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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
FINDS CAT. WHISPERS
AND ALL PETRlFIED

c0TT0NW0OD FALLS, Kan, July
"O.-Whilc repairing the floor of his
house, John Mann, farmer living
southeast Of here. found a petrified
kitten in perfect condition. The cat
weighed five pounds and its body was
smooth and hard, as though tt was the
work of sculptor. Its tail, feet and
ears were intact and there we're few
Hhiskers projecting from the jaws.
The house under which the kitten
was found was built forty years ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
BILL TO LIMIT PARCEL
POST Is POSTPONED.
p. NJ. c. TO Make Thorough Test OF
New Order In Meantime.

WASHINGTON, u. C.. July go
pon assurance by Postmaster General
Burlcson that he would not further
change parcel post regulation until
present rates can be thoroughly tested
the Senate f'os;ntticc committee today
indefinitely postponed action on SEN
ator Bryan's resolution TO annul the
Postmaster Generals power to change
rates and sizes Of mailable parcel post
packages.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
After Wild Auto Ride This
LochinUar Weds Sweetheart

CLEVELAND. o.. July 3O-It was
q Young Lochnivar who came out of
the north instead OF the west. and aft.
CT four days of hiding near the castle
OF his lady and father at Moundsville.
w. Va. carried her away on wild
automobile trip OF 200 miles across the
border. into Ohio.
In some small village between
Cleveland and Moundsville they stop.
ped long enough to be married He
was Guy II. Barger. 81 years old. vii.
hanson building. Cleveland. and his
lady was Miss Marie Riley. 20 years
old, of Moundsville. daughter of a
wealthy coal operator.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
Wilson Confers
With Senator'S
AMBASSADOR GOES OVER MExi.
CAN SITUATION WITH COM.
MtTTEE IN SECRET.
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

WASHINGTON. July 3o.-Ambassa-
dor Henry Lane Wilson conferred
with the senate foreign relations COM
mittee in executive session today Civ.
ing his views on the Mexican situa-
ton u
1t was e'Iden' that the senators had
been looking forward to first informas
ton from the Mexican ambassador.
The conference began promptly at the
hour set. ,.
Secretary Bryan was not present. (
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
RCBeLLloUS CoNvICTs
RETURN TO WORK

INV ASSOCIATED FEfSSl
OSSINlNG. y. Y, July 20. - One
hundred and fifty SIX rch"llious con.
vlcts in Sing Sing prison who had
heca locked in their cells since the
disorder OF last week. went hack to
work today without trace Of their
former INSTRUMENTATION. Warden
Clancy believes there will be no fur.
thcr disorder.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
2 Little Girls
Plunge Forty
Feet to Death
PLAYING ON PORCH OF APART.
MeNT HOUSE THAT GAVE
WAY.
BROTHER WHO WAS RoMPiNG
WITH THEM IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.

FlTTSBuRiI. Pa. July 3O.-Fairy
and Edith Ewing. Nttle daughters OF
L. J. Ewing. were killed to-day when
they fell from the third story porch OF
the apartment in which they lived
with their parents at Moncssan near
here.
Their brother. John. was seriously
hurt. The children were romping on
the porch when the railing gave way
and they felt forty feet into the street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
How b. S. Forces On Texas
Frontier And Mexicans Line Ub

In event the unexpected should happen the United
declare armed Intervention Mexico
would he work
They are commanded by MaIoGncrI WlIm II. T.
S. a.
They
Eleven OF
Seven regiments cavalry.
Three (partiall o artillery
III aso Tex. and Galveston operations
One force will strike through opposite
The other, by Galveston he district
from tue
The navy is scheduled operate
basic points
The Is
each with about l5OON arms
llucta himself, the FCdrT
Governor MayaFar"Ha.
C0ahuia esteemed be the
forces
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
Fire Destroys
$4,000 Mill
PLANT OF MoNoNCRHELA CON.
Germ GOES UP-oRfGfN
NOT KNOWN.
tHf ASSOCIATED rRESSf

MO%ONGAItELA. Pa, July 80
The plant Of tho MonOncahcla Saw
and Flaming mill here was almost
wholly destroyed by fire at six O'Clock
this morning cntaiiug loss OF $7a..
ooo. The origin Of the fire is IN.
known. The fireman had hard bat
tie to prevent the spread OF the flames
to adjoining buildings.
The heaviest loss is on the mae in.
cry in the building hut thousands of
i.ei OF lumber were consumed
TIL" loss is partly covered by insus
aIfCc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30
ClMcY VOTES ON NEW CHARTER.

lEY ASSOCIATED rEEESl
C1NClNNATI. o.. July 3o.-Cincin.
natl is holding y special election to,
day on the question OF whether the
city shall adopt a new charter. Fol.
lowing this question on the ballot
there are two tickets. one headed by
Walter l.. Knight. who was instru
mental in settling the recent street
car strike. and another known as the
Herbert + BiGclow ticker from which
fifteen candidates for commissioner to
frame a charter are TO be chosen, in
case the voters decide to have u nc~
charter.
Leaders estimate that sixty thou.
sand votes would be polcd.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30

A message received from Mr.. Lew
y. Harr. who. together with his fam.
lily and Mr. and Mrs. o. J. Fleming. |
left in their automobile the latter pa 4
Of the week for Atlantic City. states I
that they had fine trip and reached
Atlantic Ciy on Saturday,. They will
spend several weeks there.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30

Attorneys d. L. Butcher. H. S. Live.
ly and Scott c. Lowe attended court
at philipPi yesterday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30

Mr.. Robert Pcrrinc. who has been
III with typhoid fever at Cook hospital
returned today to his home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-30

Mrs. George Arms. who had hccu 4
surgical patient at Cook hospital. re-.
turned today to her home on Mt Vcf
non avenue.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
SERIOUS R|0T|NG
OCCURS AT M|NOT
|. ". W. Members and the Au-
thOritieS Clash.

About eighty men were arrested at
Minot following stormy scenes dur
ing street meetings of Industrial
Workers of the World.
Forty-one arrests were made when
rotten eggs were thrown at a speaker,
Jack Law, and followers by citizens OF
Minot. Twenty more we're arrested
by the sheriff and posse and the po-
lice force in the woods near the 500
railroad tracks where they had a
camp.
Dewey Dorman, Socialist street COM
missioner, and Art LIE Seuer, former
Socialist president of the city commits
sion and prominent in North Dakota
politics, were arrested when they at
tempted to address the crowd. Two
more were arrested later.
The police were unable to cope
with the situation and were forced to
call the fire department and sheriff
for assistance. The tiremen, deputies
and policemen Joined in the raid OF
the /. w. w.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
News Of the Week From Vari-
GUS Parts Of the State
MUCH ACTIVITY IN BUILDING
Schools and Churches Hold Lead in
Reports Covering New Con-
struction Work.

Schools and churches still hold the
lead in the reports covering new con-
struction work in North Dakota, an
unusual amount of which is being
done this season. Temporary delay in
the construction of some buildings.
caused during the latter part of June
by the uncertainty of crop conditions,
has been followed by even greater &C.
tivity.
New educational buildings are be.
ing erected at Wimbledon, Ypsilanti,
Sanger, Pillsbury, the Moore district
neal Lisbon, the Hay district near
Langdon, Fillmore, Hannaford, Court
ney, Mohall, Center, Deering, Glad
stone, Linton, Medora, Washburn,
Walhalla, Williston, Maddox. Daw-
son, Hankinson, New Hradee, Mapes,
Adams, Napoleon, Pinto, Neche, Sen
tinel Butte, Swartzberg, Taft, Gal
chutt, Nichols, Hurdstield, Beltield,
Grace City, Medford, Portal, Revere
and Minnewaukan.
New churches are being planned as
follows: Methodist at Lakota, Cath
Ollie at Beach, Congregational at Will
liston, Holy Name at Wilmot, Meth
odist at Macarthur, Swedish Lutheran
at Litchville, together with a hos
pital at Harvey and another at Wahpe.
ton.
Garrison will have a flour mill;
Grand Forks votes 500 on the ques-
ton of establishing a municipal
slaughter house; Hurdsfield is to have
a new feed mill; McHenry and Plaza
will get -four mills; Jamestown prob.
ably will have a new creamery; Ana.
moose plans to erect a creamery;
Minot is getting a b%riquetting plant
and may also get a creamery.
L. M. Engleston is erecting a bust
ness block at Midway; the Hubbard
block at Mayville is being rebuilt; the
First State bank of Wyndmere will
have a new bank; Freiberg will get a
general store and elevator building;
E. A. Hughes of Bismarck will on
struct a three-story block; Dawson
will have a new modern store build
lu6, LlO 81 ANdIlOId1 Jain VI did,
marck will have a new home; at Dew
lis Lake the Wickert-Schutt building,
costing $4,000, will be erected:
Busher & Dahl are erecting a modern
implement house at Fairmount; the
Heaton State bank will erect a new
home; the Citizens State bank Of
Max will build a new home; at Rug
by a new bank building is being o n
structed.
The state board of control has re-
ceived bids for new buildings at the
state asylum for the insane, costing
over $1,000 00. New elevators are be-
ing built at Rugby, Medburry, Nc
Henry, Leith, Lankin, Paramount, Col
fax, Cavalier, Bentley, Buttzville,
Hamilton, Munich, Nortonville and
Walcott.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
HOUSE COMMITTEE
QU|zzES MULHALL
Witness Begins Story Of Con.
g%ressionaI Activity

Washington, Aug. 12.-Martin M.
Mulhall began the second recital of
his experiences in influencing legisla-
ton before the Investigators On the
house side of the Capitol.
The committee plans to take up
Systematically the various members
of congress, employees of congress and
other public men mentioned in the
correspondence and examine the wit
ness relating to each individual.
Following this plan all of the Null
hall letters relating to Representative
Richard Bartholdt of Missouri were
placed in the record and Mulhall was
questioned about them.
The letters related to the activity of
Mulhall in procuring assistance from
Bartholdt in preventing a report on
an eight-hour labor bill from the labor
committee and in supporting the Lit
tlefield anti-pilotage bill which the
National Association of Manufacture
ers favored.
The letters and Mulhall's testimony
told OF arranging to obtain the sup.
port Of Bartholdt and other members
for the anti-piloting bill by working
to hold up in the house a judiciary
bill %forbidding the interstate shipment
of intoxicating liquors to which Mr..
BarthOldt was opposed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
WILL APPEAL SNUFF CASE
Lower Court Favors State in Pro
Forma Ruling.

Forma Ruling.
North Dakota's anti-snuff law is to
be fastened to the state supreme
court and possibly to the United
States supreme court to obtain a de-
cision as to it's constitutionality. Ac-
cordingly, Judge Crawford of Dickin-
son has entered a pro forma decision
without going into the merits of the
case, deciding in favor of the state,
SO that G. ]. Olson, the travelling man
arrested at Dickinson on the charge
of selling a substitute, could appeal at
once.
Counsel representing the Weyman-
Bruton company of New York, will
appeal. They contend the law is un-
constitutional in that it is broader
than its title and cannot prevent the
sale of snuff substitutes.
Attorney General Miller sustained
Commissioner Laid in the latter's
opinion that he could prevent the
sale of the substitutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
"OPENS UP ZOO, 900 ACRES
Vast Tract to Be Settled Under En-
Iarged Homestead Act.

In accordance with a promise made
Senator Gronna by Secretary Lane
to open large tracts of land in North
Dakota for entry under the enlarged
homestead act the acting secretary OF
the interior has made such a designa-
tion of over 400, 900 acres of arid
land in the western part of the state.
The areas designated lie in the Willis
ton, Minot and Dickinson land dis
tricts and include parts of Divide,
Burke, Williams, Mountrail, Mckenzie,
Dunn, Gold Valley, Billings, Stark and
Bowman counties.
This order will make it possible for
the department to act promptly on
about 800 petitions which are now
pending. The petitioners in each
case request that part of the tract or
tracts be made available for acquisi-
ton under this particular law.
The order becomes effective on Aug.
30. Entries cannot be received ex-
cept under the ordinary homestead
law prior to that date.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
Small Crowd Greets Special
Envoy at Mexico City.
INTENDS TO MOVE SLOWLY
Believes His Work in Mexico Will Be
Completed in Three Weeks and
Possibly Sooner.

City Of Mexico, Aug. 12.-John Lind,
the personal emissary of President
Wilson, has thus far had a compare,
lively uneventful experience in Mex.
leo.
Before leaving Vera Cruz Mr.. Lind
was visited by General Gustavo Mas,
the military commander there, he be.
ing the first official of Mexico to meet
the emissary. The meeting took place
at the train just before Mr.. Lind's de.
narture. and General Mas also did
him the honor to parade a small de.
tachment of troops alongside his
train.
The monotony of the trip in the reg.
ular day train from Vera Cruz to the
capital was broken by an enforced de,
lay by the wreck of a train ahead in
the region which has been the scene
OF rebel operations.
Mr.. Lind declared here he did not
have the slightest intention of dis.
cussing affairs regarding Mexico with
private individuals. He said his bust
ness was with official Mexicans and
that he would be very careful with
whom he talked. There need be nc
apprehension, he added, that he
would embarrass the government by
indiscretion of that sort.
There is reason to believe that be
fore his mission to Mexico is ended
Mr.. Lind will have suggested more
than the mere fultillment of the prom,
Use by General Huerta that elections
be held. 1t has been pointed out thai
such a demand is not wholly consis
tent, since the promise to hold cleo
tons in October has already beer
made, and limitations of bad faith
are out of taste at the present time
Mr.. Lind does not propose to act
hastily, though he will lose no time
and it may be that all his work il
Mexico will be finished in three weeks
and possibly much sooner. If Genera
Huerta persists in being unwilling tt
see him, O'Shaughnessy, the charge
d'affaires, will transmit Lind's com
m~unications.
The arrival of Mr.. Lind has beer
devoid of any thrills. When the per
sonal representative of President VIII
o alighted from his train after {
tedious days journey from Vera Cruz
only a few persons were about thu
station.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
AUTOMOBILE LEAPS FERRY
our North Dakotans Perish in the
Red River.

Four residents of Drayton are dead
as a result of an auto accident which
occurred at Joliet. While going down
the incline to the ferryboat John An
derson, the chauffeur, lost control of
the machine, which had it's top I'D,
and it plunged over the ferry into
fourteen feet OF water in the Red
River Of the North.
The dead are: Mrs. J.. johnson and
her tWelve-year-old son; Mr.. r. A.
Stewart and daughter. Alice.
Stewart saw his daughter dragged
into the swirling current and leaped
AFTER her as the anvas top disap-
paared beneath the surface. She was
never seen to come up. The chauffeur
went down with the car but managed
to extricate himself and swim ashore.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
LAND OFFICE TO BE MOVED
Devils Lake Federal Officials Will
Close Books.

On Aug. 80 another North Dakota
land office, the scene in pioneer days
of many exciting incidents attendant
to the settlement up Of the state, will
pass out OF existence. An executive
order just promulgated abandons the
Devils Lake office, consolidating it
with the Minot office.
When this order becomes effective
only four land offices will remain in
the state, all these being in the west
ern districts.
By a new order of the department
of the interior, providing for enlarged
homesteads OF 800 acres, it is antici-
pated that the remaining land in the
state will be filed on within a short
time. Since the first lot of land was
thrown open to entry under the en-
larged act many thousands of acres
have been taken up by homesteaders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
TRYING TO BRING ON WAR
President Wilson Believes Organized
Force Is at Work.

Washington, Aug. 12.-President
Wilson let it be known that he is in
clined to believe there is an organ
lied desire-proceeding from sources
unknown to him-to bring on a war
between the United States and Mex
leo.
The president does not regard the
movement as extensive, but as very
troublesome, and referred to misrep-
reservations in some individual news
papers.
He indicated that he shared some
What the views of Senator Williams,
Who declared in a speech recently
that an organized lobby existed to in
volve the United States in war.
There is 40 occasion for alarm in
the opinion of the president, who
told callers that within the last forty
eight hours the Mexican situation has
been improved materially. 1t was
made clear by the president that the
instructions to John Lind, his personal
representative, chiefly were to inform
the American government how things
stood generally in Mexico.
Sooner or later, it was pointed out,
Mr.. Lind will make certain sugges
tons to the Huerta government
through the American embassy, but
in just what circumstances has not
been determined upon fully. Any.
thing in the suggestions that properly
may be made public will be revealed,
according to administration officials
here, an dforeign governments con,
stantly will be appraised of the va.
rious steps taken by the United
States.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
COLONEL S. F. CODY KILLED
Aviator and Passenger Meet Death
When Machine Falls.

Aldershot, Eng, Aug. 8.-Colonel S.
f. Cody, n of the best known avia-
tors in England, and a passenger
named Evans were killed when Cody's
monoplane turned turtle near here
and buried both men under it when it
crashed to earth.
Cody's neck was broken in the fall.
His sons. Leon and Frank, were eye
witnesses of the accident. which was
attributed by experts to faulty con-
struction, the body of the craft prov
ing too heavy for the wings.
Cody was an American by birth, but
became a naturalized Englishman sew
eral years ago.
Evans was a member of the Indian
civil service who had obtained leave
Of absence to come to England to
study aviation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS DECAY
Archbishop ireland Lays Blame TO
State Schools.

Milwaukee. Aug. 12.-Archbishop
Ireland, addressing the convention of
the American Federation of Catholic
Societies, declared that the evil to-
day in America is the decay of re-
ligion and, in necessary sequence, the
decay of morals. In both instances
the cause of the decay is the enforced
secularism of the state schools. 9th
ers than Catholics, heedful observers
and intelligent thinkers, admit the
evil, admit the cause and give the
alarm. l trust the awakening common
sense and patriotism of the American
people to discover the remedy.
meanwhile in telling the evil and
the cause, my right hand on my con-
science, l rank myself among the
truest and most loyal Americans"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
WOULD FORM A new COUNTY
6erthoId Development League May Or
aanize Part of Reservation,


The annual meeting of the Berthold
Development league was held in the
opera house at Plaza. Officers chosen
for the coming year are: President.
H. Fl. Natwick; vice president, Rev.
c. Z. Van Horne; treasurer, o. H.
Tracey; secretary, d. Larin. Together
with the officers five others were
elected to comprise the leagues ex-
ecutive committee of nine, Bert T.
Legg, Arthur Bassett, Earl B. Wilson,
H. N. Hem and DR.. McFall.
One of the leagues primary objects
is to form out of the Fort Berthold
Indian reservation the proposed coun-
ty of Hanna, named after Governor
Hanna.
During the year the league has
been gathering a fund in preparation
to institute a suit in the state SUI
preme court to define the reserva-
tons status, whether or not it can
become a county. A few days ago
he league placed it's case with B. A.
Dickinson, an attorney of Ryder, who
In turn has secured Dudley Nash, at
torney of Minot, to aid.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
CALUMET STRIKE is BROKEN
Two Thousand Men at Work in Cop.
per Mines.

Calumet, Mich, Aug. 10.-Copper
mine operators claim the complete
rou Of the Western Federation of
Miners in its strike here for higher
wages, an eight-hour day, a%bolishing
of the one-man drill and recognition
Of the union.
Two thousand men are at work. No
demands for changes in working con-
ditions were made by the men return.
ing, but 1t Is said, from a high au.
thority, that the mining companies
will raise the wage scale and prob.
ably give the men the eight.hour day
shortly after the strike finally ID set
tied.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
" PERUVIAN
CITIES IN RUINS
Thousands Homeless As Result
Of Earthquake.

Lima, Peru, Aug. 9.-News reached
here that an earthquake destroyed the
Peruvian towns of Caraveli and Gui-
cacha.
Thousands of the inhabitants were
rendered homeless and extended relief
measures will be necessary.
Caraveli is a city of 1000 inhabitants
in the state of Arequipa, 1870 miles
northeast of the port of Mollendo,
Quicacha is a smaller town in the
same state.
The city Of Arequipa itself has been
laid in ruins on several occasions.
The volcano of Misti is in the imme-
date vicinity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
CAR SHORTAGE is PROBABLE
Situation Likely to Become Acute by
October.

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Indications of a
car shortage this fall is seer in a bull
letin issued by the American Railway
association. 1t discloses that on Aug.
1 there were 68,716 surplus cars on
various lines throughout the country,
as compared with a surplus of 1920
on July 10. 1t is regarded that this
surplus will continue to decrease un-
til the situation becomes acute in Oc-
tober.
There were 65,904 idle cars in the
United States on Aug. l last year., and
q car shortage of unusual severity &C.
Cured as soon as the crop movement
began.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
H0RSEWHIP PRISON DOCTOR
British ~Suffragettes Attack Medical
Officer of Holloway Jail,

London, Aug. 10.-Four s~uffragettes
attacked DR.. Pearson, the medical
officer of Holloway Jail, and beat him
severely with a %horsewhip.
The women told the doctor that
their treatment was a protest against
MS recently voiced threat to hold hun.
ger strikers in prison until they be-.
came mental wrecks.
Policemen rescued DR.. Pearson and
The women ran away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
SENATOR JOHNSTON IS DEAD
hlabaman Passes Away at the Age
of Seventy Years.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Senator Jo-
seph f. Johnston of Alabama, one OF
the oldest members of the upper
house, is Gead of pneumonia.
Senator Johnston was a Democrat
and resided at Birmingham. He was
seventy years of age. His term would
have expired March 3, 1915.
The death of Senator Johnston weak
ems the Democratic majority on the
administration tariff bill in the SEN
ate, although leaders still assert that
there will be no serious difficulty in
passing the measure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
STAFF GUILTY OF Staying
Dakota Farmer Who Killed Wife Is
Convicted.

After being out thirty-six hours the
jury in district court at Towner in the
trial Of John Staff for murder brought
in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter
in the first degree in connection with
the death of Staff's wife.
Following a quarrel with her hus-
band Mrs. Staff ran from the house
and hid in a barrel. A few minutes
later Staff shot through the head OF
the barrel, killing his wife instantly
He made the defense that he did
not know she was in the barrel.