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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
NOTE SAID SHE WAS
HELD FOR RANSOM
Writer Offered to Betray
Gang" if He Got Cash
to Escape.
HAD LETTER IN HIS CAP
Sent TO Rendezvous by Man Who
Called Him to Bank,
Prisoner Says.

v,.t the Brooklyn police believed TO
=. an attempt 10 eXtort money from
-. family Of Jessie McCann, who has
NO, missing since December 4, was
,opod Yesterday morning by the arrest
= Alvin C-,ude simmons. a machinist
.u,,loved by the Flatbush Avenue
~.vicab Company. No. 500 Flatbush
.renpe Brooklyn. Although the de-
..,,;res who are working on the case
,-o NOT much inclined TO the theory,
MORO is 2 possibility that instead of eX-
,ort,on there may have been genuine
attempt TO restore the missing girl TO
her family.
simmons is held on a charge of at
,or,,te5 eytortion. He is accused of
writing two letters to Mccain, in
ubicb he offered TO restore Jessie
mon the payment Of $1,000. The
writer of the letters declared that the
girl had been kidnapped by a gang
and was being he'd for ransom. He
added that he and his companions had
ouarrelled and that he would betray
them If assured Of a sufficient reward
10 make it possible for him TO escape
their wrath.
Said He Acted for Another.
Simmons maintained that he was not
the writer Of the letters, but merely The
messenger Of a man who had sent IN
cali to the taxicab office. He gave the
police a fun description of the man for
whom he said he acted. His stories,
however were confused.
The first letter was received Decem-
ber 10 at the Mccain home, No. 42S
East 21st street, Brooklyn. 1t was ad-
dressed to Robert G. Mccain, jr, and
read;
i am a member Of the gang that is
holding your sister. and ! am her jailer.
! am sore on the mob and want to make
my getaway II YOU will give a mes
senger boy $1,000 in small bills I will
meet him on the corner Of 57th street
and Seventh avenue. Brooklyn, at 1880
tomorrow morning December 20). |
viii tell you where Jessie is. We are
holding her for ransom
The note was not signed. The Nc
Cams have received so many letters OF
all sorts since the disappearance Of
their daughter that they did not even
take the trouble to turn this particular
enc over 10 the police They became
Interested, however, when on December
q they received a letter in the same
ha9dwriting. This one was addressed
10 Robert G.. McCann. II read:
This is your last chance to regain
your daughter. ] know where she is
and for 5000 will give you the infor-
nation. ] need the money To take me
10 safe place after / squcal on the
gang Meet me at 32d street and
Fourth avenue, Brooklyn. on Saturday
morning between 10 and ii o'clock -
The writer repeated the injunction to
bring the money in small bills and
Continued on third page. seventh column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
Mover for Arbitration.

Mover said he had sent letter 10
the general managers oil the miilhs
companies Of Houghton and keweena"
counties" proposing method OF set
,i;,e, the strike. Victor Berger, former
Socialist Representative in Congress
from wisconsin who accompanied
Mover here from Milwaukee. said the
letter was dispatched 10 the generai
managers before the attack. In the let
ter Moyer proposes:
THAT the President Of the United
states and the Governor Of the state
of Michigan, together select commit
tee Of arbitration, composed OF I'VE or
seven members that all matters in
dispute be submitted to said board, and
that upon the acceptance OF this me-
d;rm Of arbitration the miners on
etr,<e shall be re-employed by you
u ithout discrimination, and that all at
interest snail be bound by the findings
of said board.
81 was assaulted in the Hotel Scott
at Hancock. by members OF the Citi-
zers' Alliance and a man named Wad-
dou Mahon. gunman," said Mover, in
,o,Iire Of his expulsion from Michigan
last night.
T was terribly beaten, shot In the
back. dragged more than mile
through the streets, threatened with
death bv hanging and finally placed
aboard D Chicago train on the Chicago
Milwaukee &, st. Paul Railway. / was
guarded by two thugs on the train tiii
II reached Charming, Mich.
"a committee Of fifteen men, led oy
an attorney for the Calumet ana Hecia
Mining Company named Pederman, had
been I'm conference with me, and had
barely left the room, not more than four
minutes, hardly time enough to get out
Of the hotel, when the mob appeared
Not His First Kidnapping.
Il believe the strike is won in the
Calumet district. ] expect to return to
Calumet in few days under govern
ment protection. state and national
Meyer was put in lower berth in
the front OF the car. he said, and Tan
ner, bruised from kicks and with a
Continued on third page. sixth column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
Gave Church Extra Funds.

Knell was treasurer Of Holy Cross
Episcopal Church, on st. Nicholas ave-
nue.. Ridgewood. His recently handling
of the church funds bore witness als)
to his honesty and also seemed TO ind
cate that his act was carefully pre-
meditated
A few days ago he turned over 500
that was on hand, saying when he did
so that he would like to close up his
accounts, and although he had had lit
tie time to audit them, he thought the
800 would cover his Indebtedness as
treasurer. When his accounts were
checked up it was found he had paid
IN 800 too much, and that amount was
returned TO him.
He was also treasurer Of the Forest
Park Athletic Club and only a few
days ago closed up his accounts With
that organization also. II was said I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

QUICKEST ROUTE TO MIAMI, MAS
SAT- AND HAVANA BY HOURS; Atlan, :,
tic Coast Line. IN. Y. rlorlda sSppeai, p.a,,
i2:SS noon, effective JAN o. i+i' % way
--AdYt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
Not His First kidna piping.

Continued on third page. sixth column.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
MEET POSTPONED
will OPEN april 2eth

Rev. Bromley, the evangelist. will
open his meetings in Dickinson on
April 2oth instead of April 18th. as has
been advertised. He has been holding
u series Of meetings in South Dakota
and his physician advised a rest. He
writes assuring the people here that he
will be in good shape again on the goth.
The meetings are being widely adver-
tised and Dickinson expects to be en-
tertaining a crowd of outside people
during the revival meetings in April.
The following letter was received this
week from Rev. Runions of Taylor:
Taylor, North Dakota, March 27. 1913.
Bromley Committee:
Our Taylor people are interested in
the Bromley revival that we see adver-
tised for April. Quite number of us
are planning to come up and attend.
We think that Dickinson is doing the
wise as we'll as the handsome thing to
make herself center for big effort for
righteousness like the Bromley meet
ines.'''' If the people in the county seat
all pull together they will see gather
ing from all parts of the county to hear
this famous Kentucky preacher. You
can count on bunch from Taylor.
Yours cordially.
A. G. RUNioNs,
.... Pastor M. E. Church.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
JENSEN BUYS LAND
HAS five SECTIONS

During the past week Rasmus Jensen
was in from his ranch six miles north
east of Oakdale to close contract with
the Northern Pacific Ry. Co. for three
sections of land. Mr.. Jensen had been
leasing the land for some time and
recently received notice that the same
was on the market and that he was
given a priority right of 80 days. The
prices were scheduled at from $5 to $40
per acre. according to the railroad
classification.
Mr.. Jensen is large grower of cattle
and horses and had already acquired
two sections of land about eight miles
south Of the Little Missouri river. He
lost no time in coming to Dickinson
and closing the contract. 1t took a good
sized check, but that was something
that Mr.. Jensen could handle without
difficulty. He now has 5000 acres OF
grazing land and will be able to con-
tinue in the ranching business for a
long time. The land is well watered
and in places has quite little timber.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
Walter Parkin Busy

One Of the papers down near the res
ervation in Morton county. said last
week of Walter Parkin:
". s. Parkin was in town recently
from Mandan on some business matters.
It is not M. Parkin's intention to run
any stock in his reservation pasture this
year. but may put in few hundred
head with some Of the other stockmea
having range across the river. Mr..
Parkin owns the land at the mouth of
the Cannon Ball river, where the n. p.
survey from Egedely west crosses the
Missouri river. and he has visions of a
Great metropolis to come at this point,
where he will plat townsite this
spring and commence boosting the sale
Of town lots. What the new town will
be named has not been given out.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
fourteen TO Be GRADUATED
FROM DICKINSON HIGH

Fourteen boys and girls will be grad
uated from the Dickinson high school
this year. The commencement exer-
cises will be held on May 29th in the
high school auditorium, the graduates
themselves taking no part in the ex-
ercises. The Seniors were putting in
their extra work this year on the play
which was given April 4th, so that
the remainder Of the scholastic year can
be entirely given TO their studies. Supt.
Berg has been chosen, in preference
to any outside speaker, to give the COM
mencement address this year. The class
has chosen we'll for Dickinson people
are aware that in Mr.. Berg, they have
saneg the most afr,,ctive speakefs in
the state.
The members Of the graduation class
of 1913 are: Myrtle Parker. Marion
Dundas. Emma Nichols. Edna Smith.
Marguerite Rudiselle. Rose Berringer.
Alonzo Nichols, Irving Gerlich. Lyall
Merry, Chas. Mccarthy, Donald Hunter.
Llewelyn RoQuette, Fred Maser and
Victor Christensen. ....
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
Quail for this Territory

H. J. Gruschus and Roy Henderson
recently put out some quail in the
country north and south of Dickinson.
The birds were shipped from New
York game preserve and inasmuch as
there is no open season in North Dakota
they should multiply and become very
plentiful. ....
Mr.. Gruschus liberated his portion of
the quail consi gnment at the old Pei
ton place north of Dickinson. while Mr..
Henderson turned his loose at the
Charles Colsrove farm on Antelope
creek. It would be hard to find better
places for quail. ......... ....-.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05

stone: Alma Ristuben, Snow; Anna
Fromelt. Taylor: Ora Flannery, Taylor
Elizabeth Morris, Richardton: Alvina
Dinsdale. Taft; Claire Demine, Belield
Myrtls Beck, Dickinson /. Mrs. J. Pinter.
Belfield: Fern Wilson, Medora; Supt.
Marie Alderman, Medora Mrs. E. D.
Hubbard, Dickinson; H. M. Pippin,
Richardton; Cassie Cheadle. Belfeld
Mrs. T. A.. Arneson. Giese: Inis
Cameron, Gladstone; H. O. Pippin,
Gladstone: Mrs. Ella Gray, Dickinson.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
sioux RESERVATION
OPENS IN SPRING OF 1914

No paper in the northwest has kept as
close tab on the opening of the 81 oux
reservation as the Enterprise, publish
ed at Shields in the southeastern por-
tion of Morton county. 1t seems that
the reservation is not to be opened for
another year. Here is what the Enter
prise says:
THE Enterprise is in receipt of a
copy Of the bill opening the Standing
Rock reservation through the courtesy of
Chas. Mclaughlin. According 10 a tel
egram from Congressman Chas. H. Burke
of South Dakota. who is the author of
the bill. the registration will likely be
held this fall and filings be made next
spring.
The lands will. according the bill.
be disposed of by proclamation of the
president under the general provisions
of the homestead and townsite laws Of
the United States. Prior to the opening
the superintendent of the reservation
shall cause allotments to be made to
every man, woman and child belonging
to or holding tribal relations in said
reservation. who have not heretofore
received allotments.
''Also the price of said lands entered
as homesteads under the provisions of
this act shall be as follows: Upon all
lands entered or filed upon within three
months after the same shall be opened
for settlement and entry, five dollars
per acre, and upon all lands entered or
filed upon after the expiration of three
months and within six months after
the same shall have been opened for
settlement and entry, three dollars and
fifty cents per acre; after the expiration
of six months. after the same shall
have been opened for settlement and
entry, the price shall be two dollars
and fifty cents an acre.
THAT the price of said lands shall
be paid in accordance with the rules
and regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior upon the fol-
lowing terms. One-fifth of the purchase
price to be paid in cash at the time of
entry, and the balance in five equal in
stallments, the first within two years
and the remainder annually in three.
four. five and six years. respectively,
fro:a and after the date y6f entry. In
ease any entryman fail Is to make the
annual payments, or any of them, when
due, all rights in and to the land cover
ed by his entry shall cease. and any
payments Heretofore made shall be
forfeited and the entry cancelled
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
BY. TO Mott
Is The Talk
Would Connect DieI.inson With Big
aberdeen Wholesale Center.
Gov. Hanna Comes to
City Nay I'll.

The annual election and banquet of
the Dickinson Commercial Club on May
7th, promises to be one of the big social
events of the season. Gov. L. B..
Hanna. as previously announced. will
be present and will give the principal
address of the evening. The commit >e
in charge OF arrangements is j. W..
Reed, w. L. Richards. Fred Maser, r.
S. Davidson and W. J. Orchard.
At the meeting of the Commercial
Club this week it was decided that q
railroad from Dickinson to Mott would
be feasible. and it was voted to con-
tinue the present committee-Alfred
White. W. L. Richards and F. C.
Heffron. .... .....
A road to the white City, would
put Dickinson in direct connection with
the wholesale houses of Aberdeen and
would really give this city route to
the Twin Cities some 80 or 40 miles
nearer than it has over the Northern
Pacific. Aberdeen is getting to be an
important wholesaling point. and it is
more than likely that Mott and the
South Dakota city would take lively
interest in road connecting Dickinson
with their territory. An easy grade
could be secured from Dickinson to
Mott via the Black butte country and
the cost of constructing road would
perhaps not exceed $40. 600 per mile.
There would not be any heavy expense
for bridges. a few years ago the club
spent quite sum Of money in getting
preliminary survey work by q competent
railroad engineer. The club has the
detailed report Of. this engineer and
therefore it is not guess, work to say that
a fairly good grade can be secured in
this direction. 1t is worth serious con-
sideration anyway. ys@ W.
Another matter that oNr people do
not want Is lo'sse sight Il Is he norma normal
school proposition. The bill has passed
the first legislative session providing fol
the fourth normal at Dickinson. 1t will
come up for final passage in 1915. and
in the meantime our people want to
talk the matter up and get the people
thoroughly educated as to the import
ance of such school in central western
North Dakota.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
Dickinson Aids
Flood Victims
For Storm and Flood Sufferers.
Loss Of Life Now Placed
at About 500. Waters
Recede.

The flood situation in Ohio and Indi-
ana is Frightening and the situation is
not as bad as at first reported. When
the waters receded in the rivers and the
towns and cities that were submerged
were again on dry land it was found
that the death toll is much less than it
was feared at first.
Dayton. on the Great Miami river.
tributary of the Ohio. suffered the
Greatest loss and conservative esti-
mate places the deaths at about 200.
Twenty thousand persons are left desti-
tute. while 40. 600 must be fed clothed
and..housed for several days. At least
is, 600 houses or what remains of them,
must he pulled down and thousands of
ton of debris must be removed.
Hamilton, Ohio, lost about 100 lives,
Peru, Okron, Ada. Millesburg. Piqua.
Brink Haven. Findlay. GAINESVILLE. Fray
and Middletown in Ohio have lost many
lives and many more are homeless.
In Indiana, Btookville. Peru. Indianap-
oils and other cities were sufferers and
later reports show Huntington and other
places in West Virginia. 10 be in the
wake of the overflowing rivers. These
people were warned and fed for safety
but thousands along the rivers will he
left homeless.
Every state in the Union is contribu-
ting to the fund for the flood sufferers.
There is food enough for the present
needs but relief will be required for an
other month at least. Contagious dis
eases have broken out in some places
and the hospitals are full. The state
militias are protecting property and
keeping order.
Dickinson people made liberal dona-
tions for the sufferers. The net pro-
ceeds of the Bijou for days perform
ance reached the sum of $50. rs
which was forwarded by Mayor r. H.
johnson to the Red Cross society. 1t
will be remembered that Manager j.
j. Mccarthy announced last week that
he would turn over the proceeds of his
play house on March 3Oth, for the bene-
fit of the fl ood and cyclone sufferers.
He advanced the price from 1Oc to Csc
for the day and the people seemed glad
to paw the extra amount for their tick
cts. The special evening collection Of
the union Methodist and Congregational
service on Sunday evening amounted to
$40 and was turned over to the Red
Cross society.
The local knights of Columbus order
donated $50. sending SIS each to the
governors of Ohio and Indiana. This
made total of $159 Is from Dickinson,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
eoRHAm nHs,.2 ].
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS

The people at Gorham and vicinity
have been talking good deal of late
of making a start for a branch railroad.
They believe that if the settlers could
get road graded into Bel6eld or Dick
inson (they prefer the last named place.
that the Northern Pacific would iron the
grade and furnish the rolling stock. 1t
is stated that some of the farmers have
already had encouraging conferences
with officials Of the N. p. ....
A great many farmers in the Gorham
country are raising thousands of bushels
Of grain annually and they certainly
need better facilities for getting their
produce to market. 1t is probable that
if the farmers could organize. get the
preliminary survey and grade few
miles that they could get help from
this end of the line. Dickinson people
could afford to help for the sake of get
ting branch line into the city.
The Gorham school board is making
suitable provision for their children,
recently letting contract to r. A. Gray
for the erection of two new school
houses. The bid for the two was 81, 14e.
Dickinson contractors had bids in for
the work but they were just a little
high. The district maintains seven
schools.
The members of the Gorham board
are: H. J. Truelsou. John Meskhe and
Oscar Axness, directors; Miss Susanna
Everson. clerk; Mrs. H. j. Truelson,
treasurer.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
BEuFIELp PosT0FFlcE
TAYLOR AND MOTT ALSO

John P. Galyen was down from Bel
field on Tuesday looking up postoface
matters a little. 1t seems that the
appointment of W. ". Beebe last sum-
mer was not confirmed and President
Wilson will likely be asked to make
an appointment for the Bel6eld office
before lone. Mr.. Beebe has given gen.
eral satisfaction and is we'll liked but
he is a republican and the present sd
ministration is selecting democrats for
federal appointments. The patrons Of
the office think so much of Mr.. Beebe
that they have been almost unanimous.
it is understood. in petltioning that he
be allowed to remain.
Mr.. Galyen has been consistent de-
mocrat all his life and he has been a
resident of the Belfield territory for a
long time and therefore heiconsiders his
chances good for getting the position.
So far as Mr.. Galyen knows he has the
party organization on his side. :,
It seems that Bel6eld is not the only
place where the republicans were ln-
successful with appointments made
some time before the present adminis-
tration took hold of affairs at Washing
ton. Frank Bonesho's time at Mott ex-
pired in January and after hard fight
Robert D. Beery won out and was ap-
pointed postmaster by President Taft.
The appointment was not confirmed and
the democrats are now looking for the
place. Mr.. Beery has just lately been
appointed deputy slate bank examiner.
Taylor has postofice vacancy. Miss
Annie Knudson is the actine postmis-
tress., J. F. Christen resigned before
leaving for Europe and supposed Miss
Knudson could get the position. She
had acted as clerk and was capable Of
holdine the Office. However. the pos
itioh, was not filled and now the demo-
crats; are hopeful Of getting il. As
stated last week. Pa: McGraw. an old
timer, and w. F. Kempshall, recent
homesteader north of Taylor. recently
circulated petitions and the county CEN
trail committeeman have had an oppor-
tunity Of expressing themselves.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05
ED. BERRy's FLOOD LOSS
COWS AND HORSES DROWN

The high water the first of the week
damaged E. j. Berry at his Glendive
farm to the extent of about $40,
He lost IS horses, AZ cows Gall he had)
and l2o hogs. to say nothing of poultry
loss. damage to feed and buildings.
The water came upon the farm premises
with rush and the foreman and his
family barely escaped with their lives.
The current of the Yellowstone was so
swift that it was impossible to get
out in boats even to save the life of
stock.
A few of the cows held out for II
hours in water from their knees up to
their backs.
Mr.. Berry had valuable horses and his
cows were of the finest Holstein strains
and cost him great deal of money.
This is the greatest financial loss he
ever suffered and he remarked that he
had regained his health and he was
thankful for that.
1t will be remembered that mir.
Berry suffered quite loss at his farm
by floods once before.
The water was so high west Of the
city for more than a day that the rail-
road officials were considerably con-
cerned about the safety of passengers
on No. 2. the water at one time being
up to the car floor.
Attorney F. D. Hevener, who came
down from Glendive on Thursday said
that it was the worst flood Glendive
had ever suffered.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-05

John Orchard retur ned Sunday from
Rochester, N. Y, where he accompan-
led his wife from the Mayo hospital
and spent short time at the home OF
his son, Dr.. Norris Orchard. He left
Mrs. Orchard much improved and on q
fair road to complete recovery. She ex-
poets to remain with her son in Ro-
chester for the summer.