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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
DECLARES THAW
PERFECTLY SANE
New Hampshire Commission Pre-
pareS Report.

Concord, N. H., Ian. 12.-Harry Ken
dali Thaw would not be a public men
ace if he were released on bail, ac-
cording to the report of the commits
sion appointed by Federal Judge Aid
rich to inquire into the state of
Thaw's mentality.
The report says the commission
finds 1haw is not now afflicted with
any of the mental diseases from
which he may have been suffering
when he slew Stanford White.
While the commissioners say that
they have reached "a definite and pos
tive opinion as to the present mental
condition Of Thaw and his probable
state of mind at the time Of the homi-
eide they refrain from expressing
this opinion in view Of their instruc-
lions from the court not to embarrass
any subsequent litigation where the
broad question of insanity might be
involved.
The report is now in the hands Of
the clerk of the court and will be
considered by Judge Aldrich early in
the present week in connection with
the petition of Thaw for admission to
bail under habeas corpus proceedings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
COOPER TAKES MERGERREINS
Better Farming Expert Assured of
Federal Cooperation.

Thomas P. Cooper, former director
of the North Dakota Better Farming
association, has returned to Fargo
from an Eastern "trip of two weeks
and at once entered upon his duties
as director of the state experiment
station as arranged for in the merger
Of the two great Better farming forces
of the state.
While in the East Mr.. Cooner spent
much time in Washington in confer
ence with officials of the United
States department of agriculture. MI.
Cooper said he felt gratitied over the
work accomplished at the Capitol,
which will assure close cooperation
between the North Dakota forces and
the federal better farming forces in
this territory.
"While I can give little definite in
formation concerning our work." Mr..
Cooper said, 81 feel that North Da-
kota will profit by our new arrange
ment and by the cooperation that
has been assured by the federal gov
ernment.'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
BICKFORD TO FIGHT TO END
Will Take Case to Federal Supreme
Court if Necessary.

That G.. l.. Bickford, the former
state treasurer of North Dakota, was
never tried on the charge of embez-
Element. of which a district court jury
in Mclean county declared him gull
ty, but that he was only tried on the
charge Of misusing state funds. is
the principal plea presented by Bick-
ford in his application to the supreme
court for a rehearing.
Failure of the defendant to obtain
a new trial at the hands of the SUI.
preme court of this state will result
in an appeal to the supreme court OF
the United States, according to asser.
lions Of his attorneys. They declare
arrangements for making such an ap'
peal can be made readily.
Bickford was convicted and sen
fenced to a year in the penitentiary
for the enlightenment Of $50, whereas
the state charged the misuse of ap'
proximately $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Turn Down Every Proposal for
Ending Copper Strike.
INVESTIGATORS MAKE REPORT
Department of Labor Probers Tell OF
Futile Efforts to Settle Mich
igan Trouble.

Washington, Jan. 11.-That Upper
Michigan copper mining companies
rejected every settlement proposed
and that profits of the Calumet and
Hec!a company, which employs more
than 80 per cent Of the miners in the
strike district. are extremely large,
was asserted in a report on the strike
submitted to Secretary Wilson by
Walter +. Palmer, an investigator OF
the department of labor.
Palmer reported that the general
average Of day wages paid by all the
companies throughout the year was
$3.50. Some of the smaller compa-
MES, he declared, were operating at a
loss.
Prior to the present strike he found
the general work day was of ten to
eleven hours and some Of the miners
were paid as low as $2.35 a shift.
Some other classes OF labor were paid
as low as 50.
A summary of the investigation,
made public at the department of
labor, details the work of Palmer and
also that of John B. Densmore, So
licitor for the department, and Special
Agent John A. Motfit, who we're later
sent as mediators.
Secretary Wilson declined to say
what the next step in the depart
ment's participation in the situation
would be, although he intimated that
the reports of the investigators might
become the basis of a proposed con
%gressional Investigation.
In connection with the efforts of
the department at mediation the re-
ports Of John A. Moffit and John B.
Densmore, who acted as commission
ers Of Cancellation at different times"
the report says, shows that the mine
owners turned down every proposal
looking to a settlement Of the strike,
but that the miners were willing to
accept any of the suggestions made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
FIRST HOMESTEADER DEAD
Dakotan Who Settled in Pembina ih
1869 Succumbs on Coast. ~

Nelson e. Nelson, who took the
first homestead in North Dakota, is
dead at San Diego, Cal, at the age of
eighty-one years. He settled at Penn
bina 'in 1869. Mr.. Nelson was the
father-in-law of Jud La Moure and
for more than forty years was either
deputy director or collector of GUS
toms at Pembina. He was a native
of Norway.
He was clerk in the land office in
La Crosse, Wis, Red Wing and Hen
derson, Mimi, member of the First
Minnesota regiment in the Civil wal
and probate judge and register Of
deeds in Sibley county, Mimi, prior
to coming to North Dakota. He
served in the Dakota territorial legis-
lature and vas a leader in the cap
itol removal fight from Yankton to
Bismarck, which resulted in the di-
vision of the territory into the two
states.
Mrs. Nelson died ten years ago.
There We're seven daughters and three
sons in the family.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
PROPOSES FEDERAL PROBE
Senator Ashurst Would Investigate
Copper Strike.

Washington. Jan. 13.-Thorough in
vestigation OF strike conditions in the
copper mines in the Calumet, Han
cock and South Range districts Of
Michigan was proposed in a resolu-
ton by Senator Ashurst Of Arizona.
1t would direct the senate education
and labor committee to ascertain re-
lations between employers and en-
ployes, SO far as they relate to the
present troubles: the justice and rea.
sonableness of a minimum wage and
other demands of the strikers; origi-
nal investments and profits of the com
p%anies; whether employers or EN-,
ployes have declined arbitration:
whether peonage and immigration
laws have been violated, and whether
there is a combination in the mining
district in restraint of trade.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
FARGO BANK FILES NOTICE
e. J. Weiser Thinks New Law Will
Help Business.

The First National bank of Fargo
has made application for admission
under the new currency law, accord.
ing to a statement from President E.
j.. Weiser. This action is largely the
result Of a recent trip to Chicago
made by Mr.. Weiser, at which time
he had opportunity to discuss national
finances with a number of prominent
Western bankers.
That business is we'll l%iquidated and
much firmer than in a number OF
years is the opinion of Mr.. Weiser.
1t is felt, he says, that the panics and
frequent periods of stringency expe.
rienced under the old system are
practically impossible under the pres.
ent banking law and this fact. cou.
pied with the certainty of ample
ready money, is relied upon to give
impetus to an improved business &C.
tivity during the present year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
IN NORTH Dakota
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
Ignite COAL RATE CASES
Railways Will Appeal to Federal Su.
preme Court Regarding Rea-
sonabIe Charges.

The North Dakota Ignite coal rate
States supreme court, the three rail.
roads interested in the litigation max
ing an appeal from the decision, just
handed down. which confirms preyi-
GUS findings that the rate is reason
able.
Two years ago the United States
supreme court confirmed the state
courts views that the railroads had
failed to give the rate a fair test. 1t
was provided the matter could be re.
opened at the end Of a two-year
period. should the railroads still be
of the opinion that the law was con
fiscatory.
For the two-year period during
which the rates were tried out the
companies maintain that their con
tention was established by figures
submitted to the supreme court of
the state.
In its decision the court holds that
a reasonable profit did not neces.
sarily require that the railroad should
make a full percentage of profit on a
single item, but that the gross bust
ness should be used as the basis.
The suit involving the rates first
originated in 1909. when an attack
was made on the rates established
by the legislature two years previ-
ously. In 1910 the United States su
preme court upheld the opinion of the
state courts that the rate is reason
able and fair.
In its recent decision in the sec
ond suit against the rates the state
supreme court contends that the rail
roads have failed to establish clearly
the point that the rate does not give
them a fair profit. Certain details
relative to valuations of rolling stock
and roadbed, etc, upon which the
companies pretend to fix the cost Of
transportation, are lacking, in the
opinion of the North Dakota tribunal.
That the reduced Ignite rate has
been a boon to the industry in the
state is the contention of those inter
ested in the production of native coal.
1t also has permitted transportation
of the fuel to portions of the state
that could not be reached under the
old rates.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
CORN GROWERS TO COMPETE
Psize Offered by George 3. Clifford
Spurs Industry.

T'~ee o''ereo py GEORGE r.. Ciinoro
Spurs Industry.
Five hundred dollars will be COM
peted for by corn growers of northern
North Dakota and $3.50 will be com
peted for by the farmers of western
FOLK county, Mimi, the contests being
under the direction of the Red River
Valley Corn and Glover convention of
Grand Forks.
George B. Clifford of Minneapolis
is the donor of $500 to be used for
the northern North Dakota corn con-
test, to which all farmers are eligible.
The a~cre-basis will be used in deter
mining the winners and the territory
in which the prizes have been offered
has been divided into three districts.
In each three prizes of 500, $40 and
S25 will be offered.
The first district comprises Trail,
Steele, Griggs, Grand Forks, Nelson,
Eddy, Foster, Wells and those pof-
tons OF Ramsey, Pierce and Benson
lying south of the north division line
OF Grand Forks and Nelson counties.
The second district comprises
w bioii L odNdIlcI, OWucT,
l3olette and that portion of Pierce,
Benson and Ramsey counties north OF
the north division line of Grand Forks
and Nelson counties.
The third district comprises Botti-
neau. Renville, McHenry, Mountrail,
Burke, Divide, Ward and Williams
counties.
In the competition among farmers
of western Polk county the First Ma
tional bank of East Grand Forks gives
the prize money. The method of dis
tribution has not been outlined, but
two contests, one for corr growers
and the other for cattle growers, will
be conducted. Twelve townships are
included in the district, being Higham,
Sandsville, Esther, Northland, Taber,
Grand Forks, Sullivan, keystone,
R%heinhart, Huntsville, Nisbot and
England.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
CONGRESS READY
FOR HARD WORK
Antitrust Legislation COnsid-
cred Most Important.

Washington. Jan. 13.-Congress
got back to work again after a holi-
day spell. In the house Speaker
Clark dropped his gavel promptly on
time and a similar scene was enact
ed in the senate with Vice President
Marshall in the chair.
Four general subjects will embrace
much of the work Of senate and house
during the coming months. They
are:
Control Of trusts and monopolies,
including legislation to prevent cold
storage manipulation, unfair price
cutting and other abuses directly af-
fecting retail business.
Rural credits and other legislation
directly affecting farmers and land
owners. such as good road improve
ment and federal aid to vocational
and agricultural education.
Strengthening of the national de-
Tense through measures such as the
volunteer army bill" already passed
by the house; the Hay bill to create a
new aviation division in the army;
the Padgett bill to put the naval mi
litia on a war footing; the Hobson
bill for a counsel Of national defense,
and an increase in naval strength.
Passage of the annual a]ppropria.
ton bills, carrying more than 81, OOO,.
100000 for support Of the government,
and containing many items of gen.
eral legislation that must be fought
over in house and senate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Arrest Causes Sensation.

Pemberton, N. j.. Jan. 10.-News OF
the arrest at Mobile, Ala, of Joel M.
Foster, charged with violation of the
Mann law, created excitement here
Summary vengeance is threatened
against Foster by residents of this
place. Foster is general manager OF
one of the largest poultry farms in
the world, located at Browns Mills,
N. J..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
URGES HELP FOR RAILROAD
Boston and Maine in Serious Straits,
Says Governor Walsh.

Boston, Jan. 9.-The Boston and
Maine railroad was the subject of the
greater part Of the inaugural address
of Governor David l.. Walsh.
He said the road was in serious
the legislature but also from it's own
stockholders.
AS a remedy he suggested formation
N2 a new corporation in which the
stock of the leased lines should be
merged with those Of the Boston and
Maine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Boy Killed at BowbeHs.

Attempting to draw up a loaded
shotgun with the muzzle toward his
chest, while he was climbing into a
haymow, Walter Blair, aged fifteen
years, was instantly killed at Bow
bells. The weapon was discharged
and the full charge tore into the lads
chest. Blair and his compaion were
attempting to Kill pigeons when the
accident occurred.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
DR.. HYDE TRIAL Is HALTED
Suit by Taxpayers to Enjoin County
From Further Expense.

Kansas City, Jan. l3.-The fourth
trial of DR.. B. Clarke Hyde, charged
with the murder Of Colonel Thomas
Fl. Swope, "a postponed again.
The county prosecutor set forth
that the case could not go to trial as
set because of a suit filed in the cir.
cult court last Saturday by two Jack.
son county taxpayers to enjoin the
county court from paying the ex
penses Of further prosecution of the
physician.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. 13.-Wheat-Msv,
$50; July, S9% @89Ac. Cash close on
track: No. / hard, soc; No. l North
ern, S6R @89c; to arrive, S6R @SSc;
No. 2 Northern, S4@86c; No. 3 North.
ern, 82@84c; No. 8 yellow corn, 59c;
No. 4 corn, 54@57hc; No. 3 white
oats, 35A@ 36c: to arrive, 35Ac; M.
3 oats, 32h @35c; barley. 65@67c;
FAX, $1.51%.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
"M0THER" JONES GOES BACK
Returns to Trinidad in Keeping With
Her Promise.

Trinidad, Colo, Jan. 13.-"Mother"
Mary Jones. strike leader, %deported
from the Southern Colorado coal
fields Jan. 4 by the military authori-
ties, returned to Trinidad secretly and
registered at a hotel.
General John Chase, who ordered
her deportation a week ago., declared
at the time that Mother" Jones
would be arrested and held incom-
municado should she return.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
State School Lands Sold.

The final sale of state school lands
in Cass county has been made. Many
of the 125 tracts went at figures close
to the appraised value. Others we're
sold at twice the appraisal. The
highest price paid was SOS an acre.
No improvements were contained on
any of this land and some of it was
raw prairie.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
SENATOR CLAPP SPOKEN OF
May Be Progressive Nominee for
President in 1916.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Friends OF
Senator Clapp say he stands a good
chance for the Progressive presiden-
tial nomination in 1916 and that in
any event he is very likely to be CIV
en- the second place IN the ticket.
The senator, by attending a meet
ing Of the Progressive congressional
committee, gave evidence that he in
tends to maintain his connection with
the Bull Moose party began when
Colonel Roosevelt entered the field
as a candidate for the presidency in
1912
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
FATAL EXPLOSION IN MINE
Five White Men n Seven NEGROES
Killed.

Birmingham. Ala. Jan. 12.-Twelve
men, five whites and seven negroes,
We're killed in an explosion in the
Rock Castle mine of the Devils Creek
Coal company, thirty-fve miles south
of birmingham in Tuscaloosa county.
More than 200 men were at work in
the mine when the explosion occurred.
All but twelve got out of the work.
ings before the after-damp affected
them seriously.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
TYLER MADE DAKOTA BISHOP
Rector Of Hagerstown (Md.) Church
Is C~onsecrated.

Rev. John Poyntz Tyler, the rec
tor Of St. Johns Protestant Episco.
pal church at Baltimore, Md, has
been consecrated bishop of North
Dakota, to which Office he was elected
at the general convention of the Epis.
copal church in New York city last
October.
Bishops Daniel S. Tuttle of Mis-
souri,, Alfred M. Randolph of Virginia
and John Gardner Murray of Maryland
we're the consecrators. The sermon
was delivered by Right Rev. Beverley
d. Neutrality-suspicious. of Southern WI,
ginia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
SIMON BUCKNER SUCCUMBS
Former Kentucky Governor Dies at
Home Near Lexington.

Lexington, KY, Jan. General ST.
mon Bolivar Buckner, former COVER
nor Of Kentucky and candidate for
vice president on the gold Democratic
national ticket in 1896, died at his
home In Hart county here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
5000 Homeless by Fire.

Venice, Italy, Jan. 13.-The entire
village of Castel Cuglielmi. near here,
was destroyed by fire, ignited through
the %overturning of a cook stove The
5000 inhabitants all escaped without
personal injury, but are homeless.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Chicago live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. observation-disclosures,
s6.65@9.30; Texas steers, $685. q 500;
Western steers, $6.15@7.75; stockers
and feeders, $5.OO@7.4O; COWS and
heifers, $3.40@S.3O; calves, $500
1900. Hogs-Light, sS.O5@S.30; mix
ed, $S.1O@s.40; heavy, s8.10@S.40.
rough, $S.10@S.15; pigs, $6.75@S.O0.
Sheep-Native, $4.85@6.05; yearlings,
S.. 9OM7.O5.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Veteran Railway Man Dead.

Thomas A. Boyden, agent of the
Northern Pacific at Jamestown, died
at Oakland, Cal, where he had gone
for his health. He was in the North
ern Pacific service over thirty years,
twenty years as agent at Lisbon and
nearly ten years at jamestown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
HUNDREDS DIE IN QUAKE
Damage in Japanese Island Cannot
Be Estimated.

Toxic, Jan. 13.-The earthquakes in
the Island of Kiushiu have resulted
in a large loss Of life and damage to
property, which cannot be estimated
at present.
At Moji, OF the kiushiu railway,
100 persons have been killed. Many
houses in the town of Kagoshima, cap
ital of the province of Satsuma, have
been DESTROYED.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
VILLAS FORCES
OCCUPY OJ|NACA
Rebels Int|ict Crushing Defeat
on Mexican Army.
SWARM ACROSS THE BORDER
Twenty-eiaht Hundred Federals Fall
Into the Hands o fthe Ameri-
can Boundary Patrol.
SWARM ACROSS THE BORDER

Presidio. Tex. Jan. l2.-Twenty-
eight hundred Mexican federal sol
diers, six Mexican generals, 200, 600
rounds OF ammunition, Two cannons,
four large field pieces and LOO civil
ian refugees are in the custody OF the
United States army border patrol as
the result of the federal drmy's eVac-
uation OF Ojinaga, Mex, its flight to
American territory and the occupa-
ton of the Mexican village by Gen
eral Francisco Villas rebel forces.
The distress OF the refugees is in
tense. They have scant food and no
shelter. Men, women, children, dogs,
chickens and cattle are packed to-
gether in a space covering several
acres.
From a military standpoint the sit
uation was regarded as being without
precedent, since in time of peace the
United States army never has had to
surround. disarn, hold in custody and
care for so large a body OF aliens.
Less than five hundred cavalrymen
handled the panic stricken mob Of al
most ten times their number.
Other results OF the rebel successes
which placed General Villas army in
undisputed control Of a vast section
of Northern Mexico are:
Federal Generals Marcedo, Castro,
Orpinal, Romero, Aduno and Landa
are in custody OF the United States
troops awaiting their disposition by
the war department.
Several Generals Escape.
General i'ascual OroZco and General
Ynez SalaZar, federal volunteer COM
handlers, escaped along the border to
some point remote from Preside. Sal
azar was wounded. They were accom-
l-tnied by General Carayeo and Cen
oial Rojas and 300 caNalrymen.
SalaZar and OroZcO are being watch
ed for III the United States on indict-
ments charging them with violating
the neutrality laws.
General l.anda said he was certain
all the federal generals escaped the
rebels.
Charges Of cowardice We're made
against Orozco, SalaZar and Rojas.
General Mercado said these generals
abandoned their troops at the begin
ming of the battle and thus weakened
the federal defense.
The only generals who quit the bat
tiefield with honor, General Mercado
said, were those who accompanied the
federal army across the Rio Grande.
Camped in Oiinaga. for the posses
sion of which he had been fighting
less than twenty-four hours previous
ly, General Villa started the work Of
establishing rebel government. He
telegraphed to General CarranZa:
Il have proved my ability to cap
ture Ojinaga.'
The whole sweep of land leading
to the heights of Ojinaga appeared to
have been plowed up by the frantic
out of the federal army and the Gag
er scramble into the village of Gener-
al Villas rebels.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Jan. 13.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.5o@7.75; cows and heifers,
$4.0@6.60; calves, s4.50@10.25; feed
ers, S4.30@7.O0. Hogs-$7.85@S.O5.
Sheep-Lambs, $5.75@7.50; wethers,
$3.75M5.25; ewes, $2.50@4.75.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
New Rockford Bank Sold,

The Bank of New Rockford has
been sold by Hugh Peoples to Harry
c. Sexton, New Rockford; John Jay
Carleton, Iowa Falls, Ia; Barney ST.
monitch of Minneapolis and others.
The"bank is one of the Oldest in that
section of the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Wheat-May,
91Ac; July, S7A @87Mc Corn-May,
65M @66c; July, 651ac. Oats-May,
1913; July 39@39Ac. Pork-Jan., $21.-
20; May. $21.4O. Butter-Creameries,
2S@32c. Eggs-30@32c. Poultry
Springs, 12kc; hens, 13c; turkeys, 16c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 13.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. ! hard, S7%c; No.
l Northern, S6@c; No. 2 Northern,
1850. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$1.51A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-15
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C~apetoWn, Union of South Africa,
Jan. 11.-Drastic measures have been
taken by the government of the Union
of South Africa to prevent serious
trouble arising out of the strike of
railway men in the T%ransvaal and
Orange State provinces.
The entire defense forces of South
Africa, including the regulars and the
citizens reserve, are being modified
for the protection OF property which
the government believes to be threat
ened.
The strikers have tied up railroad
traffic in the T~ransvaal and the Or.
ange State, but have not yet succeed
ed in interfering with transportation
in Cape Colony and Natal.
The authorities in modifying the
forces are looking toward a much
greater danger than that of the strike.
They fear a possible uprising of the
thousands Of native laborers in the
mines, some of whom have already
shown signs Of uneasiness.