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the weathes
Fair tonight and Friday not much
change in temperature. Barometer,
19.34 highest yesterday, 86 lowest
last night, 19,
FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV.
y
Rescue Party Could Hear Them
at Work
Ho Hope of Stopping the Fire
at Present
Separated From Safety by a
Narrow Wall
r, Col.. Dee. is.—Twelve men
*re entombed la shaft No. 2 of the
lUyden Coal Co. at Leyden, Col., four
teen miles west of Denver. The
Woruings are on fire.
The fire started about 9 o'clock last
night as the result of an explosion.
The timbering of the shaft was ablase
In a moment, cutting off escape. Shaft
No. 1 is separated from shaft No. 2
by a narrow wall.
A rescue party under the direction
•of Samuel Perry, president of the
^eyden Coal Co., was endeavoring
early today to break down the wall
and twelve Imprisoned men could be
heard working madly in their efforts
I© gain freedom.
There is no hope of stopping the
Hre at present, and every effort is
being made to gain an entrance for
entombed men through the shaft.
They told a dramatic story of a
desperate struggle to prolong life un
derground and how a small hole in
an air pipe saved them while their
comrades perished. G-. E. Le&pman
and John Swete are the survivors of
the struggle in the dark.
The only living thing about them
when they left their refuge today to
seek the outer air was a mule. Ho
the animal managed to escape suffc
cation Is a mystery, but It appeared
little the worse for its experience when
Leapman and Swete led it from the
mine.
•MISTER FiiR
AT LAEiME
Larimore, N. D., Dec. 15.—The an
nual midwinter fair and women's in
stitute, the former one of the events
of the winter in this part of the state
for years past, and the women's insti
tute a new feature, opened this morn
ing. There is a big attendance of vis
itors from the country tributary to
Lfciinvore and from surrounding towns.
There is a splendid display of farm
products as well as of articles made
by women and the show promises to
be one of the most successful ever
held. Addresses and discussions of
farm topics were features today and
will be on the programme each day of
the fair.
MEXICAN SAYS
KF1T IS FALSE
Washington, Dec. 15.—Reports from
th* scene of the revolt in the province
of Chihuahua, Mexico, to the effe^
that General Navare, commander o£
the government forces, had given or
ders that no prisoners were to be tak
en, has aroused the indignation of
Senor De La Barra. ambassador in this
country. He declared today that the
statements that government troops
were ruthlessly bayoneting all cap
tires, was absolutely untrue.
IibELESS
$A1'S
SHIP'S IN DANGER
New York, Dec. 15.—The steamer
-Oblorado of the Clyde Line sent word
by wireless telegram this afternoon
that she was unmanageable in a galo
off the coast ou her way to this «ity
IT,
Twelve Men Trapped
1891.
in a By mint Mine
FORMER FARGOAN
HEW MEMBER OF
COMMERCE COURT
vvfwv.
ESCAPED
fntombed Men Saved by Hofc
in Ait Pipe
Cincinnati, 0, Dec. 15.—Two of the
thirteen men entombed by a double
mine explosion at Tacoma, Va,, yester
day in which ten lives were lost,
emerged from the workings today in
fairly good physical condition, accord
in* to a special today to The Times
Star from Bluefteld, W. Va.
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JUDGE WILLIAM H, HUNT,
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Judge William H. Hunt, newly
appointed member of the new
commerce court, will be remem
bered by many old time Pargoans
as a former resident of this city.
He got out the first city directory
ever published of the city of Far
go. His brother, Randall Hunt,
was also a former Fargoan, and
helped his brother in getting out
the city directory Randall Hunt
was at one time Fargo's city en
gineer.
Washington. Dec. 15.—The appoint
ment of Judge Hunt of Montana to
the new commerce court is a recog
nition of the ability and experience of
the Montana judge. He is a southern
er by birth and first saw the light of
day in New Orleans In 1857. As soon
as he reached his majority he moved
to Montana and began practicing law.
His rise was rapid in this new coun
try and in 1884 he was chosen attorney
general. He rose rapidly through
various appointive and elective offices
and in 1892 he was made a member of
the state supreme bench. On account
of ill health he was forced in 1901 to
l*a\e the state of his adoption and was
tttn appointed governcr of Porto
Ri o His efficient work here brought
him the attention of President Taft,
and, having regained his health, he
was appointed to the commerce court,
for which department of law his ex
perience has made him especially fit
ted.
Ellis Declined.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—Wade
H. Ellis of Ohio today declined an ap
pointment to the judgeship in the cus
toms court of appeals tendered him
by President Taft to fill the vacancy
caused by the promotion of Judge
William H. Hunt to the commerce
court. Ellis thanked the president for
the offer but said he thought he had
better continue at his practice.
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YEAR '10
Final Estimates Made by the
Government Today
Washington, Dec. 15.—Final esti
mates of the important farm crops of
the country for 1910 announced today
by the crop reporting board of the de
partment of agriculture are as follows:
Corn, 3,125,713,000 bushels of weight
from 114,002,000 acres total farm value,
$1,523,968,000, or 48.8 cents per bushel.
Winter wheat, 464,044,000 bushels of
weight from 29,427,000 acres total
farm value, 1413,575,000, or 89.1 cents
per bushels.
Spring wheat, 231,199,000 bushels e'
weight from 19.778,000 acres tot«
farm value, 207,868,000, or 89.8 cent
per bushel.
All whe&t, 695,663,000 bushels of
weight from 49,245,000 acres total
farm value, $624,443,000, or 89.4 cent®
pet bushel.
Oats, 1,126,765,000 bushels of weigh*
from 35,288,000 acres total farm value,
$384,716,000, or 34.1 cents per bushel.
MANY CHAMtlt
KG INTO y. S.
S*n Francisco, Dec. l&v—Tbat In
vestigations following smuggling Into
Sail Francisco of fifteen contrabrand
Chinamen on Dec. 4 on th steamship
Manchuria, may result in the un«
covering of a gigantic trafflc in
orientals in which white men are en
gaged was the statement made today
by Frederick S. Stratton. collector of
the San Franci,jco.
-Hun Over and Killed.
Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 15.—George
F. Garnett, aged 36, a driver for the
Standard Oil Co., who was run over
by his wagon Monday, when he slipped
on the snow and fell under the wheels
In trying to atop his team from run
ning away, sustaining seven broken
ribs and a broken collarbone, died from
nis injuries last night. He le*ve# a
family.
Rotfa1 Pricks flier Throat
With a Dagger
TIED M'TT'iBr BED
AFTER HOLDING DAGGER AT
THROAT OF HIS VlCtlM FOR AM
HOUR ,CONSTANTLY PICKING
AT IT, WOMAN BREAKS DOWN
AND TALK8.
Ban Francisco, Dec. 1®.—After tor
turing a woman for an hour, pricking
her throat with a dagger and threaten
ing her with immediate death, a rob*
ber last night gained possession of
$25 and a diamond brooch and es*
caped. His victim was Mrs. Rene
Fabulot, the wife of a jeweler.
The thief broke into her home, beat
her unmercifully, tied her to the bed
and then began flashing his dagger
and demanding her money. When the
robber left he told Mrs Fabulot he
would send some one to release her.
After an interval the janitor of the
house, Albert Tusch, came in and un
bound the woman and then summoned
the police. Mrs. Fabulot's Injuries
made necessary her removal tie
hospital.
CREEGAN'S TALK
A BIG FEATURE
Grand Fbrks, N. D. Dee. 1«,—The
second day of the state Mistian En
deavor conventior was even more of
a success than the flrsi One of the
stirring addresses of the meeting was
that of J. D. Wiley of Dickinson,
who talked on Needs of Th® Work in
Western North Dakota, this forenoon.
There were a numbei of excellent ad
dresses at this session. Reports were
heard from the* president's of district
unions, most of whom brought news
of gooa things accomplished during
the past year.
One of the bes» features of yester
day's sessions was the address of Dr.
C. C. Creegan, president of Fargo
college, who was the first speaker at
the evening session, taking as hid topic
A Centtuy of Missions Dr. Creegan
referred to the trip he recently made
around the world on which journey
he had th# treasure of meeting 2,000
missionaries and of shaking hands
with them. He gave an interesting
account of the progress that had been
made in miss lor. work during the last
100 years, and spoke of how Chris
tianity was taken hold of every here*
tofore heathen nation He dwelt upon
the missionary work of each denomi
nation, and spoke particularly of the
good that each was accomplishing.
The last number on the programme
jesterday was an illustrated lecture on
Christian Endeavor in All Lan Is de
livered by Rev. M. Scoti Bates of For
est River N. The view* were of
different mission fields throughout the
world, and created a great deal of In
terest.
The following committee* were ap
pointed yesterday,
Nominations—Phillips. Jamestown
Richmond, Inkstet and Haines Syke
ston.
Auditing—-Thompson, Miriot lewis,
Mllnor and Mrs Haodow, Gllby
Resolution* Baroum Bottineau:
Hrrisor, rargo and Mis Alma John
son. Mtnot.
BOAOS APPEAL
FOR ARBITRATION
Chicago. Dec. 16.—Western railroads
have appealed to Un'ted States Com
missioner of Labor Charles H. Neili
and to chairman Martin Knapp of the
interstate commerce commission to act
as mediator in the wage controversy
between th* railroads arid the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers. Th.'s
was learned today from an authentic
source.
WANTS 'EM At
IN POLITICS
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 16.—Seven
hundred Harvard students today
listened to an address which Col.
Roosevelt delivered on Politics, be
fore the members of the class of the
university. The colonel advised all of
the members of the class to go into
politics when they are graduated.
ONE BANDIT TIES
UP FIll'H tiMtfiSi
Saltha. Kans., Dec. 15.—A lone ban*
dit today held up the state bank at
Paradise. Kansas, and secured $2,500.
He forced the cashier to unlock the
safe and securely tied the cashier and
four other men with rope before he
lefti
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'A.
C. VisitoNk-
O. A. Thompson of the Edgeley ex
periment sub-station was a visitor at
the A. C. today.
Supt. L. R. Waldron of Dickinson
sub-station was in the city yesterday
1
ting at the A, C. experiment st»
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FAKGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THI BSD AY DECEMBER 15, 1910.
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President Taft's Selections for the Supreme
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Associate Juiiice Edward Douglas White, whom President Taft has nomi
nated for the office of chief justice of the United States supreme court. At
right. Judge Willis Van Devanter, of Cheyenne, Wyo., who together with
FATAL CLASH
IN STRIKE
Police and Chicago Strikers
Exchange Shots
wohkiuk was shot dla»
NON UNION WORKERS WERE BE­
ING ESCORTED TO A TAILOR
SHOP WHEN THEY WERE AT
TACKED BY STRIKERS AND
SYMPATHIZERS OF LATTER.
Chicago, Dec. 15—In a clash between
striking garment workers and the
police today, one workman was shot
dead, another fatally wounded, and
severs* comfratan*s on both sides ser
iously Injured.,
Non-union tailors employed bj? B.
Kuppenheimer & Co. were being es
corted to th© shop, and had been as
sailed by the strikers.
Policeman May Die.
Charles Wernecke, one of the po
licemen injured, may die. A striker
shot through the lungs by one of the
police guards of the non-union work
ers, is reported dying at St Elizabeth
hospital. He is* Mark Lingewis.
INVESTMENT CO.
A BUCKET SHOP
FEDERAL OFFICIALS RAIDBLP A
SHOP IN CHICAGO—CONFIS
CATED PAPERS AND
RECORDS.
Chicago, Dec. 15.—United States se
cret service officials today raided the
offices of the. Capital Investment Co.
as a bucket shop. The main office and
four of its branches were visited and
the papers and records confiscated.
Sidmon McHie is said by federal offi
cers to be the chief owner of the com
pany. He is believed to be in Florida.
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FIVE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF
NINETEEN PERISH WHEN
STEAMER GOES TO
PIECES.
London, Dec. 15.—The German
steamer Palermo is a total wreck off
Cape Corrubodo on the west coast of
Galicla, Spain. Her Ave passengers
and a crew of nineteen were lost. Ad
vices received today tate that Ihe
vessel struck and went to pieces dur
in a fierce gale last Sunday night.
Flood Danger Lessened.
Rome, Dec. lo—The weather was Im
proved coday and the flood situation
appeared less serious. In the district
of the river Tiber much damage lias
been caused to the crops and there
has been heavy loss of livestock.
SECRET REPORT
OF WAR SECT,
Hrt
Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar of the supreme court of Georgia, was
nominated by President Taft to be associate justice of the supreme court
of th#. United States-
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Washington, Dec. 15.-—President
Taft today directed Secretary of War,
Dickinson to withhold from congress
entirely his report on national de
fense made In answer to a resolution
passed by the house of representatives.
The home yesterday declined to re
ceive the report in confidence, hence
^t will not be sent «t
erne Court
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JEST OF Wiisa
I iil DAMAliE CASE
RADICAL INNOVATION IN WASH
INGTON COURT—JUDGE COM
PLIMENTS THE LADIES.
Olympia, Wash, Dec 15.—Sitting it.
the jury oor without removing their
hats, five Olympia women listened all
afternoon and until late last night to
testimony and arguments of lawyotf
trying the case of A. Koch, a milk*
man against Fouls & Canfield. street
contractors. Koct asserted that a blast
set off by the contractors caused liii
team to run away and to do damage
to the extent of $10.05.
Six womei, were callel, but Mrs E,
Giaves. piesident of the Humane
society, sent a physician's certificate
stating she was il! The court excused
her, and by stipulation the other five
were selected to try the case The
jurors were Miss Jean McLeod sten
ographer to Gov. M. E Hay Miss
Bern ice Sapp, supreme court stenog
rapher, Mrs. W Mowell wife of a
physician Mrs. Prank BlakesUte- wife
of the democratic candidate for the
legislature las* November and Rev.
Gcnevra Lake, one ot the few ordained
female ministers in WaKhington.
Except for Mr#, Graves, the cours
refused to excus* any of the womei
called, although each offered an excuse
varying from not being a taxpayer or
a resident of Olympia to the simple
"jusi because" of s woman.
After being ou' exactly an hour the
womer returned a verdict in favor of
the p'aintiff. awarding the full amount
of damagea asked.
According to attorney*- here, this is
the flrsi time in Washington, if not
the United States, tha» a female jury,
drawn from a venire oi womec. only,
hae been selected to try a ca»«
Judge OUefs who presided, deefcred
that the jury of women was tat
perloi ir every way to any jury that
ever sat in his court.
ACT ON TAFT'S
Washington, Dec. IS.—4*lt« senate
judiciary committee today referred the
president's five appointments of the
commerce court judges to sub-com
mittees for examination. Immediate
confirmation of Willis H. VanDeventer
of Wyoming and Jos. R. Lamar of
Georgia as supreme court justices
was recommended by the committee.
Young Brskeman Killed.
Korthfield, Minn., Dec. 15.—Russell
Flom, a braksman on the Milwaukee
road, son of the yardmaxler, employed
by the company at Austin, was run
over and fatally injured by a freight
train here at 4 s. m. yesterday. He was
hurried to a hospital ard died at 6:3ft,
His parents were brought to Norrhflel^
by a special train, but did not arrivf
until he had breathed his last. An
Inquest will be held and the body will
be taken to Austin for burial. The
young man was 20 years of age.
Williston Church to Cost $25,000.
Williston, N. D., Dec. 14.—Approxl*
mstely $25,000 will be expended by '.h«
congregation of the United Lutheran
church of this city In the construction
of Its new house of worship. The edi
flee will make Williston the center of
activities for that denomination in th®
western part of North Dakota. The
building is to be ready for occupancy
about Aug. 1.
FEAGLE GHARIiEO
WITH MOROER
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. U.~The
prosecuting attorney of Johnson
county, Kansas, swore out warrants
today charging John Feagle with mur
der in the first degree :n connection
with the killing of 'our persons at the
Bernhardt farm.
Mountrail to Build Courthouss.
Stanley, N. D., Dec. 15.—A^snra" *e
of the fact that Stanley will be the
permanent county seat of Mountrail
county has given rise to di«cussion us
to the question of constructing a
co\«1house. It is planned to hold an
election next spring, at which the ques
jetton ot issuing bonds will be up.
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Two Fargoans Killed
in Collapse of the
Without warning and in an Instant
of time the lives of Russell A. More
and Carl Tuskind. respectively mana
ger and bookkeeper of the firm of
More Bros., were snuffed out last
evening about 6 o'clock when the
building occupied hy the company on
Front street collapsed. Both men
were buried beneath tons of .debris and
it is believed that More was killed in
stantly, while Tuskind is thought to
have died from asphyxiation.
One of the most remarkable things
connected with the accident was the
miraculous escape from death of Isaao
Bell, Jr. Bell is employed at the of
fice of More Bros, as a billing rlcrfc
and was sitting within reach of the
two dead men at the time of the acci
dent. The force of the onrushing
winds lifted him from his position and
hurled him with great force through a
doot Into the street, stunning him se­
Cherbourg, Dec 15.—The body of
Henry Evans, a seaman of the United
States battleship North Dakota who
was fatally Injured by an explosion In
the coal bunkers of the warship yes
terday, was buried today with military
honors, i
New York, Dec. 15.—Andrew Car
negie's gift for 110,000,000 for the fur
therance of peace brings the total of
his benefactions to something llk
$180,000,000. The endowment an
nounced today Is second in size only to
three others of his—the $10,000,000
foundation for the advancement of
teaching made !n 190C. and increased
to $15,000,000 in 1908 the $16,000,00(»
endowment for the Carnegie institu
tion in Pittsburg, and the $12,000,000
fund for the establishment of the Car
negie institute in Washington. Mr
Carnegie's gifts to libraries during the
last twenty years are estimated at
$36,000,000 for the United States and
$17,000,000 abroad.
Mr. Carnegie's latest endowment
widen* the gap between him and John
D. Rockefeller, who alone rivals the
retired steel master In his public bene
factions. A conservative estimate
places Mr. Rockefeller's gifts to insti
tutions at $120,000,000. All but a small
part of this was for educational pur
poses.
CITY PLANNING
IS DISCUSSER
Washington, D. ?., Dee. 15.—CWy
planning, with its attendant problems
of securing not only the development
of the aesthetic but the business and
industrial life of the city for pros
perity. good-health and recreation of
all its residents, was the general topic
upon which all addresses of today's
session of the American Chic asso
ciation was based.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Phila
delphia, secretary of the National Mu
nicipal League, spoke on What Is Your
City Ideal?, in the opening address of
fie day. He was followed by Thomas
Nelson Page, president of Washington
Society of Fine Arts, who extolled the
grandeur of the national capital.
CCMl. JOEL COOK
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 15.—Con
gressman Joel Cook of tile second
Pennsylvania district, comprising part
of thifc city, died here today. Coolt
was stricken with apoplexy in Wash
ington last Saturday and failing to
show any improvements he wag re
moved to his home here. Last sum
mer Cook suffered a slight paralytio
stroke, but recovered sufficiently ti re
sume his congressional duties. Me
was 61 years ..—„—
THIS ISSUt li I'A'cLS
REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5, 3S78.
More Bros. Building
Russell A. More, One of the Best Itnown Machinery Hen of
State, and Carl Tuskind Wae the Victiais
Top Floor of Building Was Overloaded With Corn—floor Col
lapsed Carrying in Turn Every Other Fkoj
Worst Catastrophe in Years in Fargo—Contents of Building
Carried Crashing Into the Pasangnt
Fatal Explosion on Warship Greatly Enthustd by Carnegie's
Named After This Stale Great Gift
HAS BIS LEAH
OVER JOHN D.
CARNEGIE NOW HAS GIVEN
AWAY $180,000,000 FOR
BENEFACTIONS.
verely, hut other than a large number
of bruises he will recover unless in
ternal Injuries develop.
Torn Kelley, working on the top
floor of the building, also came out of
the disaster decidedly lucky. When
the building started to fall he went
with the down-going floor and landed
at the bottom of the newly opened pit,
without being severely injured. He
was for a time pinned beneath some
fallen machinery in such a manner
that he could not exl^lcate himself,
but aside from this mishap he was not
very unfortunate.
Floor Overioadetf.
The cause of the catastrophe was
due to overloading the top floor of the
building with corn, which caused th#
Joists to pull loose from the walls of
the building. Kelley and an assistant
Continued on Page Six.
Washington, Dec. IS.—Stimulated
by the magnitude of Andrew Car
gie's gift of $11,500,000 for the aboli
tion of war between nations and hy
th# knowledge that the fund will be
used largely for objects akin to its
own, the American Society of Judicial
Settlement" of International Disputes
will open a three d«y international
conference tonight, more confident
than ever of the ultimate attainment
of its aim—the establishment oi a
permanent tribunal of arbitral jus
tice.
Such a court was advocated by Sec
retary of State Knox in a note to the
powers and was adopted at the last
conference, plans for the realization
of the tribunal being left open.
Andrew Carnegie will be the princi
pal speaker of the evening, his sub
ject being, The Moral issue in War
and it Is expected that he may make
a further explanation of the gift ail*
nounced yesterday.
BEMIDJI SAFE
WAS SBATTEBTI
BURGLARS FAIL TO HEED WARN*
IMQ THAT STRONG BOX
IS NOT LOCKED.
Bern id I. Minn., Dec. 15.—Burglars
smashed their way into the office of
the Beltrami County Fuel Co. and
blew the safe open with nttro-glycer
ine, although it had been left unlocked
by the manager of the company, who
had also left a tag on the combina
tion, saying "Safe not locked open
door."
The burglars ruined the safe and
caped with $2,500 worth of valuable
papers and a small amount of cash.
Chief of Police Harrington arrested a
suspicious character who will be given
a hearing in police court.
FIRE INSURANCE
RATES 100 H:
Bn.
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TAPPING TESTIFIES AT INQWHV
OF NEW YORK STATE
LEGISLATIVE COM­
MITTEE.
New York, Dec. 15. Edward J.
Tapping of Milwaukee, called as a
witness today in the inquiry into Are
insurance matters by the legislative
investigating committee, admitted that
many of the rates prevailing were un
fair and too high, and that commls-"
slons paid to agents in many instances
are exorbitant. He said he knew fir®
Insurance companies that paid fronj
30 to 40 per cent of all premiums thsjy
collected.
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CALLED SUDDENLY
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. IS.—-Major John
F, Hanson, president «f the Centra!'
Georgia railroad, and one of the best
known railroad officials »n the south,
died here this morning of heart failure*
J£U« deal* xw paUreiy uatuypsted.