
the following land Office appointments
to fill vacancies that have existed
since March 4: James T. Hamilton of
Stacy to be receiver, Miles City; F.
q. Foster of Billings to be register,
Billings; E. J. MCLEAN of Red Lodge
to be receiver, Billings.
1t Is generally believed that Senator
Myers will become chairman of the
committee on mines and mining in the
new senate.
Senator Walsh of Montana, when
asked by the committee on committees
to specify those to which he would like
to be assigned, said tn at his preference
would be for committees that handle
legislation affecting Montana and the
west generally. BE named the COM
mittees on public land, mines and min.
ing. irrigation, Indian affairs and
agriculture. The latter committee han
dies oil forestry legislation, including
appropriations for the department OF
agriculture.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Want Offices For Democrats.

WASHINGTON, March l4.-Presiden
Wilson's advisers have hit upon solu.
lions of the two political pro blems con-
fronting the sdministratio which
promised to be trou ublesome-wha at kind
OF democrats shall get plums from the
political tree, and how thousands of
democratic throughout the country can
be given q fighting chance ~ least to
get near the tree.
Within the next few ay Postm aster
General Burleson is.expected to pres
ent for the president s.considera alton .
plan which will open to democra ats the
IS, 600 third and fourthGclass postm ss.
terships placed under the civil service
recently by MIR. Taft.
Mr.. Burleson said that be had not
decided whether to askl,the president
for a revocationsof this order or not.
II he decides against asking for revo.
cation, be will suggest that postm as
ters who benefited by the sTaft order
be required to pass merit test, which
would be open also to others. II the
president took the first course thou
ssnds of postmasterships would be
available at once and II he chose the
other, the democrats who entered the
merit competition'would have as good
. chance as republican iucum bents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Meat Supply Is Short.

CHICAGO, March 14.-Arthur G..
Leonard, president OF the Union Stock
Yards company, sent the following re-
ply yesterday to telexrsphic inquiry
from Mrs. Heath, president of the Ma
tional Housewives league, % to the
cause for increase in the price Of meat
throughout the country.
"For the period since January l, %
compared with the same period Of 1912
there has been total decrease in the
receipts at Chicago of 646, 900 meat
animals Of every type, amounting to
an aggregate of 200, zoo, 900 pounds.
Mr.. Leonard said the higher prices
sre due to the shortage and the short
age 10 due largely to the wiping out of
. large amount of the range country
and its division into smaller farms.
He said the shortage had been incre as
ing in the last seven years and that 1t
would take q similar period to build up
the cattle raising industry 90 that any
material reduction in prices would te
possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Power For Sun River Project.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The in
terror department has closed q con.
tract with the Great Falls Power Co.,
for electrical energy for use In con-
nection with the construction of the
Sun river irrig alton project. The con-
tract calls for $500 kilowatts of power
through q period of six years. The
company will transmit the electricity
one hundred miles and deliver it to
the reel am alton service at q numbe
of sub. stations, from which it will be
distributed to the principal features Of
the work.
The use of electrical energy for the
excav ating OF canals is not only new
departure. but m srks an epoch in con-
struction work, and q reduction oi
cost and time will be accomplished
The electrical emery will bs of advan
tage in that each of the towns viii,
have cheap light and power for man
ufacturing and allied uses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Favors Republican Reorganization.

Favors Republican Reorganization.
DEs MONIES, March 15.-Senator
Albert B. Cummins, in address before
the Grant club here, declared it to be
his deliberate judgment that the door
of opportunity sis now swinging wide
for the republican party, and that II
we do not enter, our temporary defeat
may become final and our orgsniza-
tion disappear from the political
world"
After saying that the republican
party in It's org aniz alton has ceased
to be representative, and citing the
preponderance,of southern deleg ates
in the Chicago convention, ss proof
of his statement, the senator urged the
Importance of q national convention
before 1916 to formulate new rules for
the party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-The nomi.
nation of John Burke, former Cover.
nor of North Dakota, to be treasurer
of the United States, WAS sent to the
senate by President Wilson this after.
noon.
While the present week has been
given over largely to organic alton
and filling some of the vacancies oc.
casioned BY the change in adminisars.
tion, the word went out from the white
house today that next week there would
be change of activity.
Former Senator Joseph M. Dixon
of Montana, manager of Colonel
Roosevels's presidential campaign,
met President Wilson today. Dixon
was in Secretary Tumulty's Office when
the president left his own Office to
shake hands with some visitors.
'Here is man want you to meet, ~
said Mr.. Tumulty % he led the presi-
dent to Mr.. Dixon. Mr.. Wilson
smiled and put out his hand for .
hearty clasp.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Another New County

BILLINGS, March 16.-Stillwater is
the latest new county in Montana, and
is composed OF portions of Yellow
stone, Carbon and Sweet Grass. The
voting on the question took place yes
terday, and resulted in 637 votes for
the form alton of the county and 81
against. Columbus was chosen as the
county seat and full Get of officers
was named. The new county takes
six precincts from Yellowstone -coun-
ty, five from Carbon and four from
Sweet Grass. This makes the third
loss of territory for Yellowstone by
the creation of new counties in the past
two years, the others being Mussel.
shell and Big Horn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19

4:3O, enators and representatives in.
cluded. Applicants for federal judge
ships and United States attorney.
ships have been extremely active and
appeals have swamped the new attor-
ney general. A continuously open
door would consume bis entire time,
It was declared, and therefore he vas
obliged to reserve the period after 4:30
for the transaction Of government
business.
The failure of something like 1000
uomin ations for federal offices in the
various states, by reason of the cen.
ate's refusal to confrm, has placed a.
the disposal Of the incoming admins.
trstion the largest list of patronage
ever known. By instruction Of the
senate. the secretary has compiled .
complete list OF these nominations,
which correspondents have dubbed the
"mortusry list"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Mobbed British Suffragettes

LONDON, March 19.-Suffragettes
who again attempted to hold Sunday
afternoon meeting in Hyde park to-
day were mobbed by q crowd of 10000
persons. They we're pelted with clods,
oranges and other missiles and when
the police were escorting them from
the scene, the rioters tore off the hats
and cloaks of the women and even
struck come of them in the face.
The trouble began when "Gen."
Mrs. Flora Drummond mounted q
wagon and started to speak to the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Reducing Senate Payroll.

WASHINGTON, DC. March l5.-One
mournful expert mssseur and two
equally mournful assistants who, ever
since the senate Office buildings lux
urious baths were opened, have
smoothed back the wrinkles from the
brows of the worried and careridden
senators, have been told that they are
TO be dropped from the payroll of the
senate. Tho democra attic committee
has 80 far revised the senate psyrolls
that go positions are to be dropped 1t
. saving of GAG, 100 in the annual sem
ate expenditures. In the division of
patronage, each democratic senator
will have . distribution of positions
paying 93. 800 annually.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Higher Wages For Women.

CHICAGO, March IL. A careful
etudy of the probable effects of estsb-
lishment among themselves of q mini.
mum wage scale for .women is being
made by the big retail merch anita here,
following the recent session of the
state vice commission.
Two knotty problems engage their
attention, the extent to which higher
minimum would be reflected in in
creased compen alton for the more
skilled workers and how many women
and girls would be forced out of EN-.
ployment If minimum wage law we're
adopted creating standard under
which it would be cheaper to hire men
or boys.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Texas Produces Biggest Crop

WASHINGTON, March 7.-lllinois
again has yielded TO Texas the honor
OF being the premier crop producing
state of the union. Iowa holds her
position as third, while Ohio has lost
to Missouri the honor OF fourth place.
In 1912 Texas produced S407, 160, 900 in
the IL crops reported quantitatively by
the government-corn, wheat, oats,
barley, rye, buckwheat, aaxseed, rice,
potatoes, hay, tobacco and lint cotton.
The enormous cotton crop easily gave
Texas as big lead over the second
largest crop producing state Illinois,
whose aggregate production was valu.
ed at S2S9, 900, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Will Appoint Montana Postmasters.

Will Appoint Montana Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, March IA. - Con-
gressman Evans and Stout will SUBJ
NIT recommend ations for IA presiden.
tial postoffice vacancies in about q
week. The two congressman have
mutually agreed on division OF the
state by counties in making recon-
mend ations for postm masters. Con-
gressmsn Evans will take the west
side counties and Stout the eastern
counties. The division of counties
will be the same as the bill introduced
in the legislature dividing the state
into two congressiona al districts.
The senate democrats will assign
Senator Myers to the committee on
military affairs and Sen ator Walsh to
the judiciary committee. Congress-
men Evans and Stout have agreed
th at Evans shall take membership
on the house Indian affairs committee
and Stout on the public lands com.
mittee. This agreement will bring
Congress man Evans more closely in
touch with matters affecting irrigs.
tion of the Flathead lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
A Billion Dollar Congress.

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Appro.
priations of the last session of con-
gress, including the sundry civil and
the Indian appropriation bill, which
are to be put through at the coming
extra sessison, aggreg ated 81, ,098, ,647,-
960. The annual statements given out
today by Chairman Fitzgerald of the
appropriations committee and by for.
mer Speaker Cannon for the republic
cans agree on that total. Mr.. Can
non adds, however, that in addition
to that amount, contracts authorized
for public works involve further ex.
penditures of s76. $50, ,7l3.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
STORM SWEEPS SOUTH.
Trail Of Death and Destruction
Crosses Several States.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Wide.
spread storms of cyclonic intensity
swept over the middle west and the
south during the last "a hours, cut
their way through towns and cities
OF five states, snutfed out scores of
lives, made hundreds homeless and de-
stroyed property valued high in the
millions.
AT noon today 81 persons were re-
ported killed and the death list was
growing. O.her sections Of the coun.
try, from the great lakes to the gulf
and the eastern seaboard to the Rock.
les. were swept by gales, rain and
snow.
The storm took its heaviest toll of
life in Alabama, Tennessee and north
western Georgia.
From Nashville and Memphis come
reports of cyclones half q mile wide,
sweeping through five counties, tum-
bling over scores OF houses, crushing
half dozen towns and killing twen-
ty persons. Rome, Ca, told simi-
lar story OF the storm in northwestern
Georgia during the night, placing the
dead at eighteen. A cyclone 100 y ards
wide plowed through Dekslb county,
Georgia just east of Atlanta cut it of
from the world and killed five persons.
Two persons we're killed In Columb bus,
Ca, six in northern Alabama.
A nfty mile gale passed over Chica-
60 and Illinois during the night and
caused damage estimated at sl,.
600, 900.
From the storm swept areas come
meager reports of devastation, indi-
eating that the property loss will ex-
ceed by far the earlier estim ates.
Many towns have been cut of from
the world and in sections of four states,
thousands of telephone and telegraph
wires are prOstr ated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
New Slogan Forslrishmen.

NEW YORK, March list. Pat
rick's day a holiday" will.supplement
"Home Rule for Gland" % 9 clogs an
for the ST. Patrick's day celebr alton
here Monday. according to Michael
p. Carolan of the board OF directors
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
A bill is about to be introduced in
the state legislature making the day q
legal holiday, Mr.. Carolan said, and
the marchers this year will m axe every
effort to attract attention to the move
ment. About $4,000 persons are ex-
pected to take part in the parade.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Bound To Railroad Track

PHILADELPHIA, March 15.-Bound
by four men to the track in front of .
rapidly approaching express train on
the Pennsylvania railroad, Patrick j..
Dugau, a sign alman, escaped being
ground to death when the engineer
noting the absence OF the signal light
stopped the train within ten feet of
where he was tied. Dugan was uncon.
scious, his skull fractured. apparent
ly from q blow from q pickh andle.
He was on duty when he noticed th at
q signal light had been extinguished.
He went 10 investig ate when the men
leaped upon him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19

great assem- blage, which Was largely
made up Of youths, who had armed
themselves with ammunition OF var
ious descriptions or with trumpets,
mouth organs and bells. Her ap.
pearance st the front of the platform
was q signal for IN outburst of deaf
ening noise and . bombardment of
missiles. She had hardly uttered .
word when . clod of turf struck her in
the mouth.
Mrs. Drummond maintained her
good nature, smiled at her tormentors
and continued her speech amid veri.
table tornado Of abuse, catcalls, rag.
time choruses aud cries "go home to
your children"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
FIGHTING ON BORDER.
American Troops On Guard Against
Mexican lntruders.

NOGALEs, Ariz., March Is. Eu.
couraged by federal defeats At interior
towns and the bloodless victory yes
terdsy in taking the port OF Aqua
Prieta, 1000 Sonora state troops at
dsybresk today attacked Noga ales,
Sonora, opposite this border town and
customs port. Bullets showered into
the Arizona town, which 10 divided
from the Mexican town by q business
street. Up TO noon one Mexican citi-
zen had been wounded on the Arizona
side, and bullets entered the homes of
Americana In Nogsles, Ariz.
United States troops rushed from
Fort Huachucs, we're spread along the
internationa line, keeping back the
curious. The first charge of the in
surgent troops WAS repulsed with q
loss OF from fifteen to twenty killed,
while the garrison defenders early In
the day lost ct least seventeen killed
and eleven wounded.
WASHINGTON, March h13.-American
troops on the Mexican border have
been forbidden to return the fire oi
Mexican troops except on specific
authorization from.the war department
Ut Washington. The instruction has
been sent by direction of Secretary
Garrison to Brigsdier General Bliss,
In command of the border forces In
conformity with the war department.
purpose to remove all possible csusea
of friction between the Americana and
Mexicane.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
WILSON CALLS CONGRESS.
Extra Session For Tariff Revision
Program Begins April 7.

WASHINGTON, March h17.--President
Wilson today issued formal procla-
nation convening congress In extra
session st noon April 7. Originally
Mr.. Wilson had fixed on April l % the
GATE. Representative Underwood, the
majority leader having informed him
that the tariff bill to which 1t WAS
agreed congress should give immedi.
ate attention would be ready on that
date. Mr.. Underwood found, how
ever, that the ways and means COM
mittee would need another week to
draft the tariff schedules and todsy's
proclaim alton 10 in Difference to tho
wishes of Mr.. Underwood and house
leaders.
President Wilson plans to point out
specifically his wishes for the extra
session in his Arst message now in
preparation. This, 1t 10 known from
talks the president has had with mem.
bers of congress, will outline tho ad.
ministsation's idea of how the tariff
should be revised and just what sched-
ules should be taken up. The belief
is general that the entire message
would be given over to . discussion
OF the tariff with tho exception OF the
last paragraph or two, which will
draw attention to the need of currency
Legislation at the earliest possible
moment and will indicate the purpose
of the president to send later speci al
message on that or other subjects
which he believes should be taken up
by the new congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Pneumonia Kills Indian.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Hollow
Horn Bear, big chief Of the Sioux In
dians on the Rosebud. South Dakota,
reservation and probably the most
famous of all Sioux chiefs, died here
early today of pneumonia. For Ga
years the big chief had deied death on
the warpath, the plains, the mountains
and the forest, but the inclemency of
March weather in Washington, where
he came to attend President Wilson g
inauguration. was too much for the
old warrior.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
Another Democratic Senator.

CONCORD, N, e., March 13.-Henry
E. Hollis democrat was elected United
States sen nstor tod sylby the Legislature.
The newly elected senator 10 . lawyer
and . Hsrvard graduate. He was un-
successful candidate for governor and
for congress on several occasions.
He received 199lvotes, three more than
the necessary majority.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The elec-
tion of Senator Hollis aroused enthu.
siasm in democr aticscircles of the cen.
ate. The election makes the political
complication ofitheiisenate at present
as follows:
Democrats SO, republicans AZ, pro-
gressives 2.
Two vacancies exist from the state
of Illinois.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19

porate capital, including in this esti~s
mate more than 100 large svste0s,
shows that the average cost Of water
per acre is not far from eco. The aver
age cost for rights on the government's
projects ts e45."
Considering that it 10 erally con-s
ceded that the government has bulls
more substantial and enduring struc-
lures and has provided IN ample
water supply which many large enter.
prises have not, the comparison Of
cost 10 even more favor able to the
government woPks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
6esieged BY Office Seekers.

WASHINGTON, March l3.-Office
seekers have pressed Attorney Gener.
al McReynolds to the point where he
has been forced to have the depart
ment OF justice closed to all visitors at
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-19
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
important Committee Positions Sc.
cured by Montana Senator's

important Committee Positions Sc.
cured by Montana Senator's
WASHINGTON, March 15.-With the
decl alton from their leader, Sena-
tor Kern. that they proposed making
the SENATE ''democrati not only in
name but In practical results" the
democratic today re-oreanized the
committees of the senate and took &C.
tive control of legislative affairs IN
that body.
For the next two years At least Sen.
ator Myers will be chairman of the
committee on irrig alton and reclams.
tion of lands, and his colleague, Sem
ator Wslsh, will be chairman of the
committee on miues and mining.
These selections of democratic CAUCUS
es we're formally approved by the sen.
ate and both cen nators immedi stely
take charge of the committees over
which they will preside.
While Montana sen asors are forum
ate In their chsirm anships, they are
equally fortunate in their gener sl com.
mittee assignments, and study OF
new committee lists shows that Mon
tsna will be better represented on COM
mittees during the Sixty.third con-
gress than any other western state,
excepting those whose senators have
been here longer time.