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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

archbishop Of San Francisco. Depart
ment of Commerce officials and federal
and state grand jurors began official
inquiry into the Chicago tragedy when
more than 1000 lives were lost by the
overturning of the excursion boat East
land The strike of machinists in the
Remington arms and ammunition plant
at Bridgeport, Conn. was called on
with concessions made to the work
ers; strikers in the Standard Oil plant
at Bayonne, N. j.. returned to work.
Fire caused $250.G00 damage at Pough-
keepsie, n. Y. Charles Becker, former
of police in New York city,
was electrocuted in the death chair,
paying the penalty on conviction of re-
sponsihility for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. gambler, by gunner; pleas
for executive clemency were denied
by Gov. Whitman and new trial was
refused by the courts. Among those
who died during the week was former
G. D. McCreary of Phil
adelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Others Who Participated.

others who participated IN the per-
Torrance were William Larcomb, Alvin
CLANCY. Edward Pyser. Carl Edmon-
ston. Lance Tompkins. Carl Dennison,
John Frederick, Joseph GRAHAM. John
Moran, Ferdinand Moran, Eugene Will
son. Victor ALEX, Frederick and Will
liam Strasser. and Misses Elsie and
Ruth Kane. Elsie Strasser, Estelle ST.
monitor, Marie GRAHAM, Eileen Elan
nigan, Gertrude Silverstein, Helen Cap
plan. Frances Page. Sophie and Fanny
Dodek, Mildred Mcleod, Lillian Mar
COILS, Geraldine Bachenheimer. jean
nette Morris, Florence Anna Chambers,
Lilliard Behrens, Aileen Wilson. Doro-
thy Cole. Sarah Wladovsky and Eliza
beth Sickle.
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HEIRS SEEK TO CANCEL
L|BER|AN TRUST FUND
No More American Negroes Want to
Be Transported, Petition
Declares.

Testamentary heirs and heirs at-law
of the late Mrs. Carolina Donovan of
Baltimore have filed a petition in the
circuit court at Baltimore, asking the
court to declare void and of no effect
a trust created by the will of Mrs.
Donovan for the benefit of the Ameri-
can Colonization Society, the organi-
zation which coloniZed Liberia and
created 1t a free nation. The petition
alleges that the organization has out
lived the purpose for which it was es
tablished. as there are no more ne
groes, it Is claimed, In the United
States who want to be transported to
Liberia.
The trust created by the will Of Mrs.
Donovan nearly thirty years ago pro-
vided that the proceeds of certain
properties set aside should be intrusted
to the American Colonization Society
for the purpose of providing transpor-
tation to Liberia for colonists, and that
any balance should be applied to edu
cation in Liberia. The American Colo
nization Society, founded in 1917, has
had a famous history as an empire
builder, and its officials have included
some of the greatest names of America.
Its headquarters are in Washington,
and Dr. H. L. E. Johnson is the incum-
bent president.
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Defeats the Germans.

THE French and British armies stood
on the line of the Marine from point
near Paris to the eastern frontier of
France. They received the shock of
more than 100000 German troops, and
defeated them with somewhat in
ferior forces The Germans were out
led and outfought in vast general ac-
ton over line of more than 120 miles
The French troops were too exhaust
ed by their fifteen days of marching
and fighting to make their victory de-
cisive. The Germans checked their re-
treat upon the line of the Aisne, and
had sufficient time to dig In. The bat
tie of the Aisne developed by the, Ger
mans endeavoring to turn our left and
by the simultaneous French effort to
turn the German right
This contest resulted In a race for
the sea in the obstinate two months
battle along the User in October and
November. The Germans again failed
and finally gave up that part of their
offensive on account of their terrific
losses.
Simultaneous with the battle Of the
Marine. though forming no part of the
battlefront, of what has been called
the battle of the Marine, were the oper
ations in the Argonne, the Woevre and
the Grand Couronne de Nancy. The
army of the German crown prince,
marching on Verdun, and the army of
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
marching on Nancy. both were defeated
in some of the boodiest engagements
of the entire war
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THE WEEK
Epit0me Of Events Ending July
81, 1915.
WAR CONDITIONS AFFECTING
UNITED STATES.

Of1cial Germany, as well as the Ger
man press and people, was reported in
press dispatches as indignant at the at
titude of the United States. as ex-
pressed in the latest American note de-
manding the freedom Of the seas for
neutral nations. and as disposed to con-
past without regard to the possible re-
su1ting attitude of the United States
Great Britain, replying to the Amer
lean note regarding the operations of
the orders in council. defended the
right of a belligerent nation to block
ade a neutral port through which an
enemy is receiving supplies, and con
tending that the orders in council are
within international law: supplement-
airy note on the same subject was an
nounced to be in prepa ration by the
British foreign office. The American
steamer Leelanaw, after the crew was
ordered to take to it's small boats, was
torpedoed by German submarine; the
crew rowed to shore on the coast of
Scotland: the American State Depart
ment prepared supplemental note to
Germany on the subject of the sinking
of the Leelanaw. Former President
Roosevelt announced himself as ready
to enlist In the United States Army for
schmidt, Detroit, Mich, business man.
was accused of completely in the wreck
ing Of the ammunition plant at Wal
kerville, Canada.
Progress Of War.
IN a convention to insure the non
participation of Bulgaria in the war
against Turkey. Turkey ceded to Bull
garia territory west of tho Martha
river and the Dedeaghatch railway.
The kaiser accepted the baton Of field
marshal from the King of Bavaria. con-
ceding the right of that monarch to
appoint to that dignity, a power here
tofore claimed for the imperial crown.
Brussels was fined by the German
authorities another $1,000 900 following
the destruction by aviators of a Zep-
peiin dirigible at Evere. The Russian
forces were reported from Petrograd
as preparing to evacuate Warsaw be-
fore the forward advance of the Teu-
tonic allies. Following the victory of
the Italian forces along the Isonzo
river. the Austrian defenders were re-
ported to have begun the evacuation of
Gorizia, planning general retreat. The
allies claimed to have advanced their
position on the Gallipou peninsula in
the Dardanelles campaign against oh
stinate opposition from the Turkish de-
tenders. The Germans again bombard =
ed Dunkirk: capture of defensive works
near Landois was claimed by the
French.
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Asks Distribution of Trust.

The petition was filed yesterday. 1t
asks that the trust property be distrib-
uted among the resduary legatees and
their descendants. One of the petition
ers. Robert Soulsby of Easton, Md. is
the sole survivor of nine nephews and
nieces Of Mrs. Donovan to whom she
left the residue of her estate. The other
petitioners are descendants or heirs-at-
low of the other nephews and nieces.
Six warehouses at the northeast cor
ner of Charles and Camden streets.
Baltimore, valued at about 100000,
comprised the trust estate. Leigh Bon
sal is attorney for the petitioners.
The petition was filed in the suit
brought by Ferdinand c. Latrobe and
James W. Harvey, jr, March 25, 1890,
to have the court assume jurisdiction
Of the trust created by Mrs Donovan
June 81, 1885,
From 1898 to 1909, 1t is alleged the
trustees handed over to the society
63,362.36, or an average of S3,727.1 10
for each of the seventeen years. Dur
ing these seventeen years the reports
of the society showed, according to the
petition, that total of s4,76S.32 was
expended by the society in the trans
portatfon of colored persons from this
country to Liberia. There was spent
for the education of negroes in Lii
Der1a IN inc same peFIOQ S1o,oSo-of, VI
an average of $917.54 each year.
Accounting Is Demanded.
During the seventeen years in ques-
ton, the petitionscontinues, the receipts
of the society from the Donovan trust
have exceeded by $42.995.ss the total
sums spent on the two objects named
in the deed Of trust. 1t is proper to
add, the petition states. that the Office
expenses of the society during these
years were more than $4,000 a year, but
the society has other property, the in
come from which in 1909 was $2,23622
and $1,236. 1t is quite evident from the
societys reports, the petition states,
that a large amount of the money re-
ceiyed from the Donovan trust was in
vested and is now held by the society.
A full accounting of these investments
Is demanded.
1t Is shown very clearly by the re.
ports of the society, the petition goes
on that the transportation of negroes
to Liberia through the American Col
onization Society has now come to an
end and it has always experienced diff
ficulty in getting negroes Of a desirable
character to COLOMBO there.
Immediately upon ascertaining that
there were no longer negroes in the
limited States who desired the aid of
the American Colonization Society to
he TRANSPORTED to Liberia, the petition
ers say. they took steps to file the pc
tition.
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chronological societies and has pre-
served the great Indian tribal ceremony
of the Haakon, after years OF re-
search.
Other solos that won vigorous ap-
plause were THE Long Room Of the
Sea-" by Miss Edna Carr; THE Moon
Drops Low" by Carlisle Jackson. and
The Star Of the Farthest North" by
Charles Tobin. Misses Colder and Anna Ann
OF | Hear a Lovers Flute
Little Louise Brown. three years old.
was the baby of the show, and her
happy Indian" smiles captivated the
spectators Frances Page, five years
old, was her little running mate. and
they both were applauded whenever
they came to the footlights.
Costumes Are Attractive.
The costumes were one Of the attrac-
tive features. and these were all made
In the industrial classes of the social
center under the direction of COM
mittee consisting of Mrs. s. A. Graham.
Mrs George Mcleod. Mrs. M. Silver and
Miss Elsie Strasser.
The other properties also were made
in the social center classes. including
baskets, wampum, tomahawks, belts,
moccasins, baskets and drums. These
were made under the direction Of Miss
Frances Farley. the school principal.
charge Of the boys Industrial classes.
The operetta is by Paul Bliss. but
was rearranged and adapted to the
conditions of the social center by
Misses Cecil B. Norton and Edna Carr,
teachers in the extension school and
social center The stage manager was
Mrs. Freddie Schooley, who taught In
dams in Arizona The rehearsals were
under the direction Of Miss Anna Nc
Coach, a teacher in the Emery School,
and Mrs Amy Ormsby. The electrician
was Mervin Ullman, who had charge of
the lighting features in which the
larger boys of the center were enthu-
siastfc assistants.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22

worms. Plow as deeply as possible
and with the vertical edge toward
the side to be protected. A sharp
coulter should be used in order to
make the edge as smoth as posi-
BILE. One furrow should be plowed
about five feet inside the grain and
a second one about twenty-five feet
farther in The poisoned bran is
scattered rather plentifully along
the bottom of the furrow The ad-
vancing worms are delayed by the
trench and are brought in contact
with the poison. In some kinds of
soil this furrow alone may stop
them. The poison bran in the fur
row may be renewed If necessary
each evening at small cost. The
effectiveness is increased If the poi
son is sown broadcast on both sides
of the furrow.
The effect of the poison should
begin to show the following morn
ing. An examination of the soil
where living worms were abundant
the previous day should show some
The effectiveness should not be
judged entirely by the number of
dead and dying worms found upon
the area treated. Worms which
have eaten only small amount
may travel for hours and die at
some distance from the poison.
Other worms may crawl in after the
poison has dried and lost it's at
Effectiveness.
In localities where large amounts
of the poisoned bran are required a
central mixing plant is desirable.
The bran mash may be mixed to
better advantage in large quantities
and may be distributed to the far
mers.
Bankers and business men should
cooperate and help in the emery
encv. The farmers success is nee
essary in their business. ..
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22

be in keeping with our state SUI
premacy were we to abuse this
bounty by the soil-robbing and
over-cropping tactics which have
marked the pioneer history of GER
tain other states. Neither would
we he able to maintain the promi-
nence which we are fast attaining
if we fall back in our farm meth
DDS of the old-time farm inefficien-
cy. Our farm life should be made
pleasant, so that the boys and girls
who follow the present sturdy
homesteaders will not seek the lure
of the cities. The farmhouse, where
the means warrant it, should be
equipped with modern home-mak-
ing conveniences,and farm will take
on a new status, not only from the
point of view of administration, but
of profits, if it is machine equipped
like factory.
This the more significant when
we read the cost figures of raising
crops recently isued by the depart
ment of agriculture. After a test
on 5000 typical farms,it was shown
that the average cost of raising an
acre of wheat is $1115. OF this
amount, the labor item was $3.50.
The ten year average farm value
of an acre was $19.9S.
The cost of raising an acre of
oats, on the average, is $11.91, of
of which the cost item for labor is
=, -.73 per acre. The ten-year av-
erage farm value per acre for the
Montana farmer is $500.
The average cost of producing an
acre of corn is $12.27 of which the
labor item is $500. The average
farm value per acre for corn raised
in Montana has not been published.
Using these three cereals as a
basis, we have a fair index to the
general cost of farm operations in
raising of crops. 1t will be noticed
that the labor cost, even at prevail
ing farm wages, is the largest item
which must be considered. The
figures quoted represent eastern
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22
A BIG PLUM-GRAB 1T.

There's a juicy commercial plum
right within our reach.
Prior to the war Russia imported
nearly all of her manufactured ar
ticles from DISQUALIFICATION
quantities of them.
Now Russia seeks to establish
close trade relations with the United
States.
She wants to buy her hundreds of
millions of dollars worth of supplies
from us, and she has the gold with
which to pay.
Great possibilities for the future
are opened up to the manufacturers
of this country-if they will grasp
them.
It will require the adjusting of
financial conditions to harmonic
with those existing in Russia in the
matter of credits, which are quite
at variance with our American
methods.
But what Germany has been able
to do we can dO-if we try.
1t is simple matter for our great
manufacturing interests to send rep
resentatiyes to Russia and pave the
way for this tremendous volume OF
business.
1t is too big plum to be cast
aside, and it is to be hoped manufac-
turing and financial men of affairs
will be equal to the emergency,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22
Official Paper Phillips County.
U DESCRIPTION $500 PER YEAR
Published every Thursday in the year
EFFICIENCY RULES
ON THE FARM.

Montana is peculiarly fortunate
in the quality of it's farmers. This
results, perhaps, because only the
most robust and aggressive of a
community ever seek their fortunes
IN new countries. The rapid ad-
vancement of many of our citizens
owes it's secret to the fact that, un-
der the new conditions with which
they surround themselves, the pre-
JUDGES and traditions of the older
states are ignored, thus leaving
free road to opportunity. In Mon
tana, about two thousand home
steads, comprising nearly half
million acres, pass from the I'M
occupied domain into the crop pro-
ducing assets of the state each
month. This almost unparalleled
IN the history of migration, and be-
cause of it's magnitude, it is fraught
with more or less danger.
Our land is tremendously fertile,
our agricultural resources easy of
access and bountiful in yield. Were
this not so, our annual farm prod
ucts of SCI, 100000, for state
which four years ago was accredit-
ed with having less than 100000
population, would be impossible.
With nature thus lavishly aiding us,
it is Important that we maintain to
an equal standard the efficiency of
the human equation. 1t would not
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22
GIVING PRISONERS MORE
OF A CHANCE

The new state law as passed by
the last legislature provides for the
imposition of indeterminate SEN
fences upon those convicted of
crime. TIE law provides that wher-
ever any person shall be found guilty
of any crime or offense punishable
by Imprisonment in the state prison,
except treason, murder in the first
degree, rape by force, or administer
ing poison to human being with the
intent to kill, the court must, instead
of fixing the punishment at definite
term, provide in the sentence and
Judgment that the defendant be con-
fined in such prison for not less than
a certain time nor longer than a GER
tain time, both the minimum and
maximum time shall be named in
such judgment and such minimum
time shall not be less than the mini
mum time named in law prescribing
punishment for such crime or offense,
nor shall the maximum time named
in such judgment exceed the maxi
mum time named in such law; pro-
vided that in any judgment under
this act the minimum time shall not
he less than six months. In all cases
where the punishment is fixed by the
iury. the minimum and maximum
time shall be set forth in the verdict.
Any person receiving an indeter-
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22

conditions, where farm labor is I'M
questionably cheaper than it is in
our own state. The problem we
must face is to lessen this cost. II
we are to successfully meet the COM
petition of other states and corie
out of it with profit, we must
adopt the most aggressive forms of
power farming.
Our land, before we can sell our
produce, must be plowed, narrowed.
sowed ofentimes cultivated, and
harvested, our crops must be
threshed and hauled to market, and
before we can do that we must have
good roads. Each operation re-
quires power, and each operation is
an expense. Under the old form of
horse blowing, the best that can be
done with two horses is approx
mately two acres day. This re-
quires a walk, carrying load, of
sixteen miles, and according to
government figures, the upkeep of a
horse is $4,000 per year, or sixteen
cents per horse for every hour of
work. After blowing, if maxi
mum crop is to be raised or there is
great need for moisture conserva-
ton, the same land must be disked
thoroughly and then drilled. Me-
chanical power would save on the
labor cost which plays such havoc
with farm profits.
Were we here in Montana only
Obliged to compete with our fellow
citizens in Illinois and Minnesota,
our problem would be more simple,
but in order that the American far
mer can derive a legitimate profit
at all from his produce, there must
be a foreign demand for our surplus
otherwise our markets would be 20
glutued that we could not farm with
profit To break into this foreign
market we must compete with the
Asiatic laborer who works from
sunrise to sunset for from ten to
twenty cents a day, with the South
american renter who does not care
about soil conservation, and with
the Russian peasant who can live on
a cheaper scale than the American
farmer would care to. This condi-
ton forces us to farm with more in
telligence and utilize labor-saving
and time-saving cross cuts which
they are strangers to.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22

minite sentence as provided in this
act may, at the discretion of the gov
ernor or state board of prison COM
missoniers be paroled at any time
after he shall have served in such
prison the minimum time specified in
such judgment.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-22
For Sale.-A five passenger Ov-
erland in first class condition. Ed.

Don't forget that the st. Anthony
& Dakota elevator grinds oats, bar
ley and corn. Prices right. Drop
in and see us the next time you are
in town.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06

WASHINGTON, Aug 6.-tafeAf
Britain il getting an average o.
4. 500 horses and mu1es = day IN tins n.
country, said .. W Ora ham 81
Hinton. w. Va, at the Raleigh hotel
Mr. Graham - editor and owner OF
the Hinton Daily News and the Fin
ton LEADER AIT the horses ana
mules sent from this country to Eng
land come from the West. and are
shipped by ran through Hinton to
Newport News. there they are
loaded on vessels for Europe. Every
animal In the lot 10 un1oaded ut Hin
ton. fed, Watered and inspected
there. This has been going on sines
April I, and In that time more than
$4,000 animal shave been inspected
at Hinton and have been sent on for
use In the English army
eI am told these animals have 2
ysIue on the firing line OF 1876 each
so the horses and mules which have
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06
GEE KILLED
Expert Maker of Needles Slain
While Fighting in the
DardaneIIes.

.fcorresrnndeuce OF the Associated Press.l
BiRMINGHAM, Eng, Aug. s.
Private Horace Gee, VINO became
known throughout England as the
indispensable man as the result OF
Killed in action In the DardaneIles. .
After he had enlisted. the RfrmIns-
ham chamber OF commerce petitioners
parliament to release him from milf
tary service on the ground that his
services as an expert maker os needles
were indispensable to. the boot trade
Of central England. The matter was
brought up In Paliament an9 the COZ
reYsissi. torelease Gee. stating that the
shortaee of needles had not SO Tar
affected the rate of production o.
army boots. is..a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06
GIANT OK KILLED.

Ie.or-esnouaauee of the Associated r.rcssl
SCHWERIN, Germany Aug: o.
..snItan.o the biggest OK In the world,
has tjeen brought here for slaughter.
He was exhibited. at all the Dig cat.
N assaH ana bone, Just a fraction o.
a, iisaiI under six feet ten inches in
heirfit ana weighs 4. 80 pounds. he
ID I1iIrns q i3fte and Wa bred from
xebu or Han b. Y.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06
Aps1INIsrRi:AToR.s SALE.

The undersfsned administrators OF I'm
estate Of s. w Jackson, deceased, Will sci
at public sale, on the 18th day of August
1915. at the Jackson store building "