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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
SLUMP IN STOCKS:
EAR WAR IS Due
Severe Price Cutting on Eve
of Critical developments
Marks Brief Wal!
Street Session.

New York, April. 24-Today's two
hour session OF the stock exchange was
attended by much excitement and fur
Their free selling. Var shares and the
stocks of companies operating in Mexi-
co, broke 4 to s po>nts, and the entire
list, including investments, was unfa-
Ycrably affected.
The news over Tire Good Friday holi-
day was anything tut re~assuring from
the Wall street posat of view. Latest
developments in tae German crisis
were viewed with increased concern,
ard reports Of the proposed cancella-
ton of American cdncessions in Mexico
We're responsible FIR the acute weak
ness in that quartea of the list. Mexi-
d Petroleum fell aver s points with 8
to 4-point declines IN American Smelt-
ing and Greene Cananea.
United States Steel fell way to the
lowest price in weeks. AT today's low
average special stocks comprising the
munitions group, motors, equipments
and secondary industrials, We're at
minimum prices of the year, while some
of the same shares We're from 80 to 80
points under last years maximum quo
tationS.
Dealings We're very heavy and broad
and in large part represented selling by
discouraged speculative interests
There also was considerable liquidation
from investment sources.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
RECOVER SECURITIES
FILCHED FROM MAIL
Papers Valued at $500, 900
Found on Suspect Arrested
at Baltimore.

Baltimore. Md, April PA man
giving the name of Edward j. Quigley,
having in his possession all the Securi-
ties stolen or a ferry boat at New York
on February &c, was arrested here last
night.
The arrest was a piece OF good luck
by the postal authorities. Quigley was
seized on suspicion of being wanted in
St. Louis for raising money orders. An
alleged confederate named George F.
Windall was arrested with him, but is
held on technical charge. Quigley
fought against arrest, but was over
powered. His alleged confederate sub
mitted quietly.
Quigley's grip contained a large bun
die of certificates of stock of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad. New
York city stock and other securities OF
aggregate face value of $500, 600.
A sight draft for s3S, 900, drawn or
b. B. Chaplin & Co, Of New York, by
Smith, Lockhart e Co. of Baltimore
also was found in the satchel, attached
20 certificates for 100 shares of Union
Pacific n 100 shares of Northern
Pacific stock.
Chief P~ostoffice Inspector y. c
Rooms said he believed that the satcle.
contained all thu securities which had
been Sent from Baltimore in the regis
tered mail pouches stolen on the New
York ferryboat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
CHINESE PRESIDENT
NAMES new CABINET
Yuan Shi Kai Surrenders Civil
Authority, Admitting His
Past Errors.

Picking. China. April 24.-In accord
hnce with the mandate issued yester-
day by President Yuan Shi Kai. in
which he admitted his full control OF
the administration had caused dissat-
isfaction and authorized the secretary
Of state to organize a responsible cab
met. il was announced today that a
new cabinet was being constructed.
Tuan Shi-Jui, former minister for war,
has accepted the premiership and the
war portfolio. The following other
members of the cabinet. which is be-
ing formed under the direction OF
Tuan Shi-Jui have virtually been Sc
lected:
Foreign Affairs-Lu Cheng -Hsiang,
the incumbent.
Finance-Chang Hu, now vice min
lister.
1nterior-Wang Whiting, former
minister of trade and commerce.
Marine-Liu Kuang-Hsin, the in
eumbent.
Communications-yulin, now vice
minister of foreign affairs.
Chow Tzu Chi, minister of agricul-
ture, becomes director general of the
bank of China
President Yuan Shi Kai has agreed
to surrender all civil authority to the
new cabinet. The Picking government
hopes that the premiership of Tuan
Shi-Jui, who is a staunch republican,
will reconcile the southern provinces
and put an end to the uprising.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
LAST OF LINCOLN PLOT
SURVIVORS PASSES AWAY

Baltimore. Md, April 22.-John Har-
rison Surratt, last survivor of the corps
Of alleged conspirators tried for inn
~plication in the plot to assassinate
Abraham Lincoln, died here last night.
He was ~ years old. Mr.. Surratt re-
tired as general freight agents Of THE
Baltimore Steam Packet company re-
Gently. In the civil war he served in
the confederate secret service. When
he heard that a warrant had been is
sued for him he fled from New York
to Canada and then to Europe, Egypt
and South America. He was acquitted
after being brought back for trial and
came to Baltimore.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
GENERAL ELECTRIC IN
FLOURlSHlNG CONDITION

New York, April 22.-Exclusive of
the special war munitions business
which amounted to So, $50, 900, the value
of the orders for electrical apparatus
and devices booked by the General
Electric company, during 1915, accord
ing to the annual report made public
here today was $685. S5, s91, an increase
of $14,36T,37 or II per cent over the
previous zee
The amount of sales billed in 1915
was SIS, 522, 070. a decrease of s4,954.-
622 or 6 per cent. The net result from
the sales was a profit of s8,623,SST. In
come from other sources amounted to
1854, los, making the total net income
$l2, 307, 995.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
MARSH WILL Be IN
CHARGE OF FINANCES
iowa Committeeman to Look
After Raising Funds For
Campaign In West.

Washington. D. c., April 24.-Some
'eal ginger will be injected into the
business of raising campaign funds
his year. if Wilbur W. Marsh. Of Wa
terloo, takes charge of the western
headquarters of the finance commit
.ee of the democratic national COM
nittee in Chicago. Mr.. Marsh has
)een offered this responsible post and
Will see National Chairman McCombs
n New York ext week and probably
accept.
Mr.. Marsh has been urged by promi-
rent administration leaders to do this
work. They need his organizing ana
BUSINESS ability. Mr.. Marsh is here
.ttending the meeting of the executive
ornnlittee Of the national committee
nd looking after postoffice and poll
ical matters.
He conferred ~ith Chairman Dore-
nus of the congressional committee
oday and saw Speaker Clark and
.ther prominent democrats.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
LLOYD.GEORGE IS
BITTERLY FLAYED
Editor of London News Charges
Him With Being Respon-
sibIe For Recent Cabi-
net Crisis.

London, April 24.-Displeasure, ex-
pressed by the radicals over the atti-
tude of David Lloyd-George, minister
of munitions, eliminated today IN a
remarkable open letter by Alfred G.
Gardiner. editor of the Daily News, in
which MI. Gardiner charges Lloyd
George with responsibility for the gov
crisis just passed. The iii
lister of munitions, who for the first
year of the war was the idol of the
radicals, has been championed lately
by the so called Northcliffe press and
tho conservative organs, which hav
he SeVerest critics of the govern
crisis this week. says Mr.. Car
.etter, was the elimination of
~ activities. The country has
m,.ue it's choice between Asquith and
you. 1t heard much about Asquith
from your friends of the press. You
escaped insult. You will escape ex-
posure no longer.
In the heated, o~verwrought atmos-
phere of your mind you believe your
self to be a man of destiny. Democ-
racy has been only g vehicle to you,
not faith. When the storm came, the
adventurer within you made short work
of the democrat. Now you would have
that 10 months power of Napoleon,
whereof you once spoke to me. Par
lament became a nuisance and democ-
racy an circumference for Napoleon.
You never understood nor liked
trade ~unionists. You are essentially an
egrarian agitator. This has been the
crucial collision between you and AS
quith. Throughout he sought to carry
labor with him. You, in apocalyptic
vision of yourself as the savior of
Europe, turned to compulsion. You
were one of the chief architects of the
fail of the liberal government and the
eSt9 bIigbmnnf of the coalition I2lJt the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
PERsAiNG is READY TO GO
FORWARD OR WITHDRAW ARMY

FL Paso, Tex, April 24.-Brig. Cen.
]. j. Pershing has made such DISPOSE
ton of his forces that the American
punitive expedition is equally ready to-
day to proceed with all dispatch in pur-
suit of Francisco Villa, or withdraw
from Mexico, when the future course
Of operations is determined by the ad-
m~intstration at Washington. The Amer
lean troops can be retired from Mexi-
co in 10 days, according TO army Off
GERS at Fort Bliss.
Carranza officials at Juarez reported
the situation generally quiet through
out upper Mexico ana said every prep
aration has been made to suppress any
disorders that might arise. The Par
cal district is being filled with Car
rama troops ana guards have been
thrown about mining properties.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
JAPAN VIEWS WILSON
ACTION WITH APPROVAL

Toxic, Japan. April %. - japanese
opinion as expressed by the newspa-
pers is sympathetic and welcomes the
American note to Germany demanding
a discontinuance of submarine war
fare. The belief is generally expressed
that America has shown the world she
desires peace, but her patience finally
became ~XhanSta
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
,UMMINS AND WILSON
LEADING In MONTANA

Helena, Mont. April 22.-Scattering
eturns received from yesterdays
presidential preference primary showed
hat President Wilson polled more
1otes than all of his republican oppon-
.nts together. Returns from a few
precincts in eight counties gave Wood
.ow Wilson, democrat, 1914: A. z.
-ummins, republican, SS1; f. r. Woods,
'epublican, SO. and Theodore Roose-
felt. 1923.
Colonel Roosevelt's name was writ
en- on the ballots by the republican
roters.
This was Montana's first presidential
preference primary n the first tim:
hat women voted. The polls were open
from ~ noon until s O'Clock and def
ate results We're not expected unit
ate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
CLAIM HE HAD PLAN
TO KILL ]. P. MORGAN

New York. April 22.-Harry L. New
ton. a former munitions worker, who
was arrested here Thursday after en-
tering into an alleged agreement to
blow up a munitions plant, was pre-
pared to kill ]. P. Morgan according to
an affidavit submitted today in the
Tombs police court. Newton was held
for examination mex Tuesday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
DOROTHY ARNOLD DEATH
STORY EASILY DlSPROVED

New York, April 22.-The story told
by Octave Charles Glennorris, con-
victed in a Rhode Island prison. of his
having assisted at the burial of Doro-
thy Arnold's body in O. cellar outside
West Point. "a pronounced a fabrica-
ton today by detectives who explored
the cellar. Inspector Faurot said he
believed the convic told the story in
the hope of obtaining parole.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
LOSS 400.

Constantinople, April 22.-(via Lon
don}-The British loss in the battle on
the right bank of the Tigris CMesopo-
tamia) on April II, was more than 400
killed and wounded, according to a.
official statement issued by the war
office today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
RUSSIANS TO FRONT.

Lyons. France, April 22.-The Rus
sian troops. which arrived at Mar
settles, Thursday for service with the
French on the western front, passed
through here today on their way north
ward. They were given an enthusiasts
tic welcome all along their route
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
BRITAIN MAKES BID
FOR INTERNED SHIPS
Offers Spain Tangier and Other
Concessions If She Will
Seize Vessels.

Berlin. April %. (wireless tt Say
ville).-According to reports from Ge-
neva," says the Overseas News agen-
cy. Great Britain has offered to Spain
possession of Tangier if Spain will
seize the German ships in Spanish
ports and will consent to the closing
of the Straits of Gibraltar to all neu-
trail ships except those flying the Span
ish flag"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
GAIN FOR

London, April 22.-British forces in
the expedition against German east
Africa have captured Umbugwei and
Salanga. according to an announcement
made today by the official nress bureau.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
A KILLS SEVEN.

P%etrograd. April 22.-Seven persons
were killed and II injured as the re-
suit of a fire in an explosive factory
at Cronstadt, according to the Russian
Semi Official News agency.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

Official figures show that fogs are
more frequent on the coasts of ain
and New Hampshire han on II other
portions of the coasts of the United
States.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
RAID BRITISH CAMP.

Constantinople, Via London), April!
ga British camp on the Suez canal
has been attacked by Turkish aero
planes. the war office announced today.
The airship dropped bombs n re-
turned successfully.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

OF Swiss invention is a storage bat
terry electric switching locomotive in
which powerful electromagnetic are
used instead of couplings for drawing
cars.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
FINISH r CASE.

Chicago, April 22.-Taking of testi-
mony in the trial of William Lorimer.
former United States senator, who Ii
being tried on charges arising from the
failure of the Lasalle Street Trust q
Savings company, was completed today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
STRICT BLOCKADE
WILL BE APPLIED

Berlin. (wireless to Sayville).
April 22.-According to a dis
patch from Geneva, to the over
seas News agency 1t Is re-
ported from Lyons. France,
that an intensified entente
blockade against neutral coun-
tries will be began without any
preceding announcement. 1t Is
also reported that from today
no neutral protest will be ans
wered, the dispatch adds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

Experiments by the United States
public health service resulted in the
discovery of a new and inexpensive
disinfectant derived from pine oil.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

To make IA person appear two inches
taller is the purpose of metal forms to
be slipped in his shoes that a Chicago
inventor has patened.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

Motorcycle side cars are being sue
cessfully used foscarrying the InailD
through rural districtssin Eneland
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
BATH TANK BLOWS UP
AND 18 PERSONS PERISH
Prisoner Throws Match in Solution OF
Gasoline and Kerosene.

Eel Paso, Texas.-Eighteen prisoners
were burned to death and probably 40
seriously injured in fire late Monday
at the city Jail bathhouse. The blaze
started from a flash of flame from a
large tub of gasoline and kerosene So
luton used to destroy germ-carrying
lice. In their first reports officials
attributed theorigin to the deliberate
action of one of the prisoners in throw
ing lighted match into the container.
More than a score of prisoners who
were thoroughly saturated with the
solution, were enveloped in flames.
Jail attendants Immediately opened
two exits, allowing a number of the
prisoners in the bathroom to escape,
although seriously burned.
Surrounding the bath quarters are
rows of cells, mostly filled with pris-
oners. Those adjacent to the bath
were caught in the flames. Release
from these were slow and dangerous
and it was in these that most of the
fatalities occurred. Volunteer rescu-
ers aided in dragging out the victims,
many unconscious and badly burned.
The fire department quartered in the
same building extinguished the blaze
before it had spread to the new part
of the Jail and aided in the rescue
work.
Edward MCGOWAN of Wardner, Ida
no, and John Campbell, or Cameron, of
Eugene, Ore, were among the Ameri-
cans seriously burned in the Jail fire.
Man Who Struck Match Dead.
II. M Cross, an American who died
of injuries, was named as the man
who struck the match that caused the
fire, in statement made by H. G. Bag
by one of the TRUSTEES on guard. Cross
was under arrest as a vagrant. His
home is said to have been in Daven-
port, Iowa.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstreet's says: Trade as well
as industries still moves at a brisk
pace, prices continue to advance, de-
liveries of raw and finished materials
are complained of as slow, railway
traffic is congested, supplies of money
are plethoric, collections are good and
buyers of some lines, fearing INSULT
cient supplies or still higher prices
have put out orders for fall delivery
In brief, most producing units of the
country are choked with orders and
instead of seeking business for far-ofi
shipment, the tendency is to move
more slowly in this respect.
There is, however, a disposition in
parts of the country to proceed with
caution, to ask If prices are not soar.
ing too rapidly and to question the
ability of purveyors to obtain normal
profits on final selling prices. But
this recurring note of doubtfulness
must be considered in conjunction
with the fact that consumption con.
tinues at an Unsuitable rate, that in.
comes from profit-sharing investments
keep on rising, that wages as well as
employment are good, and that the
consuming power of the public has
been greatly increased
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
YEARS CASUALTIES IN U. S.
Astounding Facts Brought to Light by
Recent Reports.

In the United States, 836 persons
were drowned, 1,641 met death be-
cause of fires, 1861 were killed in
mine accidents, 1921 were victims of
cyclones and storms, 1876 were killed
by explosions, 242 were killed in acct
dents having to do with electricity,
Ill lost their lives by lightning, 226
were asphyxiated, and SO were killed
in elevator accidents.
More than 10000 persons were in
jured by automobiles, and of this num-
Der 2,224 were killed, the killed and
injured being nearly double the num-
Der recorded during the year 1914. Six
thousand seven hundred seven persons
were killed on railroads. The injured
numbered 70,516. These figures do
not include those killed or injured in
railroad yards or while stealing rides
or trespassing. The loss of life by
marine disaster, not due to the war
was 1884, of whom 1,735 died at sea
and 1,O69 in inland waters-lakes and
rivers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Indianapolis, Ind.-General Charles
H. Noble, U. S. A, retired.
Aberdeen, Wash.-Judge Mason IT.
win of the superior court, age 65.
Rome.-William F. Kelley, the Am
erican consul here. He was from Lin
coin, Neb.
Tampa, Fla-E. P. Dodge, head of
the Dodge Lumber company of Roch-
ester, MINI.
Mankato, Minn.-August G. Meyers,
who was serving his fourth term as
mayor of Mankato.
Misunderstanding Arnold, Ameri-
can diplomatic agent and consul gen.
eral at Cairo, Egypt
New York.-Charles c. Mott, appoint
ed to the United States court of claims
by President Lincoln, aged SO.
London.-William Angus Knight,
professor OF moral philosophy in the
University of st. Andrews from 1876
to 1902.
Oakland, Cal.-James T. Treadwell,
who located the famous Treadwell
mine on Douglas island, opposite Ju-
neau, Alaska.
Medford, Ore.-General VIM. Sooy-
smith, commander of Union cavalry
during Grants Shiloh and Vicksburg
campaigns, aged Sc.
Morristown, N. J.-Richard Aldrich
McCurdy, capitalist, president of the
Mutual Life Insurance company from
1885 to 1906, aged 81.
Bethlehem, n. H.-The Rev. DR.. Will
liam H. Jefferis Of Philadelphia, an
arch-deacon prominent in Episcopal af-
fairs in this country and England.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
NIB. BAKER NAMED
SECRETARY OF WAR
PRESIDENT WILSON NAMES HIS
CLEVELAND FRIEND TO THE
HIGH OFFICE.
SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT JOB
Had Refused the offer in 1913 When
Mayor of CIeveland-Was Born in
1872-WeIl Educated and Is
Lawyer-Was Under Secy.

ashington.-Newton d. Baker, for
mer mayor of Cleveland, has been Sc
lected by President Wilson for secre-
tary of war.
Mr.. Baker has accepted the position
and now is arranging his affairs in
Cleveland preparatory to coming to
Washington to take up his duties.
Mr. Bakers name had been men
toned in connection with the position
several times. He was offered a place
when the cabinet was formed but de-
clined
The selection of Mr.. Baker is under
stood to have been discussed by Presi.
dent Wilson with Colonel e. M. House
soon after the latter's arrival here on
Monday.
When President Wilson was making
up his cabinet in 1913 he offered the
place of secretary of the interior to
Mr. Baker twice. Mr. Baker was then
mayor of Cleveland and declined foI
that reason.
The president and Mr.. Baker have
been close friends for some time ano
Mr.. Baker is said to be in close sym
pathy with the presidents policies
and is known to have had the support
of some members of the cabinet fol-
the war office.
Mr. Baker is A years old. He was
born in Martinsburg, w. Va, and a
the age of 25 was appointed private
secretary to Postmaster General VIII
son in President Cleveland's cabinet
In 1897 he began the practice of Law
at Martinsburg, but not long there
after moved to Cleveland, where h'
became city solicitor in 1902. He hell
that office for 10 years, until his cleo
ton as mayor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
SUMMARY OF THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEINZ
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.

The Whitehouse social season has
ended.
Runnels county, Texas, voted dry by
a majority of 46S.
Colonel Roosevelt and party have
arrived in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
John Grant Lyman, alleged swindler,
is held in New York Jail on 100000
bonds.
Northwestern railroads are doing
the largest business in their history,
according to reports from St. Paul.
Princeton banqueters in San Fran
cisco recently talked over long dis
lance to banqueters in New York city
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
Saturday took a weekend trip down
the Potomac river and Chesapeake
bay.
The tendency of mems wages in
France is upward now that industries
have recovered from the early per-
turbation of the war.
Edith X. Melber, serving 20 years
for the murder of her 5-year-old son
by forcing poison down the child's
throat, hanged herself in Auburn, N.
Y prison.
At Quincy, Mass, March 4, the Uni
ted States torpedo boat destroyer
Sampson, named for the late Rear Ad-
miral William T. Sampson, U. S. NJ,
was launched.
Fifteen hundred motormen and con-
ductors employed on the National cap
ftal's two street railway lines, recent
Hy voted to strike for higher wages
and shorter hours.
Fully 2400 men employed on section
gangs and extra gangs on the divisions
of the various railroads operating In
the northwest will have their wages
advanced from IS to 161s cents an
hour this month.
The New Zealand government has
made such progress with its scheme
for settling returned soldiers on the
land that numerous large areas have
already been set aside, and several OF
the new colonies" are ready for oc
cupation.
A confederate flag, taken from the
city hall in New Orleans in 1868 by
troops under General Benjamin. f
Butler, was returned this week by
Frank Leiberlich, election commission
er of Boston. A letter expressing the
hope that all the states are united IL
the face of the European crisis accom-
panied the flag.