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Jl/ i X-i- W ST -i „*-v v- c--'' I "V1 i \. K" 1 I If i I Mt 1. IIIT|IM II'll 1 SUiwM^«»iilii|i'i»IMli'i' hi*' il—1 THE WEATHES DmettM weather. Mostly ffeir t* Bight and Sunday. barometer 29. Maximum temperature 84. mlnlmuga temperature 68. Precipitation .08. Closing Arguments Made at White Plains Today JEROME ARRAIGNS EVELYN DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECLARES DEFENDANT'S WIFE DELIBER ATELY AND INTENTIONALLY FALSIFIED WHILE ON STAND— •AYS THAW 18 CRAZY. White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Clos ing arguments were heard by Supreme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills today in the application of Harry K. Thaw for release from 'the Matteawan asylum. Bach side wae confined to one hour, and both had said that they did not need as much time a» trls. Jerome's turn came first. Mrs. Josiah Thaw, the prisoner's slater-in-law, was thfc only member of the family party not present when court convened. Thaw looked even paler than usual. His chair touched Jerome's. Thaw set his features with evident determination to show no emotion, under the storm which he expected to descend upon his head. Some Told the Truth. Jerome began by saying that Justice Mills must be perfectly familiar with the case. Jerome said that tHerefore he would not attempt to go over the evidence in detail. Speaking of che credibility of the witnesses and their being under cross examination, he said he believed all did their best to tell the truth, except Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. "I do not think," he trawled, "that ttils girl was deliberately and inten tionally falsifying. That she told her husband the story of her injury at the hands of Stanford White, I tevt no doubt." Thaw's Mind Unsound. "If a person had come in here from Mars," continued the prosecutor, "and seen Thaw on the stand, he would have realised something was the matter with him. It was unwholesome, it was uncanny. I call your attention to his attitude toward his act. A man of sound mind would have said, 'Yes, I killed him, but he did a great wrong to the woman I loved and I hated him, it was wrong, I know.' Jerome's voice rose for the first time. Mrs. Thaw laid down her magazine and she and the prisoner and his r.cpunsel held a wispered conference. £$• dis trict attorney went* on Heredity Proves Bad. **The situation is about this: -"Here is a man whfise heredity fry* been proven too bad, he is a man whose childhood was that of a highly nervous sort. We find him marrying this girl and there was nothing after the marriage to excite his jealousy. We see him pursuing this idea of injury to young American girls." Takes Rap at Moth*?. Referring to Mrs. Thaw's attack on him in the "Secret Unveiled," .Jerome said: "We see in this pamphlet the same color as runs all through the son's behavior." "It seems to me that it would not be safe to turn this man loose, until ample opportunity to submit him to medical examination from day to day for a long period." Jerome finished his summinj up at 11:35, the court having offered no objection to the -length of his speech. WANTED TO KILL SELF, NERVE FAILS' IND .BANKER, CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT, GIVES UP AFTER SPENDING THREft DAYS IN WOODS. Auburn, Ind., Aug. 7.—Asst. Cashier Frank Nicolal of the City National bank returned to tails city today af ter" wandering In the woods without food for three days and nights, strug gling to pitch his nerve to the point of killing himself. Upon his return, he was promptly arrested charged with having embezzled $5,000 of the bank's funds. "I have fought the fight," said Nico lal at the jail, "and I have come back to face the charge." He could not commit suicide, he said, though he had bought-a revol ver tor that purpose. For three years, he said, he had been taking money from the bank. He did not know che total of his defalcations. KIDNAPERS EVADE POU|£ Louis Pone® Have Exhausted All Clews in That City. St Louis, Aug. 7.—With every clew sxhausted in the search for Orace and Tomasso Viciano, the Italian children, kidnaped from their home last Mon day, and who are being held for $25,000 ransom, the police department today turned to the police of several cities in the hope of developing new traces of the kidnapers and the children. Chief Creecy said he expected infor mation from two sources within a few hours. What new turn the case has taken he refused to divulge. The wom an known as the supposed sweatheart of Samuel Turissi, who, the police be lieve, 1b the head of the band of kid napers, was subjected to a searching examination, but the detectives nay She supplied nothing which could lead the Iotmtim Twtwli -f V S*S f. V 45 P- V J* .tee** I Palace of Drottningholm nsar Stock holm, the summer palace of the king and queen of Sweden, where the king is now issuing his orders to the army. The latest picture of the kino and queen of Sweden in their court dress. Stockholm, Aug. 7. The Swedish troops in the northern part of the country have mutinied and the govern ment is much concerned. Two regi ments, one at Falun and the other at Solleftea, are affected. They are sta tioned in the northern country, where the labor disturbances first broke out in the timber trade, and where the government has feared the soldiers' sympathies were with the strikers. The mutinous troops have been con fined to their barracks. The executive committee of the Swe dish union today decided to call out all printers throughout the kingdom. Many of the grave diggers have defied the orders of their labor union to re turn to work, and have rejoined the strikers. The food situation in Stockholm shows no Improvement today and the strike continues. The rumors yester day that the men would withdraw from their extreme attitude haw not been fulfilled. DOCTOR KILLS CONDUCTOR. Quarrel Over Excess Payment of Fare Leads to Tragedy. Muncie,. Ind., Aug. 7.—Dr. Nelson B. Ross, a physician of this city, shot and killed Daniel Under, conductor of an interurban car, three miles northeast of Muncie yesterday. Ross had failed to purchase a ticket, and under a rule of the Muncie & Portland Traction company 10 cents excess fare was demanded. Ross re fused to pay and was put off the car. Ross, It is said, opened fire. One bul let pierced Liixier'e J»e«wt. Ross returned to Muncie and was gtfaced under arrest. He says he shot in self-defense. 2,400 POUNDS OF GOLD BY MAIL. Half a Million Dollars Worth of Alas kan Metal Reaches Seattle, Seattle, Aug. 7.—Gold bricks weigh ing 2,400 pounds and worth more than a half million dollars were received at the goverment assay office today, coming through the mail from Fair banks, Alaska, via Vancouver, B. G. IS WORD TODAY FROM GARDNER STATES THAT HE IS GETTING BETTER—WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE FUTUR€ CAN BE KNOWN. The attending physician stated thaA it will be several' davs, however, be fore his condition for tne future can 'be foretold. It let- possible that he witt 'be badly paralyzed for some time. MUST BE HALF-BLOOD. Less Not Entitled to White Earth dian Allotments. The plaintiffs were Julia B. OakesJ a full-blood Indian her daughter, a half-foreed, and two grand-children, quarter-breeds. The United States circuit court of Minnesota decided against all of them. Judge Vandevanter upheld this as regards the grand-children, but or dered new trials for the other cases. MilRSE STAB8 COON. FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1891. FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST Two Regiments of Swedish Soldiers Mutiny and the Government Fears Worst in Labor War DEAD, CONDITION Word was received In the city today from the bedside of Henry Heath, the Cass county commissioner who was a victim of a stroke of lightning Wed nesday night. He is very much im proved today and Is getting along much better than "was at first ex pected. Blaek Fisnd Had Entered Hsr Room When She Used Knife. Gainesville, Ga Avj. r. Edom Matthews, a negro porter of a local hotel, this morning attempted to as sault Mrs. T. J. Lawson, a trained nurse, member of a prominent family and guest of the hotel. Matthews was tlve" might be put up by rushed to Atlanta to prevent a lynch ing. He has an ugly wound in his neck, Mrs. Lawson having stabbed him in her room at 1:80 this ••ncrr**ng. Af ter being stabbed, the negro jumped from the second story window and went into the lobby of the hotel and reported that he had been cut by a man. As soon as the facts became known, angry crowds gathered and it was deemed unsafe to keep the negro over night fat th* Joeati Jail. i. A ipM&msEmmmHm I /to V. ff Sutton Inquiry Being Held Be hind Closed Doors Today READ MRS. SUTTON'S LETTERS STORY IN N. Y. MORN:NG PAPER RE8ULT8 IN EXCLUDING ALL BUT INTERESTED PARTIES LIEUTENANT'S MOTHCR EXAMINED. y r* Annapolis, Aug. 7.—The bpa^ofin qulry which is' investigating the death' of Lieut. James N. Sutton, went into session behind closed doors today. All Interested parties were admitted but the public and press were excluded. The appearance in a New York morning paper of parts of the letters supposed to hrve been written by Mrs. Sutton, which are being read in the sec ret session of court today, led Comman der Hood, president of the board of in quiry to send out word from the court room that the letters rererred to in the publication had nothing to do with the case. Statements Were Exaggerated. Major Leonard said he would ex amine Mrs. Sutton in regard to each of the letters as they are read. If she acknowledged that some of her state ments made in the letters were extra vagant and ha 3 no foundation in fact, the court would drop the matter it l^s, Aug. 7.—In art pinion secret session Commander Hood ad- a /.i„0 a whlph reached the office of ihe federal, journed court until 10 a. m. Monday. court of aippeals today Judge Willis Vandevanter holds that full-blood and half-breed Indians are entitled to shares in the lands of the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. Those of less than half blood are barred from participation In the allotments. WEATHER BUREAU OFFICIAL IS SUES BULLETIN ON CHEAP PROTECTION. jhe Forum's Circulation Is Largest of Any Daily in World—Published in City of Fargo's Population was said. When tho reading of Mrs. ®utton's letters was finished in the vonteHav j"" RE TELLS BOW TO iliiL IMiMNii Washington, August 7.—Prof. Henry of the weather bureau declares. In a bulletin just issued, entitled "Cheap Protection From Lightning," that more attention Bhou-ld be given to the ques tion, as 800 people are killed, twice as many injured and an immense amount of property destroyed by lightning every year. He shows how lightning rods that are "inexpensive yet effec anybody. The following is his list of materials: Enough galvenlzed iron telegraph wire to serve for the* rod, a pound of galvanized' Iron staples to hold the wire in place, a few connecting tees and a pound of aluminum paint. "While iron is not so good a con ductor as eopjjaj*," says the professor, "it Is less likely to cause dangerous side flashes and it a!so dissipates the energy of fciie* lightning flash more: •ffeetivei? tifattt do** the ooppwr." ma lniniiwiuiimrfiiirii v ii',niiiiaiiiiiifliif•vff'fiT*iiir~t**^ra"'*^h AMD DAILY ii&fUBLlCAH. U V* i: Remarkable Case of a Han Who Forgets Who He Is WAS FOUND MAKING BUTTONS EIGHTEEN YEARS' AGO JUDGE CLARKSON WEN"!* THROUGH ALMOST IDENTICAL EXPERI ENCE—-WANDERED AWAY FROM HOME—WORKED FOR A FARMER Chicago, v Hi,, Aug. 7.—Form«r Judge Joseph R. Clarkson, the man with the "dual personality," who was found working in a button factory at Sabula, la., yesterday, ignorant of his own identity, spent last night in Chicago and early today, eluding the reporters, and took the Chicago & Milwaukee elective UMio Ilia home In Kenosha, Wis. He was accompanied by John Burns, the friend who found him in the fac tory working under the name of John Paul. When Burns addressed him in his proper name the former judge emerged almost instantly from the cloud under which he suddenly left his ago. home tlwo months Fir«t Experience on Farm. Eighteen years ago Judge Clarkson had his first experience with his "dual personality." At that time he worked on a farm near where he was found to a clue furnished by L, A. Haynes, the farmer who hired him a quarter of a generation ago. Mr. Haynes em ployed the former judge under the name of Doollttle. Recently when "John Paul" called at the farm house for food and drink Haynes recognized in the visitor his farm hand of many years ago. PLACE8 TAFT WILL VI8IT ON H18 TRIRTO WEST Sept 16—Boston. Sept. 16—Chicago. Sept. 17—Madison, Wla. ,JP0rt age. Wis, Winona, Minn. Sept. 18-19—Minneapolis. Sept. 20—Des Moines Omaha., Sept. 21—Denver. Sept. 24-26—Salt Lajpe City Po catello, Idaho. Sept. 27—Helena, Mont. Sept. 28—Spokane. Sept. 29—North Yaklmo Seattle. Cet. 2—Portland. Oct. 3-25—Trip through Siski you mountains to £an Francisco, and east to St. Louts. Oct. 25—St. Louis, trip down Mississippi. Oct. 29—New Orleans thence to Birmingham, Ala. Charlestown. S. C. Augusta, Ga. Nov. 10—Washington. Nov. 11—Mlddk-iown, Conin. Nov. 19—Norfolk, Va. Nov. 20—Hampton, Va. Nov. 21—Washington. ~l-.' it *'*T'^' n 1 7 U. President Taft Takes Up Resi dence at Summer Home BEVEBLYIIES WELCOME HIM BIG CROWD "F ENTHU8IA8TIC CITIZEN8 OF LITTLE MASSA CHUSETTS TOWN AT 8TATION WHEN TAFT PARTY ARRIVED AT 8:90 A. M. TODAY. Boston, Aug. 7.—President Taft ar rived In this city on the Federal ex press from Washington at 7 o'clock this morning and lef. a few minutes later for his summer home at Beverly. Greeted by His Family. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 7.—President Taft reached his summer home at Woodbury Point, at 6:30 a. m. today, being greeted by his entire family. The president came from Washing ton In a private car attached to the Federal Express and was accompanied by his private secretaries and Capt. Archibald Butt, his military aide. The president's car Olympia was cut off from the Federal Express F.t South Sta tion in Boston and transferred over the Boston & Albany and the Boston & Main to Little Mont Serrat station on the outskirts of the c'.'.y, but not far from the Taft residence. Giver a Royal Welcome. As he stepped from the tratn, the president was greeted by the enthus iastic citizens of Beverly and found waiting for him his sons, his wife and Mrs. More. The Taft party imme diately entered their automobile and were whirled over to Woodbury Point, a half mile away. The president saivL that he had no plans for the summer except to obtain the maximum amount of rest, quietness and recreation with the minimum quan tity of state business. N. 0. QUIT CAPITAL SENATOR* MftCUMuER REMAINS IN WA8HiNGTOI» ON DEPART MENTAL BUSINE88 FOR TWO WEEKS. Washington. Aug. 7.—Representative L. B. Hanna left Washington today for his home i.i Fargo. He expressed himself as well pleased with thi work of the special session ar i the results obtained by him. His colleague, Mr. Gronna, is allready In the state, hav ing left before the final vote on the tar iff bill was taken. Senator Johnson hurried away on Thursday for Minesota to the bedside of his son, who recently was operated on for apendicitls. Senator McCumber and his private secretary S. W. Farrar, will remain in Washington a week or two longer on departmental business. It is understood that the senator will at once pitch into his campain for re election upon his arrival in the a tat*. INDIAN SUITS SETTLED. Thirty Suits Pertaining to Titles in Oklahoma Disposed of. Mu»kjgee, Okla., Aug. 7.—Federal Judge Ralph E. Campbell today sus tained the demurrer of the defendants 30,000 Indian land alienation suits brought by the government. The ac tions by the government were ordered dismissed. The court held that the titles obtained from the Indians be fore the act removing restrictions went into effect are good. The alienation suits were brought by the government in the Interest of t:»e members of the Ave civilized tribes. it is estimated that about 2,000,000 acres of land were involved In the suits, which have been pending for more than a year against grantees in conveyances involving restricted lands in tihe old Indian territory section of Oklahoma. The defendants *ln the suits, whd claimed title to the land by reason of purchase from the Indians are scat tered throughout the United States and some reside in Scotland and Mexi co. U. S. Sen. Robert I. Owen was a defendant in 150 cases. Chief Justice Williams of the supreme court of this state, also was a defendant. MR8. ROOSEVELT AT AVIGNON. Reaohes French City on Way to Gay Paree. AVignon, France, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by her sis ter, Miss Carew, and one of her sons, arrived here today from Milan and stopped over to see the city. The party expects to reach Paris Sunday or Mon day. F1 liMSllI 8TORM 8AID TO BE CENTRAL. OVER GULF FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILE* Orleans, Aug. 7.—Storm lngs for the Galveston district were issued by the forecaartej at the New Orleans weather bureau this morning. The storm Is said to be central over the gulf several hundred miles south of the Louisiana ooast Una. v 1909. REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5, 187a ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE U. OF MICHIGAN f* vv-"' -*Aa 1 2 i Dean Harry B. Hutchins, acting Preei dent of University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 7.—James B. Angell officially announced at a meeting Wednesday afternoon the ap pointment of Dean Harry B. Hutch ins, of the law department, as acting president of the University of Mich- (Contlnued on Page Four,) OF BIO 'OROUOUr DRA8TIC PROHIBITION LAW AS PASSED YESTERDAY WILL DRIVE OUT NEAR BEER 8ALOON8. Montgomery, Ala., Auc t*—The Carmichael prohibition bill—far more drastic than the present statutory state-wide prohibition law—which passed the senate yesterday afternoon by a vote of 28 to 2, ,and which now awaits only the signature of Alabama's prohibition executive before becoming the law, has already scored a far reaching effect so far as the operation of locker clubs and near-beer saloons are concerned. From all parts of the wtate come reports that with the news of the passage of the Carmichaol bill, near-beer saloons and clubs wherein liquors have been dispensed to mem bers under the locker system, were dismantled and today the state la almost as dry as it will ever be. In Montgomery even social clubs of the best class have been closed and early In the afternoon the near-beer men began to remove the drinkables from places In anticipation of the signing of the Carmichael bill by the governor. With considerable warinesR, a few of the saloons arc disposing of occasional bottles of the amber fluid of the "near" kind, but even those of the quenchless thirst are extremely cautions in attempting to secure drink ables lest they, too, be caughe under some one of the numerous sections of the drastic new neasune. Governor Comer will probably not sign the Carmichael bill until Monday afternoon. POLICE DOG8 ARE PERMANENT. New York Chief Decides to Purohaee Thirty More. New York, Aug. 7.—After a careful investigation, Commissioner Baker has come to the conclusion that the police dogs have earned for themselves a permanent place in the machinery of the police department. An order has been Issued for the purchase of thirty additional dogs. They will be secured abroad, turned over to Lieutenant Wakefield, the de partment dog trainer, ond then sent to duty in outlying precincts. CZAR TO REVIEW (iiJMAN 1LLET EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS TO MARK HI8 TRIP THROUGH KIEL CANAL. KM, Aug. 7.—The German fleet, tin der command of Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, returned here today from its cruise to the Spanish coast, and Is now engaged In taking on coal pre paratory to putting to sea again to be reviewed off Kiel by Emperor Nich olas, who is expected here from Cowes tomorrow on board the Russian im peria»l yacht Standart. Sixteen battle ships and fourteen cruiser^ will take part in the maneuvers. Emperor Nicholas is again to pass throug'n the Kiel canal, and the extra ordinary precautions for his safety will be repeated. Both sides of the canal will be picketed at short inter vals by marines, all traffic on the wa terway will be stopped, and cavalry will ride along the banks, taking the same speed as the emperor's yacht. HARRIMAN VISITS MUNICH. Likes City So Well He'll 8tay There Ten Days. Vienna, Aug- —K. H. Harrlmaa ar rived In Munich from Salzburg today. Mr. Harriman originally intended stop ping for only two or three days In Munich, but after driving around dur ing the forenoon In a motor car he was so delighted with the city that he decided to stop ten days. Mr. Harriman has been greatly bene fited by the Gastein cure, and was out doors afl 4ajr except at luncheon time. ik jLAST EDITION THIS ISSUE 16 PAGES Flies in Aeroplane for 2 Hours and a Half VOBLO'S RECORD IS SMASHED ROGER 'MMER MAKES SENSA TIONAL FLIGHT IN BRIGHT MOONLIGHT ON FRENCH FIELD —CROWD WILDLY CHEER8 THE NEW AIR KINO. Mourrnelon-Le-Orond. France, Auc. 7.—Roger Sommer, the French aviator, beat the world's record today for pro longed flight In an aeroplane. His ma chine remained In the air for two hours twenty-seven minutes and fif teen seconds. Sommer starts at S:14 o'clock this morning In the bright moonllgtit. In the beginning he trav eled slowly near the ground at eleva tions running from six to thirty yards. After the machine had become lim bered up .the aviator increased his speed ,and the coining of dnylight showed him traveling and maneuver ing easily. When it became evident that he had beaten the duration record held by Wilbur Wright, the assembled crowd cheered wildly and as Sommer came to the ground at &:41:16 he «m given a ovat'on. One of the New School. M. Sommer ts one or tne new school of French aviators, several of whom have recently made re-ords that would have attracted world-wide attention a year ago. On July 27, he made a flight of one hour and twenty-three minutes and thirty seconds. Aug. 2 ha flew nine miles in twelve minutes, which is at the rate of forty-flv« miles an hour, and on Aug. 4 he mad« a flight of a few seconds over an hour. He is using the bi-plane of Total* tyv«. CHlGAiiO MAY ESCAPE STRIKE INDICATIONS ARE THAT iPKACfc WILL BE MAINTAINED TWEEN CAR MEN AND EMPLOYERS* CSUcaco, Aug. 7. The impreastoa was strong today that peace would be maintained between Ohe street car com panies and their employes. President Mitten of the Chicago City Ry. intimat ed that he was willing to grant the re quired advance in wages provided the men would sign a three years contract. President Roach of the north and wesl side lines stated that he would go aa far as Mitten in this direction. The motormen and conductors inter viewed seem jubilant over the pros pects of peace. They had voted to "stand by the demands made upon the companies" about, it Is said, without any reality that a strike would become necessary. Mitten was at his office ear ly prepared to meet the committee representing the men of his road to day to discuss terms. JAPAN PtANMS KAi WILL 8TART ANTUNG-M UKDEN LINE EVEN IF CHINA OB JECTS TO THE WORK. Toklo, Aug. 7.—Acting under in structions from the foreign office. M. IJuin, Japanese ambassador at Pekin. Is endeavoring to persuade China to withdraw her objections to the imme diate construction of the Antung Mukden railroad. Apparently he is meeting with some success. Japan is ready to begin buHdlng at fourteen points, the intention being to make the first move Aug. 7. It is stated that the war department has prepared tog every eventuality, and that Japan is determined to build the road regard less of opjxtsiitlon. TEMPERED PRAISE 11 lAliill Lift CHICAGO NEWSPA ERS COMMENT ON THE MEASURE AS PRESI DENT TAFT SIGNED IT. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Chicago newspa pers comment on the passag* of th4 Payne tariff bill as follows: Tribune. "The new law has manifest defects. It would have had more but for ths forceful interposition of the president Because of its shortcomings it did nol receive a solid republican vote. But one of the senator. who would not vote for it was compelled to admit that it was 'superior to any bill framed for revenue purposes, and as' far as the schedules go, better, than the Dlngley law.' That does not s te the cau fully. The Dlngley law was the high water mark of ultra-protectionism. "This year's legislation significant in that it indicates that the tide has turned. The long battle between pro tection and free trade has ended in favor of protection. The contest of (Continued a* Page Seven.) a 'WJIf •XI