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Evening star., 1919-05-04

General organizer for the National
Federation of Federal Employees. who
has gone to New York to cooperate
with the president Of the Federal En-
ployes' Union there in a membership
campaign among the woman workers
In the Brooklyn navy yard. A special
membership drive. which seeks to en-
list the thousands of woman workers
IN all the United States navy yards
and arsenals. has been launched fol-
lowing conferences held recently in
Washington between officers of the
National Federation of Federal En-
pioyes and the presidents of local
unions at the several points where
are located navy yards and arsenals.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04

Commissioner Samuel Odell, of Shelby
State Senator Charles J. Deland, of
jackson, was also included among
those indicted, it was announced. He
was chairman of the Finance and Ap-
preparations Committee of the Senate
in the last Legislature.
At least one New YORK man, Fred
erick Cody, known as Legislative rep
resentative" of the American Book
Company. a personal friend of Senator
Newberry, also was cited and is ex-
pected to come to Grand Rapids with
Senator Newberry Monday for arraign-
ment. 1t is undt stood here that a
party of twenty-one will accompany
Senator Newberry from the East.
Nine more of the indicted men were
arraigned before Judge Sessions this
afternoon, one pleading partial guilt,
two standing mute and six entering
pleas of not guilty.
Willis V. Capron, Of Frankfort,
pleaded guilty to three of six counts
against him. These dealt with the pri-
mary election law.
]. s. Hunter, Detroit; Claud Van
derveen, Grand Haven; Albert Taylor.
Harbor Springs; John Wagley, Cross
Village; State Senator William NJ.
Connolly Spring Lake, and Fred D..
kester Lansing, newspaper men, pleaded
not guilty. Ernest c. Smith and Joshua
l.. Boyd, Prosecuting Attorney and
former Prosecutor, respectively, of
Kalkaska County, stood mute. All
were released on bail ranging from
$500 tC S25OO
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Prominent Defendants
Plead to Indictments
Too Michigan State Senators,
Commissioners, Probate Judge
and Clergyman Are Cited


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec s.
Twenty defendants, many of them
prominent in the official life of Michi-
gan, appeared before Judge C. w. Ses-
sions in Federal Court to-day to plead
to indictments charging corruption,
fraud and conspiracy in connection with
the nomination and election of Truman
H. Newberry, United States Senator
from Michigan.
With one exception the defendants,
who include a prominent clergyman
either stood mute or pleaded not guilty
and were released on $1,000 bond.
Willis V. Capron, of Frankfort, Mich,
pleaded guilty to three of six counts
dealing with activities in the primary
campaign. Others of statewide promi-
nence who appeared for arraignment
included
State Senators Charles ]. Deland, Of
Jackson, and William NJ. Connolly, Of
Spring Lake; Thomas Bigger, a former
state Senator, now Boxing Commits
sioner; Samuel O'Dell, of Shelby, men,
Der Public Utilities Commission; John
". Dunn, of Standish, for twenty years
Judge Of the Arenac County Probate
Court; Earl j. Davis, leading attorney
of Saginaw; Albert H. Berger a Ben
ton Harbor manufacturer; the Rev John
3. Hewlett, of Flint; James Dewey,
Antrim, County Clerk; Timothy Ryan,
prominent jackson business man. and
William S. Wilson, an officer Of the
Grand Rapids Typographical Union.
Mr.. O'Dell, who is a former State
treasurer, requested an early trial and
issued a statement denying charges
that he had anything to do with the
Newberry campaign. 1t is understood
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Pomerene Resolution Asking
Investigation of 'sCharges
of Illegal Expenditures
Adopted Without RollCall
Hearings After Holidays
Dillingham; to Have Charge
of Committee, Which is
Given Sweeping Powers

w WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Inves stiga-
ton of the Ford -Newperry Senatorial
election contest in Michigan was au-
thorized to-day by the Senate which
adopted resolution by Senator Pom
creme. Democrat. Ohio, providing for
the inquiry.
No roll call was necessary and there
was less than minutes discussion to
bring out that the measure previously
had been approved by the Privileges
and Elections Committee, which will
conduct the inquiry.
Hearings under the resolution are
not expected to start until after the
holidays and they may be confined to
the election, since the alleged frauds
during the primaries now are being
dealt with by the courts.
The Pomerene resolution was favor
ably reported by the Senate Expendi-
lures Committee, and unanimous con-
sent was given for its immediate con-
sideratlon. The resolution gives the
privileges and Elections Committee
broad powers to take evidence and to
preserve ballots and other documents.
1t specifically directs investigation Of
"charges and counter charges of ex-
cessive and illegal expenditures of
money and unlawful practices in con-
necton with the said election of a
Senator from the State of Michigan"
Senator Dillingham;, Republican, Yer
mont, as chairman Of the Privileges
and Elections Committee, will have
charge of the investigation. He is ex-
pected to arrive in Washington Satur
day and the committee will meet next
week to make the inquiry. Senator
Newberry was not in the Senate when
the Pomerene resolution was adopted.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04

some men complain that neither can
didate was any good, or that there was
no clear statement of policies by either
party Ask this same man what he has
done in his party organization. and II
is 10 to l that he will reply that he
has held himself alocf either from lack
of interest or that he might vote for
the man that he considers the most de-
serving candidate. A man [ this type
deserves what he gets"
Women's Part in Election
George A. Glynn, chairman of the
Republican State Committee, said in
part:
"A year ago the women responsible
tor this gathering tonight called at
tention to the fact that with all our
efforts in 1918 we had missed the
woman's point Of view. To meet this
need the women's executive committee
was appointed, and to every county in
the state the message of Republican,
ISM was carried by women to women.
working exclusively through the reg,
ular organizations. The answer is in
the election returns of last month
ITO Republican Assemblymen against
81 in 1918; total vote for the AS
sembly of 1,115,000, against approxi
mately a million for the state ticknt
the year before; a clear plurality in
an off year of 100000, against approxi j.
mately 125,000 the previous year, and
the remarkable achievement Of captur-
ing the Gibraltar of Democracy. the
City Of New York
Speaking for the Republican womer.
| say, with confidence, that they found
the party all comprehensive, they
found in it the aims and spirations Of
their most ideal organizations; they
found that it was the party of achieve
ments, and that it had the courage n
distinguish between innovation and
DrOpress"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
$l,O5O,OOO Fire Loss
At Baltimore Docks
One Life Is Lost and Score of
Vessels Are Destroyed
or Damaged
Special Correspondence


BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-In spac-
tacular waterfront fire early to-day,
piers and property Of the Canton
Lumber Company and score of We;
sells Of varying sizes in slips of the
adjoining plant of the Speeden Ship
building Company, facing Boston
Street, were wrecked with loss Of s.
least one life. Damage t. shore PROV
erty has been estimated at $250,o 900,
while destruction wrought among the
ships is placed at Ss0O,OOO
The charred body Of H. ". Train,
sixty years Old of New York, was
found in the hall of the steamer
Major L'Enfant. Train was the cool
He was asleep in his cabin when the
fire was discovered.
The crew of the steamer R. NJ. Nc
Lane were awakened bv the flames
Their escape was cat off and they
leaped overheard and swan ashore. All
are suffering from exposure.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
70 Witnesses Examined
In Trial of Dempsey

MINEOLA, n. Y, Dec. 3-Twenty-
three witnesses for the prosecution
were examined here to-day in the trial
Of John ]. Dempsey. former vice-presi-
dent of the New York Consolidated
Railroad Company, on a charge of man
slaughter growing out of the Malbone
tunnel wreck on the B. r. L on No
vember !, 1913. Assistant District At
torney Warhasse said that he expected
20 call at least 100.
Most important of the witnesses was
George OFT, B. P. =. train dispatcher.
who said that he had relved Anthony
J. Luciano at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
Of November /. after Luciano had
worked ten hours as a dispatcher. Two
hours and quarter later the train,
with Luciano as motorman, was
wrecked.
Most Of the remainder of the testi-
mony was furnished by engineers and
technical men and concerned the
identification of blue prints, drawings
and similar Documents
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04

age of retirement" he is quoted as
saying. Fate has decreed that my
seven-year term should coincide with
the greatest disturbances OF history.
have acquired ideas which | will
place at the service OF my country as
long as l keep my strength, and l con-
fess that l do not fee. it at all ex-
hausted."
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04

O'Dell was charged with urging James
W. Helme, former Dairy and Food Com
missioner, to enter the primary race
purpose of splitting the Democratic
ranks.
In his statement O'Dell declares he
did suggest that Helme seek. the Lomi-
nation, but without intention of aiding
the Newberry campaign. Helme has
also declared in statement that his
candidacy was not for the purpose of
aiding Newberry, but to give the people
a choice of candidates as "between the
money barons and real representa-
tive of the people"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Socialists Win Election
In Argentine Town

BUENOs AYRES, Dec 3.-The city
of Mar del Plata, situated on the east
coast Of Argentina and having a popu
lation of 10000, will have Socialist
Mayor as result of the municipal
election held in the province of
Buenos Ayres on Sunday Socialist
candidates for councilmen will hold
the balance of power in the new coun-
Gil, which will elect a Mayor. 1t is
claimed by the newspaper "Vanguardia'
that this will be the first Socialist
Mayor elected in South America
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Cody Is Ready to Face
Indictment in Michigan

When Frederick Cody, one of those
indicted in connection with the Michi-
gan Senatorial election a year ago. was
seen here yesterday, he said that he
had received telegram telling him of
his indictment and asking if it would
be necessary to send an officer to ac-
company him to Grand Rapids. Mr..
Cody said he wired back that he would
report at Grand Rapids whenever he
was wanted
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Ford-Ne,Cberry Ballots
Ready for u. s. Conn

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 3.-With few
exceptions the ballot boxes containing
the ballots cast in the Senatorial cleo
ton of 1918 have been preserved, and
will be available to the Senate commit
tee, which will investigate the Ford
Newberry contest.
Attorneys representing Henry Ford
obtained court orders nearly year ago
restraining city and county clerks from
destroying the ballots In one or two
counties, however the ballots had been
disposed OF before the restraining orders
were issued.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
China Demands Japanese
Reparation at Fu-chow
Insists Toxic Recall Consul. Paw
Indemnity and Punish Troops
Who Killed Seven

PEK1NG, Dec. (By The Associated
Press) (Delayed) 1.-The Foreign Minis
try has presented note to the jap
anese Legation dealing with the recent
disturbances at Fu-Chow and making
the following demands:
First, the removal of the japanese
Consul at FuChow; second, the pay
ment of an indemnity for the loss of
Chinese lives at Fu-C Chow, as a result
of Japanese attacks, and also the pay
ment of medical expenses incurred bv
the Chinese wounded; third, ADEQUATE
punishment Of the Japanese ring-lead-
ers responsible for the attacks on the
Chinese; fourth, that the Japanese
Consul at Fu-Chow make an apolorv
to the Chinese authorities of that citv.
The Japanese reply has not yet been
received.
A Peking dispatch under date of No.
vember 27 said that keen resentment
was expressed by the Chinese press
over the arrival Of Japanese warships
at Fu-Chow. japanese marines were
landed, but were forbidden to enter
the native city. In the outbreaks at
FuChow seven Chinese students were
alleged to have been killed and three
wounded by Japanese.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Three Michigan Officials
Indicted With Ne,cberry

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Dec. SIT
became known to-day that three state
officials Of Michigan were among those
indicted by the Federal grand jury here
Saturday with Senator Newberry, as
the result of tho Investigation of the
Senatorial election of 1918.
They are State Labor Commissioner
Richard r. Fletcher, of Bay City; State
Boxing Commissioner Thomas w. Big
ger Of Marshall, and State Utilities
New-York tribune., 1919-12-04
Poincare Hopes to Remain
In Public Life a Long Time

PARIS, Dec. 3.-President Raymond
Poincare does not intend to retire from
public life upon the conclusion of his
Presidential term in February, accord
ing to an article published to-day in
the journal"
II do not believe have come to the
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
THE JOKE IS on FRANK !

|T ISTEN to Frank Day rave!
ASouthern Minnesota's greatest fair IS on
and will continue tomorrow. Needless to
say it is in Fairmont There's no other place
to look for IT,
That's what Frank says on the editorial page
Of his esteemed Fairmont Sentinel Then, on the
front page Of the same issue, we find this para
graph beginning an article describing the fair:
Total receipts for the Martin county fair,
which closed Friday night, were $9,4S422,
nearly $500 more than last years figures,
which were around $4,000 and were thought
wonderfully favorable
And Frank dares to make this Southern Min
nesota's Greatest Fair" statement in the face or
our article Of last week, stating that the Red
wood County fair had total attendance Of 36,471
and gross receipts Of over S15,O00.O0 Words
fail US and besides they are unnecessary But
if any one else has got this Southern Mime
sofa Greatest Fair" bug we'd like to meet him.
There is only one greatest county fair in South
ern Minnesota or Northern Minnesota or Cen
tral Minnesota or any other Minnesota and that
is OURS! We challenge the whole state! And
we wouldn't hesitate about taking on Iowa and
Wisconsin, too.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
MALADY AMONG WESTERN
HORSES.

An outbreak of what is commonly
called the kansas horse disease" has
taken place in western Kansas and
eastern Colorado within recent weeks.
causing the loss Of several hundred
horses. With the reappearance Of this
malady, which veterinarians designate
as forage poisoning, or cerebrospinal
meningitis, representatives Of the Bu-
reau Of Animal Industry and the Cole
rad0 Agricultural Colieg1 began a
vigorous campaign, which it IS be-
lieved has effectively checked the epi-
denic. The fact that in the outbreak
Of 1912 Kansas lost some 10000 hor-
ses indicates the serious possibilities
Of such an occurrence and the value
Of speedy protective measures such
as the Federal and State experts have
taken.
The cause Of this disease Is not def
nitely known, but it is believed to be
due to eating some form Of fungous
growth. In response to questions In
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08

The late Legislature, not content with grant
ing women presidential suffrage, went the
limit, and by attaching an amendment, women
will also be qualified to vote for all state
and county Offices as soon as the National
amendment is ratified by a sufficient number
Of states. It is estimated that the amendment
will become part of the United States Con-
stitution early in 1920 in plenty Of time for
the fair sex to take part in what promises
to be the most exciting election that this
state has ever witnessed. Seekers after Of
fee will do well to lay their plans according
lysAlbert Lea Standard.
It is going to be very interesting to stand o
The sidelnes and watch these seekers" adap
themselves to the new conditions. It is q mat
ter for betting right now, whether they viii rec
ognize the woman voter as an intelligent think
ng being with the power to make her own opin
ions and to pass her own judgment or whethe
hey viii confuse her with the 'plaything" Of tn
old chivaIrous days and bait her with fine word
and fiattering looks May the fates be kind t
he luckIess wight who has the latter vision
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
CONFIDENCE IN THE TOWN.

n HoRE towns die fer want Of confidence on
mi the part Of business men and lack Of pub
lie spirit than any other cause. When q
man in search Of home or d business location
goes into town and finds everything brim full
|of hope and enthusiasm Of the prospects of the
place, and al earnestly at work to build il up he
soon becomes imbued with the same spirit and as
result he drives down stakes and goes to work
with the same interest When however, he goes
to town where every one expresses doubt and ap-
prehension for the future prosperity Of the place,
moping about and indulging in mournful COM
plants he naturally feels that it Is no place Tor
him, and he At once shakes the dust Of his feet
while he pulls out with al possible speed for
some other place. Glencoe Enterprise.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
AN OLD MAN MUsING.

AS for myself, why, really feel
As young as ever-as if the seal
OF Youth were fixed on my furrowed brow
By Time itself, with a whispered vow
That "Youth shall gladden. this heart OF thine
AS long as the suns of the summer shine
The old illusions that seemed 50 real
Seem just as real and enhancing now,
The same bright smile and the sweet content
The woodland bloom and the meadow scent,
Are just the same in the Afterglow
AS the scent and bloom in the Long Ago.
'TTis only they that believed me old
Who measure ones age by the years, and hold
That silvering hair and the dimming eye
Are signs of the most of life gone by;
And none of them know how keep my prime
BY special pact with the rascal Time!
They wipe my specs and the children fold
My old cape coat and they steady my
Uncertain way to my easy-chair
To smoke and chat with my fancies there,
While back in the shadows they whisper low
OF Ages pities never know!
When summer calls from the sunny porch
strain my eyes for the flaming torch
The sumachs wave from the roadside yon,
And beckon a young old fellow on
To rosied ways Of his youth again,
AS sweet and budding today as then
To rest perhaps, in my aimless march
And dream of days and friendships gone
To spring to youth at the clOvers touch,
Or robins greeting, and marvel much
How well we're holding our age, we three
The swirIing world and the skies and me!
John D. Wells.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08

In these days of mob rule, of passion, of un-
rest, the gospel of saneness and patience should
be preached from the housetops and embazoned
in letters of gold where he who runs may read.
The present period is merely the time of con-
valenscence from all the ills and evils of war.
The World makes sorry patient, and must be
held with a firm hand by the attending physi-
clans and nurses or he will run all amuck again.
Not to agitate but to sooth is the mission of all
statesmen and thinkers today. Some of them,
more is the pity, cannot refrain from playing
their own private game at the expense of a re-
lapse into the wildness and rage Of the, war per-
iod. Not parties but partnerships, of the closely
allied kind, is what the citizens Of the United
States need today.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08

behalf of farmers and others whose
animals have been stricken, the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry has sent out
a number of kilograms informing own
ers that work horses in the afflicted
areas should not be permitted to
Craze, and as far as possible they
should receive only hay and grain ra-
tions from last years crops. Horses
in pastures should be removed to
barns or dry-feed lots, and should
likewise be fed only hay and grain
rations from last years crop.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
A FREE PRESS.
lAnoka Heraldl


Il ing Americans have fought since the
days Of Lexington and Yorktown is the
freedom of the press.
A free press is one of the guardians of our
dearly loved liberty Without it there is no
means by which the people can lift their voices
against civic distress.
In North Dakota the free press Of the state is
being deliberately strangled for a purpose. And
that purpose is to retain control of the politics
of the state and to gain control of the industries,
utilities, schools, etc, of that commonwealth.
This editorial is written at the desk OF A. u.
Jackson until June 27, 1919, the publisher Of the
Hurdsfield Herald, at Hurdsfeld, North Dakota.
Mr. jackson has just handed US the following
letter:
Hurdsfeld, North Dakota,
September ,19, 1919.
To Whom. It May Concern:
came to North Dakota in 1901 and three
years ago I bought the Hurdsfield Herald of T.
I R. Bell and continued to publish the same till
June 27, 1919. l then discontinued the poper on
account of the Nonpartisan Newspaper law, en-
acted during the last session of the legislature,
which affected this paper to the extent of $25O.O0
on an $4,000 net income.
Sincerely yours,
A. u. JACKSON.
The law to which Mr.. Jackson refers is Senate
Bill No. 158 of the session laws Of 1919. Under
this law, one newspaper in each county of the
state has been designated as the "Oficial News
paper"
Section of the above law says:
mo legal publication of any kind or character
|hereinbefore described which is not published in
such duly-elected official newspaper, shall be
L. u
In each case the official newspaper" desig-
mated is a Nonpartisan organ. OWED by the Non
partisan League or controlled by it.
Every country newspaper depends upon its
legal printing to make up the narrow margin Of
profit upon which the publisher subsists. With
out this source of revenue his paper cannot sur
vive
Since this law went into effect the independent
country newspapers have been strangled in North
Dakota by this method at the rate of one or
more each day.
Hurdsfeld has a population of about ESQ or
300 people, has two churches, two banks, four
general stores, postoffce and ten or fifteen bust
ness houses, such as garages, blacksmith shops,
implement dealers, ETC.
It is in the southwestern part of Wells coun-
ty is on the Northern Pacific railroad, and should
have a newspaper, having had one for many
years.
1t now has none and no means of securing the
news of the county or state except through the.
Nonpartisan League controlled paper at Fessen-
den the county seat, thirty-fve miles away
Mr.. Jackson is supporting his family by Dig
ging wells. There is no sale for the equipment
of his little printing plant, as three quarters Of
the newspaper properties in the small towns of
the state are for sale with no buyers.
In proof Of these statements, we have Mr..
Jackson's letter, copy from the last edition Of
his paper, the 1919 session laws of North Da-
kota, and complete list of all country newspa-
pers killed in the state Of North Dakota since
the law went into effect.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08
TB MEN TO MEET.

A conference of alT the State and
Federal livestock sanitary officials
interested in bovine tuberculosis erad-
ication work will be held at Chicago
October 6 to s. inclusive. This meet
ing IS designed to gather and dissem-
mate the latest scientific and prac-
ticaI knowledge Of animal TB and its
ravages.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-08

Governor Burnquist is becoming magnanimous
quite. He has appointed the old man hereof a
delegate to the fire prevention congress at Saint
Paul. We are fully cognizant of the honor, too.
The Old Man Hereof, in the Mesaba Ore.
We should think after all the fiery things "The
Old Man" has been saying about the Governor
the past few months that he would be considered
much too combustible to send to fire prevention
congress. Now we, also, were appointed but we
can understand our appointment perfectly-the
governor has so often found US a thrower of cold
water and a holder Of wet blankets.