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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18
Fun for the Chancellor

m HOSE socialists OF the reichstag becoming up
i to-dae or Whereabouts They after a constitu-
tonal amendment under which the chancellor OF Germany
would be responsible to the rechstag for the emperos
and fired if those didn't suit that body
Under such amendment, William would surely have
the laugh his chancellor. But what wouldn't the mailed
fist Of old Bismarck do to such proposition.
prohIbon-weI, Woodrow trouble about
tsepIno
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

Tomorrow Editor Garfield
will tell you how the Meslcans
would treat an intervening
army, and what the seduentisI
Occupation" OF our sister re-
public would meant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18
IL Is for Unselfishness

vLTHAT is Christmas. anyway? Is season for Christ
w mas special numbers OF magazines and newspapers
in which splendid stories OF Dickens and Bret arte
dressed up and modern clothes and eagerly read
BY folks who hope experience that real oldtime Christ
MASSEY spirit? Is time for ymaking and giving and
taking; when boys and girls become unnauraly
good little children Or is time when everybody
raving mad and makes big noise about what good
time having and writes Merry Xmas to everybody he
When stories OF overworkd hopgs written
without end although the girls have been ovcrworked
throughout the year unnotced?
1t may be all OF those things to many. But there are
thousands among regardless OF condition position
in life love and brotherhood OF mankind in
hearts in the spirit OF Him in honor OF whose birth
the day is celebrated
After many centuries, here preparing for another
Christmas Many homes will be filled with the odor OF
green boughs will shine with candles and into the
heart Of each who has conception OF the day
will steal the joyousness and born OF desire to do
some good for somebody else Hearts other times cold
and unresponsve warmed and softencd this high
festive day, rich with and happiness and, since
advent Of the first Christmas, many lives will be bright
ened and sweetened on this Christmas day
Of The Mexican federaIs
foreign holdings
sEAMsTREssEs door demanding some
right the coal bin the palace cellar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

sEAMsTREssEs pARAoEo to Huerta. door,
He
right into the coal bin In the palace cellar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

DO YOUR Christmas shopping early. for father. PRESENT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

Hal WE what's eatln Willie Hearst n. Gray Otis
Of The Mexican federas putting
foreign holdings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

THEY Decker New York He
He sready collected enough wives
70 weep .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-12-18

Why Part7 Why Not Keep on
Eating?
And tho half has not been told
Bsisn's bountifui 0 o'clock dinner was a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Stray Cattle Returned.

BUTTE, May 26.-Judge Bourquin
handed down decision % soon % he
heard the testimony In the case enti.
tied the United States against IS head
of cattle. The title may sound like q
joke, but 1t isn't. Eighty-fv head OF
cattle that were being ranged In Can.
ada, near the American border, not
having read the Payne.Aldrich act or
maybe. having read OF the proposed
measure lifting the tariff on livestock,
wandered over the border. They were
siezed by vigilant government inspec.
tors. The Can adian owners pleaded
that they were not to blame, a. the
cattle wandered of and started for the
United States without their knowl-
edge or consent. The Judge took the
word OF the owners for it and let them
have the cattle back.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON. May 81. - With .
view to stimulating industry among
Indian farmers, the Indian bureau 10
preparing TO hold 40 agricultural
fairs on various Indian reserv ations
this fall. Valuable premiums are to
be offered. a. rewards " those In
dams making the best agricultural ex-
hibits. There will be q fair on each
Montana reserv alton.
At the instance of Senator H. l..
Myers, Secretary Franklin K. Lane
has prepared draft Iof q proposed
law which will permit homestead Get.
tiers on unsurveyed land kto absent
themselves from their claims for not
exceeding five months in each year.
with proviso that the settler shall
have marked the bound aries of HE
claim and shall die notice OF his In.
tended absence with the local land of.
fee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Will Announce Amendment,

WASHINGTON. May 21.-Secretary
Bryan Is planning to make the for
NAL announcement of ratification of
the seventeenth amendment to the con.
stitution, providing for the election of
United States cen ators, q memorable
event marking as it does the culmina-
tiou OF move that was fret institute
ed 10 congress 81 years ago.
Although the first resolution for the
popular election OF senators was in-
troduced into the house In 1925, such
q measure did not reach the eeuate
until 1850. Then the proposition met
with senatorial disfsvor.
The amendment which will be thus
odacially announced will be the second
one 80 promulg ated this year, the
first being that providing for the In.
come tax, which was announced BY
Secretary Knox In the last days of
the TAFT sdministr alton. Until then
the constitution had not been amended
since the famous fifteenth amendment
at the conclusion of the civil war.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 26.- Senator
Walsh will introduce an amendment
TO the tariff bill to place cattle on the
free list II the bill is presented to the
senate without such q change.
President Wilson sent to the cen ate
today the nomination of William C.
Whsley to be collector of internal
revenue for the district of Montana. }.
Whaley lives at Townsend, was q can.
didste for the Office and was endorsed
by q senator from his home state.
He succeeds E. 81. Callister.
]. B. Densmore of Poison, Mont.
is to be appointed solicitor for the
new department OF labor. Mr.. Dens-
more is here and expects to assume
the duties of his position immed-
lately. The appointment 10 . person.
al one, made by Secretary Wilson,
and while agreeable to the senators
from Montana, It is not being made
upon their request or recommends.
tiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
PuEiiist Killed In Prize Ring.

CALGARY, May 24.-Luther McCsr-
ty. claimant of the white pugilistic
championship Of the world, today took
the count OF 10 from Referee Ed Smith,
which marked him the loser In q 10.
round fight with Arthur Pelky. and
eight minutes lster~he was dead. His
death was caused by q chance blow,
exactly one minute and forty Eve sec'
onds after the fight began. Arthur
Pelky was arrested tonight on the
ch arge OF mansl laughter by the North
west Mounted Police, and later re.
leased on bail
Referee Smith separated the men
during q clinch and both squared of
Suddenly McCarty was seen to double
up In crouching attitude. To the
spectators 1t looked simply like
fighting pose. He crouched lower and
his eyes rolled; then be collapsed and
fell full length on the floor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
importing Australian Meats.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-O,e hun.
dred and ninety-two thousand pounds
OF meat, veal, beef and mutton ar.
rived at this port today from Austria.
lie. This is one OF many shipments
OF meat scheduled for this coast In an
effort to combat the high prices asked
by local wholes slers.
Governor F. Richards, who repre-
sents the Australian shippers, was q
passenger on the steamer. He comes
to investigate the facilities for storing
frozen meats on the coast, and will
also go to Chicago.
In speaking OF the shipment OF
meats to this country from Austria.
liza, Mr.. Richards said:
my company is prepared to ship
all kinds OF meats from Australia to
the United States and unlimited
amounts OF butter just as soon as we
can find that 1t can be cared for.
"We cau place Austr allan meat and
butter on this market at present
transportation rates so that it would
sell at good profit at consider = bly,
lower figure than the prev ailiug rate
here"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
AFFECTS FARM PRODUCTS
Senate Proposes important Changes
For Tariff Bill

WASHINGTON, May q. - Sens nator
Williams, chairman of the finance
subcommittee considering the agri.
cultural schedule, announced todsy
that it had been decided to treat beei,
cattle. sheep and hogs and their pro.
ducts; wheat and -four, and oats and
oatmeal, on an equal basis. II . duty
is to be put on the raw 10 material it will
likewise be put upon the prod ucts or
vice versa.
That the subcommittee has decided
to put cattle, wheat, etc., on the the
free list with beef and flour, Senator
Williams denied, declaring that is
had not been determined on what b.
sis all such articles would be treated,
whether dutiable or undutiable.
Sen ator Owen, after q visit to the
White House, announced that he ex.
pected to introduce q resolution to
amend the senate rules to prevent dill.
atory debate aud tilibuster. Senator
Owen insisted that he did not propose
q "cloture" rule which would arbitrar.
ly close the channels OF discussion At
a fixed time, but tn at it was HE inteu.
ton to present a measure that would
allow the majority to close debate
when 1t believed it dilatory. being
carried or merely for purpses OF de.
law
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Roosevelt Sues Editor.

MARQUETTE, May 26.-The libel
suit brought by Col. Theodore Roose.
velt against George A. Newett, q
newspaper publisher OF IshpeminR, be.
gan before Judge Richard G. Fanni.
gan here this afternoon.
At 2 o'clock the court called the
case OF "Roosevelt W. Newett," in
which Mr.. Roosevelt 10 asking sl0, 900
damages for the publication by Newett
las. October OF an editorial accusing
Colonel Roosevelt OF drunkenness o.
The regular venire OF SO men came
into court Immediately and the work
Of selecting jury began.
Colonel Roosevelt who arrived here
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Fears Alien Menace.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Represen.
tative Sisson of Mississippi made his
announced Japanese speech today in
the house. Mr.. Sisson made a long
argument purporting to show the pos
sibility of corporation control OF land
which would be made possible by al
lowing theIimportation of "chesp alien
labor"
"Mauy OF these large employers OF
labor" hs said, "would be delighted
to have the federal government,
through its treaty making power lei
down the doors and let the alien come.
What would become of American
farmers II the great corporations Of
the country should buy all the bes,
lands and cultivase them with Mongo.
lian. Chinese, Hindu, Japanese and
other cheap alien labor?
"In California individuals and cor.
porat,ons owning great tracts of land
are cultivating them with Hindus,
Chinese, Mexicsns and Japanese. Il
is this class of land owners and land
monopolists who are opposed to ell
restrictions on labor importation into
this country"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Tariff Talk In Senate.

WASHINGTON, MAY 22.-The tariff
fight In the sent a.e moved another step TO-
day when Senator Penrose m ade ready J
to bring up his resolution for print
ing and circulating among msnufac'
turers the list of tariff questions pro.
posed by Senator LaFollette.
1t was learned today that Senator
Walsh of Montana planned to in.
troduce an amendment in the sen ate
to put cattle on the free list II the bill
was presented without such a change.
The Underwood bill puts duty OF
ten per cent. ad valorem on all live
stock and free lists all fresh meat, q
duty OF ten cents per bushel on wheat
and oats and free. lists wheat -four
and oatmeal
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Boycott Stuffed Chickens.

NEW YORK, May 22.-Twenty car
loads OF live chickens, four thousand
chickens to the car, are being held in
Jersy City because angry jobbers re-.
fuse to receive them. Hardly . live
chicken was handled by dealers yes.
terday. The trouble arose over q re.
cent complaint OF jobbers that receiv.
ers we're stutfiug chickens crops with
sand and gravel to make up for the
shrinkage sustained In transit. Until
receivers agree to abandon the prac-
tice the dealers say they will boycot,
all live poultry. Ordin arily abou,
125, 900 live fowls are handled daily.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
May Revise Homestead Rules.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-To make
the acquisition of homesteads az easy
as possible in strict conformity with
the law for bona fide settlers and gen.
uinehomem akers, and difficult as possi-
blefor dummy entrymen or rspecul ulators,
is the announced purpose OF Secretary
Lane in beginning an investig alton Of
the rules and regulations OF the land
Office.
A month ago Secretary Lane sent q
special representative to South Dak-
ota to investigate specific charges
against county land agents. This in.
quiry was broadened today with the
purpose eventually of revising the
rules for the acquisition OF home.
eteads.
The hearing will be held at Salt
Lake June s when governors OF west.
ern states will meet there with person.
al representatives. of the secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28

death In London Of Lois A. Courd a. 10,
VINO swlndled the public out of severa al
large fortunes which he squandered,
aud the success which drove him mad {.
Starting p years ago as q clerk for
the Louisiana Stale Lottery company,
Courd ain organized . rival concern
which netted him $3.50, 600, it is esti-
mated. The money came so fast his
mind 'was affected; and be was not
sent to q hospital for the insane after
driving through New Orleans ia =
robe and attempting to make speeches
from light poles. Later he WAS con-
vicsed by the government for uperat-
ing lottery and served q six months'
sentence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Stout Has Publicity Plan.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Represen.
tative Stout has introduced bill ap-
propristing Sl00, 900 to enable the com.
missioner general of immigration to
collect and publish information re.
garding resources, products and ply.
sical char acteristics of each state and
territory and to distribute copies oi
this document to all immigrants ar.
riving In this country. The bill pro-
poses to have this inform alton print.
ed 10 various languages so as tc
benefit all classes of immigrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Republicans Plan Reorganization.


WASHINGTON, May 24.-After sew.
eral hours discussion the executive
COMMITTEES OF the republican national
committee tentatively agreed today to
call . meeting of the national com.
mittee so days after the adjournment
OF the extra session OF congress, to
determine whether . national conven.
tion shall be called, to consider
changes in basis Of representation.
Changes In the basis of representa-
tion In national conventions and re.
forms of methods of party proceed dare,
which have been subject to criticism,
will be disposed OF through these agen.
cies. Close cooperation between the
national committee and the nation al
congressional committee, was agreed
upon.
The need for reform within the
party was not denied. The suggestion
OF the progressive element for q na-
tional convention In the near future
WAS heard and 1t was practically un.
antmous that such q convention
should be called.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Was lO4 Years Old,

ST. PAUL, May 26.-The Rev. John
Greer, for many years q resident OF
ST. Paul and wellknown throughout
the northwest, died at the home of a
daughter here last night. Although
relatives have no record of the exact
date of his birth he is said to have
been 104 years old. The Rev. Mr..
Greer came to Minnesots in 1852. he
was . Meth odist Episcopal minister
and during his early years In this
state he did missionary work among
the Indians.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
WALSH DEFINES POSITION.
Montana Senator Protests Against
Tariff Discrimination.

WASHINGTON, May %. Sen ator
Thomas J. Walsh tonight in Q 1000
word statement. defines his attitude
towards the Underwood tariff bill.
Some of the high places touched by
him are % follows;
Even In its present form the Un.
derwood bill is preferable to the
Payne.Aldrich act, but the people Of
Montana scarcely expect me to stand
by voiceless when its interests are die.
Grimm ated against by the proposed
legislation. Practically srything
we produce In Montana is on the free
list; wool. sugar, meat, lumber, coal
and copper, while the material We buy
remains on the dutiabl list, carrying
IN average rate Of 20 per cent.
"The pending bill, therefore, con.
demns US to sell what we produce on
free trade basis and buy what We
use in q protected market. In our
campaign of two years ago We sssur-
en- the people in the section of the
state where wool and sugar are the
dominant industries that these com.
modtties under democratic rule would
continue 10 carry q revenue duty, and
by the votes OF these communities We
elected Sen ator II. L. Myers. During
the last campaign practically the same
assurances were given. strengthened
Is to wool by the argument that q
democratic house had passed . bill
carrying twenty per cent duty.
~ insist that IL sppro aches dishon.
esty In the democr ATTIC party not to live
up to those assurances. I am glad to
say that my democratic colleagues on
the finance committee give every evi.
dence of concurring in my We've, and
I am hopeful that all my associates
on the democratic side will concur in
them. am not asking much.
In tho case of wool, I want to put
back the Is per cent duty carried in
the bill 40 originally framed, q reduc.
tion OF so per cent from the present
rates. AS to sugar, I want the duty
to be cut to e2.75 . hundred pounds,
which means . reduction of 25 per
cent. That would be . revenue duty
on both commodities consistent with
the principles of the party, violating
no traditions, but religiously keeping
the promises made 10 the people OF
Montana as an inducement upon
which they sent to Washington
solid democra attic delegation"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Tariff Bill DELAYED.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Democrat At.
ic leaders now have DO hopes of get.
ting the tariff bill into the senate for
debate before June 10, or probably
later. The real work of getting sched.
ules Of the Underwood bill in shape
for presentation to the caucus has not
progressed as rapidly % the leaders
expected.
Some changes In the rates of wool
manufactures may be recommended
by Senator Stones subcommittee. II
was said the changes would make re-.
ductions in the Underwood rates.
Some changes. 1t became known, are
to be recommended for cotton mana.
fsctures. They are expected TO- be in.
creases over the Underwood rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Millions For Mems Hats.

CHICAGO, May 2l.-1t requires Ave
million hats Q year, at . cost of Co.
600. 900, to cover she heads OF Chicago
men, according to . report made pub
lie by the Association OF Commerce
today. Tho fact was developed for
the informal of wives and sisters.
that the Chicago man pays on IN
average Of only s1.20 for . hat,
and each man buys four or five Of
them . year. The report shows that
the industry OF the |,whole country 10
controlled BY about Is manufacturers
whose annual business is e59, ,000, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Land Restored To Entry.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-President
Wilson, on recommend alton OF Secre-
tsry Lane, has ordered restoration to
entry of $50, 900 acres of public land
In Montana that had been Withdrawn
on the assumption that it contained
commercial deposits of coal.
These lands are In northwestern
Montana. north of the Fort Peck In.
dian reservation. Within the last
year settlers in this section have re-.
Quested classification and restoration
OF these lauds, In order that they
might purchase coal lands. More
than 200, 900 acres OF the area restored
contain coal and are open to purch ase
under the coal and land lave. The
remaining $4,000 acres are opened to
entry under the general land laws.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Woman Weighed 600 Pounds.

CHICAGO, May 22.-Mrs. Mary Pet.
ers. weight 600 pounds, for 20 years
exhibited as freak, died last night
ut the county hospital following an
operation for the removal of q growth
which itself weighed $50 pounds.
No bed in the institution was strong
enough to hold her and the patient
was laid crosswise on two beds which
was reinforced by chairs. The late P.
T. Barnum gave Mrs. Peters her first
engagement and for several years she
was an attr action in his sideshow,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Issue New Stamp Books.

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-Designs
for two new stamp books, one to con.
tain SO one-cens stamps and the other
"a one.cent and "a two.cent stamps
were approved by the postoffice de-.
partment. All stamp books are sold at
one cent each above the face value OF
the stamps they contain. This email
margin yielded profit last year to
the government OF slSO, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Would Curtail State Sights.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Rspresen-
tstive Bartholdt of Missouri On.
nounced today that he proposed to
introduce resolution to empower
congress to .leeislate exclusively on
all questions affecting the rights OF
aliens residing in the United States.
The purpose OF the measure would be
to prevent individual states from pass.
ing laws which might cause friction
with foreign countries. Lack Of feder-
al control, he said. affecting the
ability of the government to carry
out . treaty In ell it's integrity was q
palpAble defect.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Attacks Indian Appropriations.

WASHINGTON May Ex-senator
Lane made another attack today on
the Indian appropriation bill when 1t
was taken up by the senate committee.
He charged that Q man-whom he did
not name-already selected for q
place on commission TO make q roll
of Chippewa Indians In Minnesota,
formerly was attorney for q lumber
company which holds contra acts upon
which the commission will have to
pass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Threatened President Wilson.

NEWARK, N. j., May 20.-Seeley
Davenport and Jacob Dunn, noun
taineers and wood choppers. were
brought into the federal district court
today for trial on charge OF having
sent threatening letters through the
mails to Woodrow Wilson. The
communications, ID allied to MIR. vii.
son, were received by bis secretary,
Jos. H. Tumulty, in May and No ovembeP
of last year, and demanded money
in sums Of $1,000 and $1,000 under
penalty of death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
Wilson Complains Of Lobbyists

WASHINGTON, May 26.-President
Wilson told the white house CORES.
pondents today that he believed the
most extraordinary lobby ever gath
cred BY special interests to overcome
legislstion, was now mustered at the
capitol against the tariff bill.
The president said he had no doubt
that few so.called lobbyists were
there on legitimate errands, but be-
lieved the great majority were occu-
pied in system alto misrep epresenta atten
of facts. While the president believes
that the 'lobby" exertion 10 concen.
trated sgainst free sugar and free
wool, he is nos apprehensive that it
will be successful.