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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Would Benefit Settlers

Washington, May 2S.-A bill grant
ing leaves of absence to homestead
settlers came up in the house and
was favored by Representative Stout
but on objection by Representative
Mann it was not passed. Mr.. Stout
pointed out that thousands of people
in the public land states of the west
settle on unsurveyed land. 1t was i'm
possible financially for the govern
ment to survey the land as fast as
the people want to settle on it. He
stated that thousands and tens of thou
sands of acres of the very best land
in Montana was unsurveyed. People
had located on it and in many in
stances had put in improvements
amounting to thousands of dollars, ex.
pecting to and always filing on the
land under the preference right given
them by law.
He said the bill grants these people
a leave of absence from their claims.
Under the present law If they leave
them only for a night and somebody
goes and jumps it they are out all the
work and improvements they put On
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Will Exhibit Road Machinery

Great Falls, May 2S.-The fifth an
nual Montana Good Roads congress
to be held at Great Falls, August 10,
II and u. in conjunction with the
Treasure States Gold and Silver ju-
bilee, will witness the biggest and
most complete exhibit of road build
ing machinery ever gathered together
in the northwest.
Manufacturers of heavy and light
tractors. engine plows and other en-
gine tillage tools, will give exhibitions
daily, making it possible for intelli-
gent comparison of work performed
by the various kinds of machinery.
Every kind of road building equip
ment will be seen in action, as will
also the latest concrete machinery,
for the purpose of demonstrating diff
ferent processes of treating roads for
permanency. A quarter of a million
dollars worth of road making and ag.
ricultural machinery will be on view
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Would Sell Two Warships

Washington, May 2S.-A plan for
disposing of the battleships Idaho and
Mississippi to a foreign power for
just what the United States paid for
their construction was laid before the
senate naval affairs committee today
by Secretary Daniels.
Greece is understood to be nego-
tiating for the Mississippi and the
Idaho. The United States has never
before sold battleships to foreign
power, although it has condemned
them and afterward sold them with
out armament.
The ships have been in commission
since 1908. The Mississippi cost $5,-
$4,000, and the Idaho $5,S94,00 Sec
retary Daniels asked for an amend
ment to the naval bill permitting the
sale and providing that the money be
used in the construction of one dread
naught in addition to the two dread
naughts already provided for in the
bill as it passed the house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Affects Entries on Coal Lands

Washington, June SENATOR
Myers has introduced a bill amend
ing the recent act of congress in re-
gard to agricultural entries on coal
lands. The bill provides that unre-
served lands withdrawn or classified
as coal land or valuable for coal shall
be subject to entry, selection or sale
under any of the public land laws ap-
plicable to the appropriate lands de-.
sired if not containing coal and to
withdrawal under the reclamation act
whenever such entry or withdrawal
shall be made with view to obtain
ing or passing title, with the reserva-
tion to the United States of the coal
under such lands and of the rights
to prospect for, mine and remove the
same.
Those who have initiated entry in
good faith prior to the passage of
this act on lands withdrawn or clas-
sified as coal lands may perfect the
same under that law under which the
entries were made but shall receive
limited patent provided for in this
act.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Heat Wave Sweeps East

Washington, May 27.-A wave of
intense, midsummer heat, accompan-
led by enervating humidity, settling
over the Atlantic states and the Ohio
and the middle Mississippi valleys
brought temperatures near record
breaking points today. Richmond.
Va, with temperature of So degrees,
was the only place where the mer-
curry Established a new record.
In Washington the enclosed ther-
mometers at the elevated weather
bureau registered 95, while those on
the streets marked 100 degrees, the
official figure within one degree of the
record fer the warmest May day
since 1870.
IN many cities throughout the east,
the temperatures reached point only
one degree lower than that in Wash.
ington. New York, Boston and Phil
adelphia. all sweltered with the Of
fetal thermometers showing "a de-
grees.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Identifying Dead Bodies

Quebec, June L. 1.-Identifcation of
the dead from the scene of the wreck
of the Canadian Pacific steamer EN-
press of Ireland is progressing more
rapidly than was expected. Nearly
100 of the 1873 bodies brought here
yesterday by the tender Lady Grey
have been recognized by friends and
relatives. This is an addition to the
is bodies identified and claimed at
Rimouski.
A section in the shed that caused
deep sorrow to those who visited it
was that in which 25 little cabinets
lay. These contained the bodies of
the babies and children. Person after
person turned away crying.
Additional bodies are being recov-
cred but slowly at the scene of the
disaster, reports from Rimouski to-
day. Men are patrolling both sides
OF the st. Lawrence river for miles
but thus far with little success. Many
beats are on the stream with the
same purpose in view.
There was no change today in the
official lists of saved and dead which
show that AS persons escaped and
969 were killed or drowned. Prompt
Investigation is promised on all sides
and royal commission has been
made to make searching inquiry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
PREDICTS GOOD TIMES
President Believes Business Depres.
sion ls Only Temporary

WASHINGTON, May ?S.-Oficers If
the National Implement & Vehicle a..
sociat; IN, the Ohio Manufacturers ard
the Illinois Manufacturers assoc;a.
alton, called on Pres;uent Wilson to.
Cay and retitioned in the name Ct
their associations that all legislat; on
affecting the business world, except
the trade commission bill, be with
neld until trade commission could
look thoroughly into the business sit
uation and make report on which
congress might enact laws satisfac-
tory to manufacturers and employees.
Following the visit of the manufac-
turers to the president the following
statement was given out at the White
house:
"The president said in reply to the
Illinois delegation that in his judg-
ment nothing was more dangerous
for business than uncertainty; that it
had become evident through the long
series Of years that policy such AS
the democratic party was now pursu-
ing was absolutely necessary to satis-
fy the conscience of the country in
it's perception of business and that it
was a great deal better to do the
thing moderately and soberly now
than to wait until more radical forces
had accumulated and it was necessary
to go much further.
"The president also said that while
he was aware of the present depres.
sion of business there was abundant
evidence that it was merely psyche
logical that there is no material con-
dition or substantial reason why the
business of the country should not be
in the most prosperous and expand
ing condition. He urged on his Wis
itors the necessity of patriotic COOP
GRAFTON rather than to oppose the mod
crate process of reform and to help
guide them by their own intimate
knowledge of business conditions and
processes"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
California Volcano Erupting

Redding, CAL, June Mount Las
sen is in eruption. A forest ranger,
who investigated the cause of clouds
of steam and smoke seen issuing
from the mountain Saturday after.
noon reported to his superiors today
that a new crater has broken from
the side of the mountain and that
volcanic ashes, mud and sand COW
cred the ground for an area of 800
feet around the opening.
The forest ranger said he found an
aperature 80 feet wide and 40 feet
long with lateral fissures running in
all directions and that a cloud of
steam and smoke hung above the
spot. Boulders of varying sizes, some
of them measuring 30 inches in diam
eter had been thrown up by the er.
upton, he said, and ashes were on
the ground as far away from the era
te, as three miles.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
NEARLY 1000 ARE DROWNED
Terrible Loss of Life from Collision
of Steamships in St. Lawrence

Quebec, May 30.-Just 964 persons
lost their lives when the steamer EN-
press of Ireland was rammed and
sunk in the st. Lawrence river yes.
terday.
In the latest estimate of figures is
sued by the Canadian Pacific railway
the total number of dead is reduced
to 964. OF this number 735 were pas.
sengers and 211 crew. OF the 4O3
saved, the passengers numbered POI,
crew 202.
At Rimouski, the CHASTITY aftermath
of the disaster was developing rapid.
ly. More than 300 bodies had been
landed there at an early hour and so
oyer-taxed were the morgue facilities
of the village that the corpses were
filed in tiers. There appeared to be
judging from the number of passports
found on the bodies. Efforts at iden-
itfication were being made but up to
daylight with no great success.
In the grim pile was one mother
with babe clasped closely to her
breast and women and children were
numerous.
The Collier Storstad, which RAM
med the Empress arrived here short
ly after a. m, and anchored in mid.
stream for four hours before sailing
for Montreal. No newspaper men
were allowed on board, but it was
learned that she saved several score
of her victims passengers. The
steamer Storstad was badly damaged.
A hole Is feet square showed plain.
ly.
Montreal, May 31.-The other side
of the story of the collision in the St..
Lawrence river last Friday morning
between the Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Ireland and the Norweg-
ian collier Storstad, which resulted in
the sinking of the liner, with the loss
of more than 900 lives, was told to.
night. The master of the Storstad
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
TROUBLE FOR MEDIATORS
Leader of Mexican Constitutionalists
Not Satisfied With Proceedings

Leader Of Mexican Constitutio nalists
Not Satisfied With Proceedings
Ell Paso, Tex, June IA semi.of-
ficial statement from General Caran.
za's headquarters at Durango, crit
1c1slng the actions of the A, B. C.
mediators at Niagara Falls and an
announcement from General Villa re.
1terating his allegiance as a military
leader to Carranza, were the devel.
opments OF the Mexican situation
here today.
The statement from Durango,
where Carranza's provisional govern
ment has been established, was ad.
dressed to the American press, with
note to the effect that it had official
sanction, although it was not a formal
declaration.
Niagara Falls, Ont, June 1.-More
information concerning the attitude
of General Carranza than was con-
tanned in his last communication,
brought by Jaun F. Urpuidi, or the
official statement from Durango to-
night, is awaited by the mediators
before deciding on the subject of
constitutionalist representation here.
This may be obtained from the Wash.
ington government.
The mediators are preparing a re-
ply to the message brought by Ur-
quidi. The statement from Durango
did not clarity the situation as to
whether Carranza will agree to an
armistice for 10 days or two weeks,
or if his representatives would agree
to discuss the subject of pacification
O. Mexico.
The expression from Durango did
not alter the opinion of the media
tors toward the constitutionalists.
The diplomats claim that from the
outset they have planned to give the
constitutionalists as great share in
the new government as is proportion
ate with their strength.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Clean House in New York

New York, May 30.-Failure of the
Wilson administration to handle sat
isfactorily either the trust or the tar
iff question was charged by Colonel
Roosevelt in a statement he left be-
hind him today for publication after
his departure for Europe.
Roosevelt said he would put in his
hardest work of the campaign in New
York state.
81 believe the time las come to
clean house in New York." he said.
He assailed the Murphy and Barnes
machines, but made no reference to
the tentative plan of the progressive
leaders for Endorsements of the re-
publican nominee in this state, pro.
vided he meets their requirements"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
How to Reduce Taxes

An exchange gives sure recipe for
reducing taxes: "DO away with the
schools. fire all the teachers, sell the
building and grounds and divide up
all the money-the district is out of
debt. Cut out all the sidewalks and
tramp through the mud and dust, and
do away with the needless expense of
street lights-let each man carry his
own lantern. Discharge the street
commissioner and let the grading and
dragging go-sOme towns do this way
and you will save several hundred
dollars each year in taxes"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Farmers Favor Prohibition

Spokane. May 2S.-The Washing
ton-Idaho division of the Farmers Ed
ucational and Cooperative Union, a.
the closing session of the annual
meeting here today reaftirmed its
stand in favor of the statewide pro-
hibition amendment which is to be
voted on this fall. The union also
indorsed the Quincy irrigation project
and bonding arrangement in the pres
ent referendum measure which also
will come before the voters Of WASH
ingtCI.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03

denies the charge that he was re.
sponslble for the disaster.
The Storstad was seized on her ar
rival in Montreal today, on a $2O0O,-
OOO claim of loss against her owners
by the Canadian Pacific railway, own
ers OF the lost Empress.
The bodies of 1SS dead from the
disaster were brought from Rimouski
to Quebec today, and the task of iden-
t!fying them proceeded amid distress
ing scenes. No additional bodies have
been reported found. 1t would ap-
pear, therefore, that hundreds of
bodies were swept down the river or
remain imprisoned in the hull of the
sunken liner. off Father Point, in the
st. Lawrence.
With her bow crumpled in and
twisted, q gap showing On the port
side only a foot or so above the water
line, in mute evidence of the tragedy
in which she figured, the Storstad
docked here this afternoon. A few
minutes later warrant of arrest,
taken out by the Canadian Pacific
AdANds, "dS Idllcu " IcI IlldlIllIldSI
by order Of w. Simpson Walker, KC..
registrar of the Quebec admiralty.
The loss of life on the Empress of
Ireland has been equalled or exceed
ed by only four marine disasters in
the last century. These were the loss
of the Rhone. Wye and other vessels
at st. Thomas in the great hurricane
of Oct. 20, 1867, when 1000 persons
perished; the burning of the excur-
sion boat General Slocum in the East
river, New York, June Is. 1904, with
an approximate loss of 1000 lives !;
that most terrible of all marine dis
asters of modern times. the loss of
the Titanic, April 4, 1912, which sank
after collision with an iceberg with
1,490 of her company, and the loss of
the Kike Maru off the Japanese coast
Sept. 2S, 1912, with 1000 lives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Have Abandoned PoIygamy

Washington, May 29.-Polygamy no
longer is practiced by Mormons in
Utah, Senator Sutherland told the
senate today, after the reading of a
petition from citizens of West Dur
ham. n. c.. presented by Senator
Overman, protesting against it. "Polyg.
amy said Senator Sutherland, has
been absolutely abandoned in Utah
and has not been practiced for many
years. There are still some old peo-
pie who entered the relation many
years ago who still maintain their
households. am sure that if the
question were submitted to vote of
the Mormon people, they would never
decide to return to polygamy."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Discontinue Demonstration Farms

Helena, June AFTER this year the
Montana experiment station will dis
continue it's demonstration farms,
turning the work over to the county
agriculturists, according to the an
nual report of Director F. B. Linfield
that was presented to the board of
education at its meeting today
Farms are being maintained this crop
season at Wibaux, Twin Bridges
Roman, Eureka and Glasgow. Coun-
ty agriculturists were put to work
last year in Fergus and Custer coun-
ties, and two additional men are en-
ployed this year, one in Fallon and
Dawson counties and the other in
Cascade. A specialist also has been
engaged to help out the county men
en- special crop ploblems.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Huerta Willing to Resign

Vera Cruz, May 2S.-Reports reach.
ing here through private sources say
President Huerta has committed him.
self to turn over the government to
a commission composed of members
of the various factions in the republic.
He is also said to have agreed to re.
linquish power to any successor such
commission might select.
The report further says that Huer-
ta's determination already had been
communicated to the Mexican dele.
gates and probably directly to the
Washington government.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
Exempts Labor Unions

Washington, May PA tentative
understanding has been reached
a',ong house leaders to add to section
: of the antitrust bill which declares
, o,hing in it shall be construed to
tort!d the organization of labor and
agricultural organizations, the social.
ed labor union exemption provision
and an additional provision that such
o, o,ganizatiOns and the members there
OF. in restraint of trade, or in con-
soiracy in violation of the antitrust
law. The other sections may be
amended 50 as to specifically state
that strikes and primary boycotts are
not illegal acts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
New Method of Suicide

San Quentin. Cal, May 2S.-George
Brown, convict, is dead today, hay
ing made human torch of himself
in the observation cell of San Quen-
tin penitentiarv by pouring oil over
his clothing and then touching a
match to the saturated graments.
This was Browns third attempt to
commit suicide. Brown was serving
q il-ee-ysar term for burglary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
COLONEL CORRECTS MAP
Roosevelt Declares "f.".er Of Doubt"
Is Genuine D.;:covery

Is Genuine Discovery
Wash ngton, May 70 6--Proclaimed
tonight before a great audience Of
scientists from many cities, as the
"discoverer" of river in South Amer
lea 1000 miles long, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt assured the National Geo.
graphy society that he had put this
river on the map, and challenged all
the geographers in the world to dis
prove his achievement.
Scientists, the colonel asserted, had
attempted to dispute his discovery,
tracing on blackboard with piece
of chalk the river of his finding, he
declared emphatically:
II say we put it on the map, and |
mean what l say. No map has ever
yet shown this river. Scientists have
said we might have traversed the riv-
er Tapajaz or the river MADEIRA, but
the fact is that some of our party
went down one river and some went
down the other, while we went down
river between them, which no map
maker has ever seen. l can direct
any man where to find this river, and
rivers stay put, so that the discovery
we have made may be verified"
The colonel described the hard
ships endured in navigating the rap
Ids of the River of Doubt. In the up-
per part of the river, he said, the rap.
ids were so severe that it required
45 days for the party to traverse one
degree, from 11:45 south to 1O:45
south. During that hazardous trip
they lost nearly all their food and
belongings.
I'VE were forced to eat monkeys
to exc out our rations," the colonel
declared. Don't shudder, for l as
sure you that after this experience,
you might leave me in the monkey
house without my making any mis-
take
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03

Blank forms for making annual re-
ports of corporations on sale at the
River Press office.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-01-02
elections
d'0ffitier$
Z ~

detection DIES officers du Cercle
Ste Anne, No %, U. G. F. c., pour
l'annee 1914, a dome lie r6sultat
suivant:
Nine E. Corriveau ayant accep-
t6 lie poste de Capitaine du Corps
d'Uniforme, Sc retira DIES rangs au
poste de %pr6sidente du Cercle
qu'elle occupant depuis plusieurs
annees.
Chapelain, Mgr Guillot.
Pr6sidente, Nine A. Page.
Vice-Pr6s., Mile Rose-Anna Pei
letter.
Sec.-Arch. Nine Laura Dumas.
Sec.-Fin., Nine r. Deslauriers.
Tr6soriere, Nine P. Violet.
Directrices, Mile R.-A. Pelletier,
Mines Roy ct Faubert.
Messagere, Mile Esther Lapier;
re.
Sentinelle, Mile B6langer.
D6I6gu6e a la convention, Nine
l.. Dumas.
Substitute, Nine A. Page.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-01-02
Etats=Wnis

Seattle, Wash.-Les rumeurs re-
latives a rexp6dition arctique diri-
gee par Vilhjalmar Stefansson sont
alarmantes. On dit que lie "Kar-
Lux, qui portrait lie hardi explora-
teur, a 6t6 GU sera d6truit par la
glace. LIE "Karluk" ne serait pas
I'm vaisseau capable de supporter
une forte preston. Dependant,
les amis de Stefansson sont encore
con6ants.
Washington.-Le projet de loi
relatif au cours mon6taire a Ste
pr6sent6 reinforcement, aux deuz
chambres du Congress. La mesure
a 6t6 mobilize lie plus parfaitement
possible, ct ellie respecte les id6es
du president Wilson. Celui-ci
devait la signer ct lui bonner ainsi
la force dune loi. II est entendu
que les chambres ne discuteront
pas inutilement.
Buffalo-Un rapport public lie 20
Dec. ecoul6, indique que la guam
tit6 de bic qui a pass6 par lie port
de Buffalo Get automne s'est 6levee
a 192,OOO,OOO de minots, soft une
augmentation de 25,OOO,OOO de mi
nots sur les chiffres de i'annee der
ni4re. Sur ce total on a enregis-
tire 100000 de minots de bic ca
maiden.
Washington.-Deux hommes ct
une femme SO sont %pr6sent6s, q la
Maison Blanche, en- disant qu'ils
venaient de Los Angeles ct qu'ils
avaient fait lie voyage q pied. Ills
ont remis une lettre destin6e au
president Wilson, lettre dams la
quelle lis afirment qu'ils avaient
6t6 gu6ris de la t~uberculose ct
livreraient la formule du re-
pr6cieux, 81 le president pou-
wait assurer que &c traitement ne
deviendrait pas la propri6t6 des
charlatans.
Washington.-Le jour de Noel
1913 a etc enregistr6 dams les an
males du bureau de m6t6orologie
CONNIE constituent un record re-
marquable achievement a la tenn
D'apr4s les d6peches qui ont 6t6
recues lei, il est tomb6 de la neige
les Etats du Sud. Dams les
6tats situ6s sur les cotes de Toc6an
il a plu, bien qua Wash
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-01-02
Vfande a Bon Marche

NJ. Napoleon Latourelle, lie pro-
pri6taire de la Gateway Market,
2lO Avenue Hennepin, desire an.
noncer a ses clients quill est en-
mesure maintenant de leur 6par-
gner de 10 a 25 pour cent sur tous
leurs achats de viande. N'oubliez
pas de lui rendre visite, il y va de
votre int6r6t.
M. Latourelle fat a present du
boudin trois fois par semaine ct il
en- a par consequent pressure tou-
iours Ell mains.