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Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
Battle for Progressive Vote Waxes Keen; May Have Big Bearing on National Election November '.
!! T. R. TRIES TO
 SWING BULL MOOSE
But Party Seems Hopelessly Split, Half for Whitman for Governor and Half for Democrat.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

NEW YORK, Sept 1S.-Candidates for United States senator and a com plete state ticket will be nominated at the statewide primary tomorrow. Chief interest in the election appar- ently centered tonight in whether the former leaders of the Progressive par ty will be able to swing the votes of a majority of the rank and file to Gov ernor Chas. & Whitman. leading Re- publican candidate for governor. One wing of the party fayors the election of Judge Samuel Seabury. whose can didacy for governor on the Democratic ticket is unopposed.
 National Importance
 National as we'll as state leaders of both parties are deeply interested in the outcome of the Progressive par ty contest for they believe it may have an important bearing on the out come of the presidential campaign in New York It is conceded by both sides that a majority of those who stood for Governor Whitman in the primaries will support Charles F. Hughes for president while much of those who support Judge Seabury will vote for President Wilson.
 Next to the fight for Progressive support. the most important contest to be settled tomorrow is that between Robert Bacon. former ambassador to France, and Wm. H. Calder. a former congressman. for the Republican nom ination for the T. s. senate Mir. Ba- con did not enter the lists until few weeks ago and has based his appeal for support largely upon his advocacy of military preparedness.
 r. R. Heard From
 An incident of the day was the pub lication of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt, urging Mir Bacon's nomi- nation on the preparedness issue Many of the county and district lead CTS of the state have lent their sup port to Mir. Calder. who began his cam paign nearly two years ago
 Democrat Race Tight
 The Democrats also have a contest on their hangs for the senatorial nom nation but managers of the campaign of Wm. McCumbs. who was designat- ed for the office at the unofficial state convention at Saratoga. declare they do not take seriously the aspira- tion of Thomas F. Conway of Platts- burg. a former lieutenant governor.
 The only opposition to Governor Whitman's nomination within his own party came from State Senator Wm- & Bennett
 Schools As Polls
 A feature of the primaries will be the more general use of school houses as polling places. especially fn the va rious boroughs of New York City
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
bLACKMA|LERS OF FL|RTERS
 CAUGHT BY
 UNCLE SAM
Federal Authorities Grab Sus. poets in Many Cities, Try ing to Extract Hush Money From Men.
[BY Review Leased Wirel

CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-While federal authorities here prepared tonight for preliminary hearings tomorrow of seven members of an alleged black mail gang who used the Mann act as their chief weapon, detectives made arrests in other cities and spread a drag net for H. c. Woodward, sought as director in chief of the system.
 Hinton c. Clabaugh of the United States Department of Justice declar- ed tonight he had secured sufficient evidence to convict the gang without exposing the names of some of their wealthy victims. It was understood none of the names of the victims would be barred at the hearings to- morrow. These victims, whose firta- tions with pretty women led them in to traps, from which they escaped on ly on payment of large sums, will be shielded from publicity except as last resort, it is said.
 Clabaugh expects the seven will be ordered removed to Philadelphia for trial without a stubborn resistance be- fore the commissioners.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
x s * * i < * * REIGN OF TERROR
 * ABROAD IN MEXICO

< LAREDO, Tex, Sept. 1S.- Trustworthy advices brought to F
 * Laredo tonight indicate a reign s x of terror exists in the state of < * San Luis Potosi, Mexico, extend '
 * ing from the Nuevo Leon state < * line to Queretaro, owing to the l * activities of bandits said to be s + under the leadership of the Ce- * dillo brothers, who call them ! selves Legalistas. Men formerly ! * identified with General Carrero ! * Torres are also said to be in the * * bands. x Engagements occurred last < Friday and Saturday at Doctor < * Arroyo in Nuevo Leon, and Nor < riga, San Luis Potosi. in which * * the Carranza troops were report * * ed to have suffered heavy losses. * E ' < * x
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
(By Review Leased Wire)

RED BLUFF, Calif., Sept. 1S.- Whether prohibition would be econ omically disastrous for California is not a question to be considered in the present wet and dry campaign, Dr. Ira Landrith, vice presidential candi- date, asserted today in a rear platform speech. If the growing of grapes in California makes it necessary to sell alcohol" said pr. Landrith. then by Heaven, you should give up the busi- ness and make your money in some other way. The mere proposition of making living is not to be consid- cred for minute in this campaign.
 "If the liquor traffic paid every dol lar of my taxes. would not vote for it so long as it violated uprightness, honor, liberty and justice in this coun- try"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
vNozlHv 'xINsoHs x xIuIqrI lvIIoliiAsl

* DOUGLAS. Sept. IS. .C When ] x the special train. bearing the del
 * egates of the convention of the ] x American Institute of Mining ] Engineers reaches here Tuesday ! x morning. it will be met by com < * mittee of shelter heads with a ] * band Visits to the reduction plants < of the Copper Queen and c. X A. 4 # mining companies are scheduled 4 + for the morning. The afternoon and evenings sessions will be devoted to tech ! nical subjects. An automobile tour of the dis # trict, and band concert and tea * have been arranged for the en- X tertainment of the feminine mem l + bers of the party. E < < x 4 ,
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
BULGARS SURROUNDED

ATHENS. Sept 1S.-Franco-Serbian troops have surrounded the Bulgarian forces in northwestern Macedonia who are falling preeipitately on Mon astir. according to reports reaching here.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
Thursday Set as Day for Call
 ing Out Army of Workers to Aid Street Car Men Win
 Their Strike.
N. Y. MAYOR FAILS
 IN NEGOTIATIONS
Shonts Becomes Obdurate and Refuses to Confer or Alt tempt to Settle Differences
 With Men.
(By Review Leased Wire)

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The United Hebrew Trades, representing mem bership of 100000 organized workmen tonight, voted to go on a sympathetic strike as an aid to the striking car men, if they are called upon to do so by the Central Federated Union.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Failure of negotiations being conducted by May or Mitchell to provide a basis of set clement of the traction strike in this city will result in call Thursday for a simultaneous strike of approximate ly S00,O0O workers, union leaders de clared after a conference late today between representatives of several crafts.
 The call will be issued, it was stated to all unions affiliated with the Gen. tral Federated Union of New York. the Central Labor Union of Brooklyn and the Federated Union of the Bronx. Westchester and Yonkers. Some of the unions were advised of a strike, leaders said, and referendums are in progress in others.
 Shonts "ls Through"
 Theo P. Shonts. president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the New York Railways Company late today issued a statement in which he said the companies would refuse to confer with the strikers. This announcement was made after MT. Shonts had been informed that Mayor Mitchell had agreed to act with Oscar Straus, chairman of the public service commission in an attempt to bring the strikers and company offic- CTS together.
 During the day he conferred with labor leaders but no practical plan was evolved to settle the difficulties.
 Traffic Undisturbed
 Traffic on the subway and elevated lines continued normally today and there was a noticeable improvement in surface car conditions.
 Some violence was reported and several arrests were made.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
BLAcKMAILERs SOUGHT
 IN HIlADElPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1S.-Agents of the Department of Justice were busy here today gathering further evi- dence against the alleged blackmail- ing band arrested in Chicago Satur-
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19

since then. We have sent some to France and some to Russia. So fas as know, up until the recent appearance of the motor cars the tractors were used only to tow big guns I under stand that Germany had about forty of them in this work before Liege ear ly in the war and recent photographs show that the British are using some of them now for the same purpose"
 Mir Baker said he did not know low many of the tractors sent to England had been armored and put in service, nor did he know what equipment the British war office had placed upon cars to be used in this work.
 Can Go An f~here.
 Tt is true" said MT. Baker, that these tractors can go ahead over the most broken country. Go through a swamp, roll over tree trunks or crawl through shell crater like a jugger- naut- In thick forest, if they en- countered trees they could not brush out of their way, they could easily be used to uproot them and clear their own paths"
 MT. Baker said the tractors sent to England would weigh about 1S.000 pounds each. develop 120 horse power and are built of steel. The caterpillar
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
DALLAS BANK TO GET 31-2
 PERCENT ON IS DAY NOTES

WASHINGTON, Sept 1S-An inter est rate of three and one half percent on 15 day notes at the Dallas federal reserve bank, was approved today by the reserve board.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
HIS ANSW E R

Hush. Little Vinyard. don't you cry; you'll make grape juice bye and
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19

CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-According to Clabaugh, two of the alleged gang sters, Dick" Barrett and Edward J. Thompson confessed to the charges and revealed the manner in which blackmail had been levied in several with accounts of clever new race track swindles and other ruses by which beautiful women and debon- aire, handsome men had fieeced their victims.
 The other men who have been ar rested and who remain in jail here pending establishment of bail in the aggregate sum of approximately S100, 900 would say nothing today of their alleged offenses, but the women were vociferous in their denials of guilt.
 Women Offended
 Mrs. Frances Chapman said nothing but Mrs. Evers indignantly insisted that Mrs. Chapman's arrest was "an outrage" and that she was but vis- iNOl di lhc ldSHlOHdDlt dpdi lHlChl when the raid was made.
 Mrs. Edward Donohue, older than the other woman, surrounded herself, even in jail, with an air of outraged dignity. ridiculous, too ridiculous to consider at all" was the way she summed things up.
 George Irwin, who is said to be the husband of Mrs. Evers, and Jno. Woodward are being sought through out the country tonight It is believed he now is in New York. The alleged fieecing of Mrs. Ripper. it was said, was brought about through Crocker After having won her confidence, says the authorities, Crocker managed to place her in a position in which her reputation was endangered. with Don- ohue and Irwin as witnesses. The The latter two demanded hush mon ey." It was said Crocker accepted jewels, which later proved valueless, and he gave the police information which caused Irwin's arrest Crocker, however, is said to have rejoined the band subsequently,.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-19
WEATHER

Arizona: Tuesday and Wednesday fair, no change in tempera- ture.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16

reau. It costs the people $1,600,000 a year, but it is a good investment S3,000,0 900 worth of protection was made possible in one cold wave; the California citrus growers estimated that one warning saved $14,000,000 worth of fruit; shipping has been saved many losses by hurricane warn ings. Savings are made by farmers, manufacturers, photographers and in surance companies, and many other occupations are directly benefited by the forecasts.
 To most of us a storm means rain or snow, but to the weather bureau a storm means a movement of winds. We know now that most storms are what are called "cyclones'' that is, masses of air revolving about a cen ter. While the motiOn' of the center
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16

and, during the night, change of weather took place, melting the snow and leaving his horse hanging to the steeple.
 We in America are fond of brealz- ing records, and we have fair share of weather records to our credit. The maximum temperaure recorded is that of 134 degrees in 1913 at Green land Ranch, Cal. The minimum an- nual preceptation on record is that at Bagdal, California, in 1913, when uo rain fell. When it comes to rain. however, the palm must be given to India, where at Cherrapunji in 1861, nine hundred and five inches of rain fell, more than twenty times as much as we get in whole year.
 Mark Twain said, People are a1- ways talking about the weather but
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16

they never seem to do anything about it. However, the times have changed. The people are doing something about the weather. The weather bureau carefully studies the weather with the aid of many stations and delicate in struments. The scientific study of the weather is a recent development, but many strange Superstitions regarding the weather still survive among us We of New England are familiar with many of them.
 "If the groundhog comes out on Candlemass day and sees his shadow, he crawls back to his hole and dozes again. He knows there will still be month of sharp weather'
 "If it rains on Saint Swthin's day it will rain for forty days to come"
 But to get back to the weather bu-
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16

gives us the direction in which the storm is moving, the wind at any one point will depend upon its position in the revolving mass. It seems hardA to realize that when wind is blow ing strong from the northeast the storm is coming towards us From the south, but this we know to be true.
 Even the number and sources of probable storms have been estimated. About 100 storms affect the country in a normal year. Of these, all but seven, on the average, come from the west. Fifteen storms a year origin ate in the western gulf states. Twen- ty-two are started in Colorado and Wyoming. And twenty begin in Brit ish Columbia. Nearly all of the re- maining forty storms enter from the Pacific, through Washington and Ore gon Almost all of these storms pass out through the St. Lawrence valley. In that part of the country they say, If you don't like our weather, wait a minute.''
 In spite of all that is said about the general perversity of the climate of New England, it is undoubtedly far superior to that of most localities. We have no wet and no dry season. Our rainfall is nearly uniform throughout the year. There is enough rain to enable all crops to grow with.A out irrigation, and yet there is plenty of sun. We are indebted to the cool refreshing anticyclone for our ener- gy and vitality. Descending from the pure upper air it drives out the hl- mid air of out city streets better than any ventilation that man could devise,
 Those who are old and feeble; those who are suffering from disease pr other weakness ;and the idle rich vhc~ are happy nowhere may avoid the ri- gors of winter by going to California or Florida, and the heat of midsuu1- mer by flying to the mountains and the seashore, but the man who wishes to work with vigor year after year at his appointed tasks will find no better climate in all the world than right here in old New England, whose changing weathers, while not a perpety~ Continued On Seventh Page).
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16
Books As Friends.

(Margaret M. BegIey.J 70 book is worth anything which 1t worth much, nor is it service
New Britain herald., 1916-06-16

(Continued On Seventh Page)
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
Taft's Name on Ticket

Local citizens have prevailed up
on Robert L. Taft to permit his
name to be placed on the republi-
can ticket as candidate for Justice
of the Peace, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Charles N.
Thomas. Mr.. Taft is a very busy
man at all times, attending to the
affairs of the Firat National, but
agreed to fill the place for a brief
time. Electors will please remem-
ber that r. l.. Taft and Frank e.
VanDemark are the candidates for
justice of the peace of Cut Bank
Township.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
Robert Has Lost
His Flax Halo!

Robert Paul, Flax King of
1915. seems to have lost his
halo.
A report was received in Cut
Bank last week to the effect
that John Hall. the well known
Red River rancher bad broken
the world record set by Robert
Paul last year. by threshing a
field of flax that yielded 38
bushels to the acre. The Pioneer
Press did not publish the re-
port. for the reason that no
verification could be secured.
Now comes the Sweet Grass
Advocate. giving details of the
yield. 1t states that the field
that produced the world-rec-
ord crop was measured by a
surveyor and the exact yield is
sworn to by Thos. Halvorson.
who threshed the crop, and
Kenneth Luke. cashier of the
International Bank. who saw
the field measured. A report
of the yield was wired to Boze-
man College and a reply came
that this was the highest yield
ever recorded in Montana or
any part Of the United States.
Last fall the manager of the
Sherwin Williams Paint Com
pany wrote the Pioneer Press
a lengthy letter concerning con-
ditions in the flax zone of the
Northwest, and declaring that
northern Teton county was the
finest flax region in North
America. He stated that the
Robert Paul yield was the big
gest he. had ever heard of. He
concluded his letter with the
statement that the section Of
Teton county contiguous to the
mountains from Choteau to
Cut Bank is the finest flax
zone in America.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
Best of
All, He says

The highline section of Mon
tana. or more properly speak
ing, the country between Havre
and Cut Bank is the most pros
porous part of the Northwest
today" said representative of
the Aultman-Taylor company
to the writer, last Saturday.
Il was through the Dakotas
on a collecting trip this fall and
found that part of the west as
dead as a maggot. The crops
scarcely paid for the handling
and collections are very poor.
Arriving in Montana | was
thrilled by the great hustle and
hustle and it grew in intensity
as | came west. At Havre
there was the greatest activity
and in all the towns along the
high line between Havre and
Cut Bank the wonderful pros
perity prevails. The hotels are
full of farmers who are hauling
in grain and it is almost impos-
sible to secure lodging for the
night in any of these towns.
The stores are doing a big busi-
ness. long trains of wagons la
den with golden wheat stand in
line at the elevators, waiting
for the busy wheat buyer to
call next" The banks are
bullying with money and all
lines of business are prosperous
to a high degree. I was at
Sweet Grass last week and
heard reports of remarkable
yields in that section. The
Sweet Grass country is very.
prosperous.
Of course Cut Bank is al
ways prosperous and lively, but
it seems exceptionally so at
this time. | cannot see a sin
gle reason why the town should
not grow rapidly and why farm
lands around here should not
Jump up to $4,000 or more an
acre before very long.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
That Copper Tax

Mayor S. L. Potter: ITO me
the most astounding conces-
sion to special privilege that
the country witnessed in years
was the elimination of the cop
per tax by the chiefs of the
democratic party and the tax
ing of things that places a bur-
den upon the wage earners and
farmers of the country. Before
this happened | felt at times in
clined to speak well of the
president and his administra-
ton, but this surrender to the
copper barons of Butte and
Wall Street was too much for
me.
And more astounding is the
silence of the daily press of
Montana concerning this act of
the administration. Democratic
and Republican alike. the daily
press of the state is singularly
silent on the matter. 1t con-
vinces me more than ever that
our Montana daily papers are
shamefully subservient to the
copper crowd of Butte and New
York.
why should copper have es-
capped the war tax and neces-
sites be taxed? If some one
will venture even the feeblest
explanation | shall be grateful.
This might serve as a reason:
Not long ago Senator w. A.
Clark. head of the powerful
Amalgamated. declared he
would refuse to support the
head of the ticket if this tax
provision was retained. Soon
after that the tax went off ard
the Butte Miner and other lac
keys of the daily press started
whooping it up for the ticket.
why did Senator Myers and
the two democratic congress-
men vote for the striking out of
the copper tax proviso? That
is something no one seems pre-
pared to explain"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
Pioneer Citizen is
Suddenly Called
Charles N. Thomas Dies
at His Home After
Brief Illness

Charles N. Thomas, one OF
the real pioneers of this Sec
ton of Montana, died at his
home here Wednesday eve
ming about nine o'clock. after
brief illness.
The people Of Cut Bank were
deeply moved on learning of
Mr.. Thomas sudden death.
Expressions of sincere sorrow
were heard on all sides and fell
low citizens who had known
him intimately for years joined
in paying him tribute. for his
amiable manner, his never
failing optimism and great gen.
erosity. He had the rare gift
of meeting and mixing with all
classes of people. There was
no better known man in all
northern Montana than Char
ley" Thomas and all were his
well wishers.
Deceased came to Montana
from Canada and saw the state
in the frontier days. He served
on the mounted police force
when the commerce between
Fort Benton and Fort Mcleod
was carried on by bull teams.
and Indians and road agents
were a constant menace. Later
he engaged in the stock busi-
ness and about twenty years
ago came to Cut Bank to make
his home. For years he has
served as United States Com
missioner and also as justice of
the peace of this precinct. He
was a candidate for reelection
as Justice OF the peace on the
republican ticket.
Mr.. Thomas was affiliated
with many secret societies.
He was a Sind degree Mason. a
member of the Butte Consis-
tory. the Algeria Shrine at
Helena, the Cut Bank Blue
Lodge. an Elk, an Oddfel-
low and a member of the 0. E.
S., of Cut Bank.
The funeral will be held on
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and W ill be under the auspices
of the Cut Bank Masonic order,
The remains are now in charge
of Undertaken Bomboy, at the
Masonic rooms in the Halvor-
son Block.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-11-03
A Fuel Famine

The situation in Northern
Montana, on the Great North
ern Railway, relative to scar
city of coal and general conges-
tion of business. appears very
serious. Many towns complain
that they are out of coal and
dealers are unable to secure de-
livery on shipments. Elevators
are not furnished cars and gen.
eral business is congested.
This committee will hold a
hearing in Great Falls. on Nov
ember 1st, to determine what
should be done to relieve the
situation. The attendance of
all persons interested is urged
to testify relating to conditions.
Persons unable to attend should
prepare statements detailing
conditions relative to furnish
ing cars for wheat and other
movements. Coal dealers
should make statements of tom
mage ordered and not delivered
when and from where ordered,
amount on hand and the time
in transit of coal delivered dur
ing October. and from where
shipped. Also give monthly
consumption in tons for youl
community during fall and win
ter months. Give any other in
formation pertinent to condi.
tionS.
Send all mail addressed Boare
of Railroad Commissioners, tt
Park Hotel, Great Falls, Mon
tana.