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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
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Rimouski, Que, May 30.-Only 4333
persons are known to have been saved
OF the 1887 on board the Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of Ireland.
which sank in ninety feet of water
Friday within fifteen minutes after
being rammed amidships in the upper
reaches of the st. Lawrence river.
The probable death list stands at 954.
Looming up through the river mists
IS the Empress Of Ireland was lying
10. waiting for the fog to lift or day
to break, the Danish collier Storstad
crashed OF into the side of the big
Canadian liner, striking her about
midway of her length and ripping her
side open clear to the stern.
The crash occurred not FIR from
the shore off Father Point, $50 miles
from Quebec, which the Empress of
Ireland left bound for Liverpool, and
ten miles from this point on the St.
Lawrence. In reality. therefore,
though the liner was heading for the
sea and the collier coming in from it,
the disaster vas not one of the ocean.
but of the river.
VICTIMS PERISH IN
l* SIGHT OF THE SHORE
I Unlike the Titanic's victims the
Empress of Ireiand's lost their lives
within sight of shore-in land locked
waters.
Immediately the ships crew recov-
cred from the shock of the collision
and it was seen that the liner had
%fFeeeived a vital blow a wireless IS.
o. S." call was sounded.
The hurried appeal was picked up
by the government mail tender Lady
Evelyn here and the government pilot
boat Eureka at Father Point and both
at once set out to the rescue. So
deep was the hurt of the Empress of
ireland, however, and SO fast the in
rush of waters that long before either
of the rescue boats could reach the
scene the liner had gone down.
Only floating wreckage and a few
lifeboats and RATS from the steamer,
buoying up less than a third of those
who had set sail on her, were to be
found. The rest had sunk with the
aner, had been crushed to death in
the Storstadt's impact with her, or
had been forced from exhaustion and
exposure in the ice chilled northern
waters to loose their holds on the
wgeckage that had supported them
and had drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, June 2.-Wheat-July,
90%c; Sept, 1850; Dec, 8SA @88%c.
Cash close on track: No. l hard, CSC;
No. l Northern, 92B @92Ac; to ar
rive, 92B @93Ac; No. 2 Northern,
90A @92Ac; No. 8 Northern, $3.50
9OAc; No. 9 yellow corn, 65k @66c;
No. g white oats, 3S@38hc; flax. ST.
61K.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 2.-Wheat-On track
/ Northern, 93Ac; No. 2 Northern,
91A @92Ac. Flax-On track and to
arrive, $1.61h.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, June 2.-Cattle-
Steers, S6.00@S.5O; COWS and heifers,
s5.00@7.75; calves, $6.0O@9.25; stock
ers and feeders, S5.OO@7.50. Shorn
s~heep-Lambs, $3.5O@9.O0; wethers,
$4.50@5.50; ewes, $2.0O@5.25.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
SENATE AUTHORIZES SALE
Greece Willing to Buy tho Idaho and
Mississippi.

Washington, June 2.-The senate
amended the naval appropriation bill
SO as to authorize the sale of the bat
tleships Idaho and Mississippi and
the construction Of a modern dread.
nought with the money. Greece is
the prospective purchaser.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
KNUDSON OUT FOR GOvEONOR
Democrats Now Assumed of Contest
at the Primaries.

A petition nominating Oliver Knud-
son of Michigan as a candidate foG
governor at the Democratic primaries
was filed at Bismarck by L.. E. Bird
sell. The necessary affidavit that Mr..
knudson is a bona fde candidate for
the nomination was made in Grand
Forks by five leaders of the Demo
cratic party.
Mr.. Knudson, when asked as to
whether or not he had consented to
be a candidate for the nomination
and had given permission for the fill
ing of his petition, said he had moth
ing to say on the matter for publica-
ton at present.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
954 Pc nISSHI
IN MARInE:
DISAS'1 7 Err
Collier Rams Ocean
Liner During Fog.
EMPRESS OF IRELAND
SPEEDILY FOUNDERS
Accident Occurs in ST. Lawrence
River About $50 Miles
From Quebec.

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p !.
+ Montreal, May 30.-A cor :
sr rected list of passengers and I
F. on the Empress Of Ire !
+ land, issued officially by the I
r. Canadian Pacific railroad, :
i gives the total number aboard !
E'' as 1887, divided as follows: !
j. First cabin passengers, 81. :
i Second cabin passengers, {.
+. 1853. >
+ Third class passengers, TIA. :
T. Officers and crew, Alb. !
f. Number of survivors, 433. !
r Number of lost, 954. :
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
Annual Commencement Near.

The annual commencement exer-
cises of the University of North Da-
kota will be held this year from June
IL to II and in addition to. the usual
graduation exercises a number of
events of special Importance are
scheduled. Scores of alumni from ali
over the state have signified their in
tention Of visiting Grand Forks to be
present at the exercises and a gala
time is planned. approximately one
hundred young men and women will
graduate from the various depart
ments. Special features of the occa.
sion will be the appearance of the
Coburn players in the open air the
alter and the installation of the Phi
Beta Kappa, the new honorary frater-
nifty, the main qualification for men,
bership in which is scholarship. June
16 will be alumni day and the gradua-
ton exercises proper will take place
on Wednesday morning, June II.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
NOT A DISSENTING VOTE

House LeaaIizes Unions and Farmers
Organizations.
Washington, June 2.-Trade unions
and farmers unions would be specific.
ally legalized in their existence and
declared not to be combinations in re-
straint of trade by a paragraph which
the house incorporated in the Clayton
bill to supplement the antitrust laws.
The paragraph vas adopted bv a vote
OF 207 for and none against.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-04
costly slaze a, samore.

The town of Edmore was threat
ened with destruction by fire when
two barns. two blacksmith shops and
a residence were destroyed with a
loss Of about $1,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
Events of Interest From Many
Parts of the State.
INSANE NEGRO STAYS SIX
Sets Fire to House at Spring Green
and Attacks Occupants Try
ing TO Escape.

| The insane act of a negro cook end
ed the strange romance of Frank
Lloyd Wright, Chicago architect
Mrs. Mamah Borthwick, ewho was
Mrs. Edwin H. Cheney until Wright
| brought her from Chicago to his hill
top studio at Spring Green two years
| ago, and five other persons were killed,
three we're wounded and another is
missing following firing of Wrights
home by the negro, Julian Charlton,
and his murderous attacks upon the
occupants of the house as they en-
deavored to make their escape from
the blazing building. The dead are:
Mrs. Mamah BorthWick
Martha Cheney, thirteen; Mrs.
Borthwick's daughter.
John Cheney, ten; Mrs. Borthwick's
son.
Emil Brodelle, Milwaukee, craftsman
employed by Wright.
Tom Brunkert, laborer.
Ernest Weston, son Of head gardener.
The injured are:
William Weston, gardener, burned
and cut on head, will recover.
David Lindblom, assistant gardener,
cut on head and neck.
Herbert Fritz, craftsman, burned,
will recover.
A thre-year-old son of Mrs. Borth-
wick is missing and is thought to have
persisted when flames destroyed the
bungalow.
The negro was captured and is now
in the Dodgeville jail. While posses
combed the neighboring country Charl-
ton remained hidden in the boiler
house, finally crawled out, declaring
that he had swallowed acid and was
nearly dead Antidotes promptly CIV
en- saved his life. Sheriff j. T. Will
liams rushed him to the Iowa county
Jail at Dodgevi4le, through an angry
mob Of country people armed with
guns His wife was taken with him.
He would not tell his motive and
his wife Historically declared that she
had run from the grounds when he
started the murder.
Wright, the architect, was at his Of
flee In Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
URGES SECOND CHOICES USE
Houser Says C. o. p. Progressives
Should Heed Provision.

That Progressive Republicans every
where should unite in urging the vot-
ers to use the first and second choice
in the primary in Wisconsin was the
advice of Walter L. Houser of Mon
dow, former secretary of state, in a
statement at Madison
Mr.. Houser declared that candidates
themselves could not we'll advocate
from the stump the use of the second
choice, because it might be construed
by the voter as an Indication of weak
ness. He believes, however, that some
organization, probably the state cen
trail committee, should issue an adj
dress to the people showing the effica-
cy of the first and second choice and
urging its use by all voters.
1t was pointed out that the evidence
of good feeling between the Progress
sive candidates for governor this year
gives an unusual opportunity for the
application and use of this principle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
MANY TRESPASSERS KILLED
Track Intruders Head Accident Death
List on State Railroads.

More than so per cent of the rail
road accidents in Wisconsin are due
to trespassing, according to tabula-
tions made by the state railroad COM
mission. During the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 141 trespassers were
killed, as compared with eighteen
deaths at crossings.
During the past year there has been
a decline in the number of accidents
on crossings, due largely to the many
crossing projections ordered by the
railroad commission.
Exclusive of trespassers there has
also been q steady decline in the num-
Der of accidents. During 1912 AZ were
killed and Sc were injured on all cross
ings; during 1913, 40 were killed and
10 injured, and during the past fiscal
year Is were killed and "a injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
ASKED TO REPORT SEPT. is
University of Wisconsin Football AS
pirants Will Get Notice.

University of Wisconsin Football AS
pirants Will Get Notice.
First call for football aspirants of the
1914 football team of the University of
Wisconsin will be sent out in a few
days by Coach William Juneau. The
men will be asked to report Sept. Is,
five days before the opening of the
conference season. No coaching will
be permitted before that date, but the
men will be at Madison to try on equip
ment and to enable the department to
purchase new paraphernalia in cases
where the material on hand does not
fit the men who report.
Camp Randall gridirons have been
carefully kept during the spring and
summer and have not been allowed to
be used for any purpose so that they
will be soft for foot ball use in the fall
The large bleacher grand stand on
the north side of the main field has
been torn down completely and will
be replaced at once with new grand
stand capable of seating 10000 persons.
Although none of the coaches will
be permitted to work with the men it
is planned to have them get into shape
by themselves for few days before
the opening Of the seasa&. PantaAG.
place and drop-kicking, running with
the ball, getting off and receiving kicks,
falling on the ball, signal practice and
running will comprise the preliminary
work which will be continued more sys-
tematically when the coaches arrive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
SAYSCONCERNS OvERCHARGE
Ekern Asserts Insurance Rates Should
BE Cut 20 Per Cent.

That the fire insurance rates in
Wisconsin can be reduced an average
of 20 per cent and that the people of
Wisconsin have been overcharged
more than S15,O00,000 in the last ten
years is the statement of Commission
er of Insurance Ekern in a letter to
the fire chiefs of the state.
Mr.. Ekern points out that while
throughout the United States the pay
ment of 800 loss costs poIcyholders
$185 in premiums, in Wisconsin the
policyholders are charged 1898 In
premiums for every $100 loss.
The commissioner urges liberal sup
port to fire departments in the fire
prevention work which already has so
materially reduced the Wisconsin, loss
rate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
Bresnahan to Coach Runners.

George A. Bresnahan of Sterling,
ing out another Wisconsin cross coun-
try team this fall He has been en-
gagged by the physical education de-
partment of the state university at
Madison after having completed three
years of service on the track team.
Last fall he defeated Watson of Min
nesota, who later won the first place
in the conference five-mile race at
Evanston, Ill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
Sees Larger Income Tax Return.

Nils P. Haugen, chairman of the
state tax commission, predicts that
the amount of income tax collected
from corporations of the state this
year will be greater than ever before.
The detailed figures have not been
compiled, but he says that an exami-
nation of the returns of many corpora
tions show that last years business,
upon which the tax is assessed, was
prosperous in most lines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
RULES FOR PHONE SERVICE
Utility Commission First in Country
to Issue Regulations.

Uti1Ity commission First IN Country
to Issue Regulations.
The railroad commission announced
twelve rules regulating the telephone
service of the state, to become efec-
tive within the next sixty days. This
b the first utility commission in the
United States to announce standards
for telephone service.
The rules provide that the equip
ment and lines shall be so constructed
as to eliminate all cross talk and
noise; that the number of subscribers
on any one line should be limited to
ten or twelve; that there shall be at
least one line for through traffic be-
tween cities and villages along which
few if any subscribers instruments
are installed; that the lines and in
struments shall be maintained in
proper condition and repair; that
switchboards shall be of adequate ca
pacity, and that on all exchanges
serving 500 or more subscribers "a
per cent OF the calls shall be an
swered in ten seconds or less.
The rules also provide that instruc-
ton shall be given covering the
phraseology and methods to be EN-
ployed by operators in handling reg
ular and special calls; that directories
shall be issued semi-annually and
that every effort shall be made to
eliminate trouble on the lines imme-
diately.
The rules were finally written after
q conference between the commission
and telephone men of the state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
Papermakers Hampered.

The European war is having its eff
feet on the papermaking business
The mill men at Ladysmith are hav-
ing difficulty in securing clay, which
is mined in England, also bleaching
powder and color, which originate
mostly in Germany. The price of pa
Der has been raised slightly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
DECK HAND KILLED BY BLOW
Fatal Accident on Steamer Hill in La
Crosse Harbor.

Bert Morgan, deck hand on the
steamer G. w. Hill, was killed in La
Crosse harbor while the Hill was try
ing to pull the grounded steamer
Quincy off a sandbar AS the giant
river craft tugged away from the
Quincy a timber on the bow of the
boat broke, striking Morgan in the
abdomen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
BADGER ATHLETE TO WE'D
C. M. Pollock of Gridiron and Rowing
Fame Hooked.

Fame Hooked.
The marriage of another wisconsin
football and crew star will take place
Sept. 1, when Charles M. Pollock, for
three years a member of the Wiscon-
sin university football team and cap
tain of the varsity crew in 1912, will
marry Miss Florence Sayle of Mil
waukee, graduate of 1913 and member
of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Pollock
broke his leg in the first game of his
sophomore year, but resumed play a
year later He rowed on the crew for
three years.
He is member of Phi Delta Theta.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
RESPONSiB iLlTY.

All persons possessing any
portion of power ought to be
strongly and awfully impressed
with an idea that they act in
trust and that they are to ac-
count for. their conduct in that
trust to the one great Master,
Author and Founder of society.
Burke.
It is meat and drink to me to
see a clown. By my troth, we
that have good wits have much
to answer for.-'As You Like
1t" Shakespeare.
Mems minds are as variant as
their faces. Where the motives
of their actions are pure the OPP
Grafton OF the former is no more
to be imputed to them, as
crime, than the appearance of
the latter. for both. being the
work of nature, are alike I'M
avoidabfe.-George Washington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
A Mean RanIx.

She-Do you remember that thirty
years ago you proposed to me and that
l refused you2
He-Oh. yes. That's one of the most
treasured recollections of my youth
Exchange
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
An important Advantage

DO you think college education af-
fords man an important advantage In
life?"
''Oh. yes! One has to have it In order
to get into university club" Chicago
Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
Scentina Scandal.

i understand that demure little
Mrs. links always crooks her elbow on
certain occasion"
You don't say SO! When was it?'
When she carries the baby on her
arm. Baltimore American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-20
The EooTPATH.


An, here it is! The sliding rail
That marks the old remember
ed spot;
The gap that struck our school
boy trail
The crooked path across the
lot.
1t left the road by school and
church,
A penciled shadow, nothing
more,
That parted from the silver
birch
And ended at the farmhouse
door.
No line or compass traced its
plan;
With frequent bends to left or
right,
In afmless. hayward c,lqves it
ran.
But always kept the door in
sight
oliver Wendell Holmes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-26
MERELY COMMENT


regulation of private morals.
The proposition to separate hus-
bands and wives and make them
battle at separate beaches comes
pretty near the limit.
BY and by husband will have to
take his wife in the bathroom and
lock the door if he wants to squeeze
her hand or kiss her.
And probably they'd get pinched if
they sat together in the hammock
where folks could see them.
Trying to denature humanity?
How would it do to make all men
wear skirts, so folks could tell men
from women on the streets?
If the men shaved every day, let
their hair grow long and wore
mother-hubbard gowns we might
have pure and entirely lovely town.
We might make people pure by
putting male and female in separate
cages, like they do at the Lincoln
Park zoo. --. -.....-....
With a political keeper handy to
decide when to let them into the same
cage for breeding purposes.
As for Perkins, Teddy's position
seems to be Love me, love my dog"
Kick Perk out and Ted goes with |
him. o, very well.
President Wilson's firm detemina-
ton to go ahead with his trust pro- |
gram means that crooked Big Bust |
ness hasn't got away with it's bluff.
Honest business will fare better in |
the long run when it knows what it |
can and can't do. /
Wilson proposes to substitute GER
tainty for uncertainty.
That business revival will come
quicker if we all get back of the adj
ministration and carry out the anti
trust program.
Then congress can adjourn and go
jump in the lake.
L
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-26

The fellows who are bowling the
loudest are the business crooks.
Industrial, commercial and finan-
cial pirates have tried to scare the
president with panic threats and
haven't got away with it; that's all.
States Attorney Hoyne has his
hands full investigating bankers, poll
ticians, taxdodgers and labor agents.
President Mccormick of the Coun-
ty Board keeps busy handicapping
the states attorney.
'Smatter, don't the trust news
papers want Hoyne to make rich tax
dodgers pay their taxes.
Are they trying to muddy the
waters so the taxdodgers can escape
while the towns all fused up over
something else?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-26
WOMAN IN THE MURDER CASE
IN SANITARIUM

Stamford, Conn.,, June 26.-With
Mrs. Helen M. Angle in private san
itarium, her nerves shattered, and,
according to physicians there, her
reason temporarily impaired, police
activity today centered on the search
for a motive which may have led to
the murder of Waldo R. Ballou.
The coroner's inquest, halted by
Mrs. Angles collapse on the stand,
will not formally be resumed until
Mrs. Angle RECEIVERS her composure.
Chemists today began analysis of
dark spots on the flatiron which po-
lice claim to have found in the wo-
mans fat, and also of splashes of
some dark liquid which have dried
on the floor.
Mrs. Angle was said today to be
in a serious state of collapse. She
imagines herself still on the stand at
the coroner's inquest and incoherent-
IN protests her innocence of any con-
nection with the murder of her 81
year-old admirer
1920 49,.
ACCURATELY NAMED
&&& = = So
q. ,SOUSE AMERICAN .:
REPUBLICS ."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
MORE WAYS THAN one

NUKE WAYS HAN ONE
what a horseI' said the villagers,
as old Farmer Stinge drove into the
little market town. "Why don't We
feed the poor brute?"
tits all skin an bone, with a head
big 'nough for three nags!" said the
old hostler at the George Inn, as the
miserable looking beast was driven
into the inn yard.
II must get him a new collar" said
Stinge to the hostler.
A week later old Stinge went in a
temper to the saddler.
What do you mean by making
my horses collar this size?" he
blurted out. cts too small! 1 can't
get it over his headw
cover his head" yelled the sad
der. do you think I've got time to
waste? Man alive, it wasn't made
to go over his head. Back him into
it,"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
oBEDlENT WILLIE

I'll Willie was struggling through the
story of his reading lesson.
!, III "'No,' said the captain" he read,
it was not sloop. 1t was larger
vessel. By the rig judged her to be
a-a-a-a-a-'''
The word was new to him.
II 'Barque, "Isupplied the teacher.
Still Willie hesitated
al "Barque!" repeated the teacher,
sH this time sharply.
H Willie looked as though he had not
A@ heard Alright. Then, with an appre-
IA n hensive glance around the class, he
ARshouted:
"Bow-wowp'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
SYMPATHETIC

t'You don't make very good music
with that instrument" said a by
Estander to the man with the bass
drum, as the band ceased to play.
NO. admitted the FOUNDER of the
drum, 81 know l don't; but drown a
heap Of bad music
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
-UU-
HE GOT 1T

A man entered an inn with a dog,
and an Irishman asked what breed
he was.
The owner looked the questioner
insolently up and down, then replied
with drawl:
at is a cross between an ape and
an Irishman."
Faith, thin, we're both related to
the beast" was the ready retort.-
Top-Notch.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
THE GIVE-AWAY

IHE GlVE-HWA1
who gave the bride away"
"Her little brother He stood up
right in the middle of the ceremony
and yelled, 'Hurrah! Fanny, you've
got him at lastp"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-27
SOMEWHAT HIS BUSINESS

SOMEWHAT HIS BUSINESS
Rustic see you are painting
those old trees.
Artist-Yes, am; but it's no bust
ness of yours. Instead of interfering
with me, you had better get on with
your work.
Rustic-Well, my work is to chop
them down, so hurry up with your
ainting.-Top-Notch. -