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THE WEATHER
Generally fair and continued cold
tonight and Thursday.
FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1891.
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Half Billion in Securities Be
neath Glowing Ruins
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IU0LDESS NAMES GONE
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NAMES OF 40,000 STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE HARRIMAN LINES MISS
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New York, Jan. 10.—Half a billion
dollars or more in securities lie in the
glowing ruins of the Equitable build
ing, guarded by 140 policemen and de
tectives. The bulk of the Gould, Har
riman, Ryan and Belmont ^states and
the vast securities of the Equitable
Life Assurance society are locked in
the monster vaults which are buried
beneath hundreds of tons of debris.
Laborers are fighting their 'way to
the vaults to ascertain their condition.
All the vaults are believed to be intact.
The ruins still contain the body of
Battalion Chief William Walsh. Two
watchmen employed by the company
are missing iind are believed to have
perished in the fire In which six lost
their lives yesterday.
The records of the Harriman railroad
lines, showing the names and ad
dresses of 40,000 stockholders, are lost.
A duplicate set of names and addresses
are kept by the Mercantile Trust Co
lt is not known if these are destroyed.
If they are it will be necessary to ad
vertise for the names and addresses of:
the stockholders.
Great Northern Train
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Caught In Montana
St. Paul, Jan. 10.—Caught to a snow
slide which swept down upon a rotary
plow, a mile east of Java, Mont., last
night. Traveling Engineer ^Hen
and
Rotary Engineer Brulport, of the Great
Northern railroad, were killed last
night, according to official advices re
ceived here by the road. Seven em
ployes, including the division superin
tendent and the division roadmaster,
were on the rotary at the time. The
latter was only slightly hurt. Fireman
Hose received a broken leg.
The avalanche practically demolish
ed the rotarj' plow and carried it and
the crew down the slope. The plow
was "bucking" snow which had ac
cumulated and blocked trains, working
east from Essex, Mont, when the
snowslide occurred.
ABBOTT STMTS
ANANIAS CLUB
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York, Jan. 10—"Statements that
have appeared in certain papers pur
porting to quote Theodore Roosevelt
on his attitude toward the presiden
tial nomination as voiced here last
night at a private'dinner, are abso
lutely without foundation in fact."
So declared Lawrence Abbott, act
ing for the colonel, who declined to
see interviewers today In repudiation
of the accounts.
"Roosevelt will make nQ statement
of comment of any kind regarding the
Aidine club dinner," said Abbott. "No
representative of the press was
present and ho one took down
what Roosevelt said and I'm certain
no one attempted to repeat it, be
cause to do so would have been to
^1 break faith."
SOUTH DAKOTAN 8TILL MISSING
Centerville Man Believed to Be the
Viotim of Foul Play.
Centerville, S. D., Jan. 10.—Mystery
etili surrounds the strange disappear
ance of David Fihlberg who suddenly
dropped out of sight last Tuesday
night. Posses are dally searching the
surrounding country for the body of
the missing man.
One theory is that Fahlberg went to
his barn and found a thief trying to
steal a team of horses that the thief
shot him and fled, leaving his body ly
on the ground that Fahlberg soon
partly regained his senses, wandered
off in the storm and perished. His cap
with blood and hair sticking to it, was
found on the barn floor.
Fahlberg was ..o have been married
this we§k to Miss Emily Anderson, the
daughter of a prominent fanner near
Beresford.
INAUGURATED
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Annapolis, Jan. 10.—Phillip Lee
3oldsborough, the first republican to
oe elected governor of Maryland in
sixteen years and the second since the
sivil war, was inaugurated today.
Club Is Formed.
Yankton, S, D., Jan. 10.— A large
humber of Yankton couuty republi
cans, favoring the re-election of "Wil
liam H. Taft for president and Robert
Gamble for United States senator,
ba\ e associated themselves together
under the name'-flf the Taft-Gamble
•republican club.
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Passenger Trains Stalled South
and East
St Paul. Minn.. JTan. 10.—With the
whole northwest still suffering from
sub-zero weather today, the mercury
in St. Paul touched 28 below for the
second time this winter, early today.
Triins Stalled in Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 10—Train
No. 1, on the Pere Marquette, which
left Chicago on Monday midnight and
was due here at 6:20 a. m., reached the
union station here twenty-four hours
late. The train was stalled in snow
drifts near East Saugatuck all day yes
terday and had to be shoveled out.
Considerable suffering was endured
among the passengers because of lack
of food and water.
Snowbound in Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.—Railroad
traffic in Wyoming is improved today.
A passenger train of the Colorado &
Southern railway which became snow
bound yesterday was dug out today. It
returned to Cheyenne, seventy miles.
A passenger train on the same line
was snowed in twelve miles north of
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THINLY CLAD IN
30 BELOW GALE
Retina, Sask., Jan. 10.—In a lire
which today destroyed the flve-story
building of the McCarthy Supply Co.,
entailing a loss of $250,000, a score of
women and children were rescued by
firemen in their night clothes and car
ried down the frozen ladders safely.
With the temperature 30 below the
firemen were hampered by congealed
hose, and the rescued persons, who
were tenants of the building, suffered
considerably before finding ..tempoxary
quarters.
Msnitobs Rhodes Scholar Cfrbterr.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 10—Alfred
Ewert of Gretna, Man., aged 20 and
fourth year student of Wesley college,
has been selected from Manitoba as a
Rhodes scholar, in addition to lead
ing his class in arts Mr. EwertB is a
noted athlete, being captain of the
track team and prominent in hockey
and football. So well recognized were
his claims that no opposition developed
in Manitoba university to his candida
ture.
Engine Strikes Mitchell Girl,
Mitchell, S. D., Jan. 10.—Miss Dakota
Sawyer, a girl 18 years old, lies in
the hospital loitering between life and
death as a result of being struck by a
switch engine in the yards of the Mil
waukee railway yesterday. Her arm
and back were terribly lacerated and
a deep gash was cut in her head from
which concussion of the brain is feared.
HUBERT BEAKO
ON WAOIIAM CREW
SON OF REV. R. A. BEARD ROWING
REGULARLY ON EIGHT-OARED
BOAT TpQGER ON WADHAM
CREW AT OXFORD—NOW IN
Fargo has" a new candidate tdt, in
ternational athletic honors in the per
son of Hubert Beard, son of Dr. and
Mrs. R. A. Beard of this city, who is
now a member of the Wadham college
crew at Oxford, England, and is row
ing on the eight-oared boat Togger.
Word was received In the city this
week of the great success of young
Beard and his admission to the Wad
ham crew, which will be gratifying
news to all Fargoans. He intends to
keep on rowing and engage fully in
the athletic activities of his college.
Mr. Beard is now spending a six
weeks' vacation In Berlin with friends
and will return to his studies at Ox
ford Jan. 19- Next summer he will
be visited by his sister, Miss Marguer
ite Beard of the Fargo College Con
servatory of Music.
This elght-oared crew, of which Mr.
Beard Is now a member, will engage
in the famous annual boat race on the
Thames between Oxford and Cam
bridge, whitih lg watched by the entire
^world
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Declares He Has Withdrawn
Rom Gubernatorial Race
Casselton, N. D., J«n. To The
Forum: Sortie weeks ago I announced
my intention to become a candidate
for the nomination for governor at our
next primary election. I wish now to
state that while I have received many
encouraging expressions from friends
who would favor my candidacy, I have
determined to withdraw from the race,
and so far as I am concerned leave the
way clear for a fair contest between
Mr. Hn,nua and Mr. Buchanan.
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Norfolk, Va., Jan. 10.—The severe
storm of Friday last all but wrecked
many of the smaller boats in the At
lantic fleet on their way south to take
part of the maneuvers at Guantanamo.
The cruiser Dixie was so badly
wrecked that she was towed into the
Bermudas by two battleships. All of
the vessels of the navy were ordered
by wireless to search for the United
States torpedo boat destroyer Terry,
which was reported drifting about
helplessly.
The battleship Delaware lost two life
boats and the battleship Connecticut,
the flagship of the fleet, was slightly
damaged.
Rear Admiral Rugo Osterhaus. com
mander In chief of the fleet, has before
him the task of devising something
new in the war games for his fleet
when he arrives at Guantanamo. The
entire fleet will be centered there and
the maneuvers of the battle practice
will take place the latter part of this
month.
Smith Stimmel*
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FARGO MAN TO
OPEN MOVEMENT
jCuwts City, Jan. 10.—Discussion of
civic problems are to take the place of
the time honored Wednesday night
prayer meeting at Linwood Christian
church here. At the first meeting of
the new movement tonight, Judge E. E.
Porterfleld of juvenile court will talk
of the treatment of juvenile offenders.
Judge Porterfleld, mentioned in the
above Associated Press dispatch today,
is a brother of Wm. P. Porterfleld, tie
well known Fargo druggist.
ilLLNI II10IS
OCCUR IN FRANCE
B&is, 'SiiCL. 10.—A series 6f violent
riots occurred in the vicinity of the
palace of justice this afternoon and re
sulted in many rioters and several
policemen being injured. The demon
strations were brought about by the
trial of several trade unionists in the
correctional court of the Seine on &
charge of distributing circulars of a
revolutionary character to soldiers
serving with their regiments.
A violent collision occurred at Place
Du Chatellet, at the northern end of
the Notre Dame bridge. Here a mob of
men attacked police sticks and canes.
Foot^pollce were unable to drive as
sailants off and nine officers were in
jured. Mounted municipal guards
charged repeatedly, eventually clearing
streets.
66 BELOW 'ZERO
THERMOMETER8 BURST.
Virginia, Minn., Jan. 10.—The
temperature at Cook, lV(inn., forty
miles north of here, registered 56
degrees below zero during the
night. All'the thermometers there
burst at that figure. A stiff wind
accompanied the extreme cold.
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Carpenter Gives Decision in
Packers' Case
Chicago, I1L, Jan. 10.—Ui^d State's
District Judge Carpenter struck from
the record in the trial of ten Chicago
packers today, certain papers and let
ters bearing notations purporting to be
the handwriting of J. Ogden Armour,
one of the defendants. The ruling was
on a motion of the defense, who con
tested the presentation of evidence to
the Jury without definite connecting
links to be prejudicial to the defend
ants.
Other papers bearing' similar nota
tions-purporting to be the handwrit
ing of other defendants were permit
ted by the court to remain on the rec
ord, but the court ruled out Jerome H.
Pratt's testimony identifying the hand
writing. The documents stricken from
the record bore figures showing mar
gins and shipment percentages which
concerned the alleged packers pool, in
dicating the agreed percentage total
shipped for the preceding week.
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FINIEX ft. GBAX
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10.—The new
congressman from Connorsville, Ind„
Flnley H. Gray, has attracted con
siderable attention owing to the un
disputable likeness in facial expression
between him and the martyred presi
dent, particularly in the lower part
of hig face, which is almost identical
ly the same, and the deep-set, dreamy
eyes, which are very similar to those
of Lincoln.
PROMINENT N. Y.
SEN INVOLVED
IT CONFESSION
New York, Jan. 10.—Two detectives
left today for Winnipeg to take charge
of Charles Ross, arrested there in con
nection with the robbery, last March,
of Aaron Bancroft, an aged banker.
Eight New York men, several of them
prominent, said to be involved ia Ross'
confession to Winnipeg pollc#*
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Ruelle-Sur-Tourvre, France, 10.
Eight Bteel moulders met death and
eleven others were seriously injured
today by the bursting of a gun mould
at the government naval arsenal at
Angoulene. While the workmen were
pouring metal for casting a big gun,
the gases emanating from it caused
an explosion and the men surrounding
the mould were enveloped in fnass
of hot metaL
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1912. REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5, 1878.
fld Casse^afn Fbitign At
fairs Minister
DRAMATIC SIENE YESTERDAY
"CABINET BREAKER" CLEMEN
CEAU WA8 CAU8E OF RESIGNA
TION OF M. DE SELVES, WHICH
HAS RESULTED IN PUTTING
DEL CASSE IN OLD OFFICE.
Pafls,' Jan. 10.—-Theophlle Del Cssse,
until now minister of marine In the
French cabinet, has been offered and
has accepted the portfolio of minister
of foreign affairs in succession to Jus
tin De Selves, who resigned yester
day after a dramatic scene during a
meeting of the committee of the sen
ate on foreign affairs. It is rumored
today other changes may occur in the
ministry and speculation Is rife as to
who will join the cabinet.
It wag "cabinet breaker," Georges
Clemenceau, who brought about the
ministerial crisis. When, during the
meeting of the senate committee, Pre
mier Callaux denied there had been
secret negotiations between France
and Germany on the subject of Mor
occo, M. Clemenceau sprang to hBl
feet and hurled the question at M. De
Selves, ""will you confirm the pre
mier's statement?"
After some hesitation on the part of
M. De Selves, the foreign affairs min
ister replied he could not answer the
question because he was tied between
the double duty—that of telling the
truth and the Interest of his country.
Later M. De Selves resigned.
Theopile Del Casse, who onco more
has taken charge of the ministry of
foreign affairs, has had probably more
experience in that department than
any other statesman of France. He
had the portfolio of foreign affairs
from 1898 until 1905, during which time
he saw five different cabinets come
and go. In all probability he would
have continued in office even longer
but for the fact that his policy, es
pecially with regard to Morocco, was
viewed with so much diBfavor by the
German emperor that the two coun
tries almost came to blows. He is 55
years old. He began his career as a
newspaper writer.
WlttARfilE
LL CASE
DEFEffDAtft SUCCESSFUL IN 8E
CURING ANOTHER HEARING
—COMES UP SOON.
Gn|nd Forks, N. D., Jan. It.—'For
mer state superintendent of public in
struction, W. U StocKwell. has been
successful before the supreme court
in securing a re-hearing in the case
in which he appears as defendant with
the state of North Dakota as plaintiff,
and in which he was once defeated, be
ing ordered to pay over $5,000, fees
collected by the superintendent's of
fice and alleged to have been retained
by him illegally.
The decision of tt© court by which
he was ordered to make such payment
was divided, being three to two, and
when the application for a rehearing
was made. It was granted. One of
the interesting features in connection
with' the coming arguments, w.hich will
be made during the latter part of the
present month, Is the fact that Justice
Bruce will be on the bench Instead of
Justice Morgan. Justloe Morgan de
cided with the majority in the opinion
against Mr. Stockwell.
The case has dragged over a period
of over two years, being tried first in
question of whether or not certain fees
collected by the state educational de
partment shall be covered into the
treasury, or may be retained by the
superintendent to be expended in such
manner as he may direct.
Originally, it was tried In the Grand
Forks district court, and In that court
Judge Templeton held against Mr.
Stockwell, contending that all fees
paid Into the office shall be accounted
for to the state treasurer. The de
fense contends that the law makers
intended that the fees in question
'should go to the superintendent for
use, by him, in the extension of cer
tain educational work, and that there
was no necessity for It being turned
over to the treasurer, or no law that
compelled such disposition of the
money*
Austin, Tex., Jan. 10.—Fifty families,
mostly women and children, seeking a
haven from the meningitis epidemic,
arrived here today from north Texas
points. Many families are said to
have passed through on their way to
San Antonio, where the disease has
not appeared. Over 300 cases of the
disease are officially reported from
various cities In Texas.
THREE CHILDREN I
ONE BORN EACH DAY.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.—Mrs.
Herman Carlson gave birth to one
baby each day for three successive
days- The third youngster, a girl,
was born yesterday. The others
are boys. AH three are apparently
healthy.
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HEADS POSTAL BANKS
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 10.—Theo.
L. Weed has just been appointed by
Postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock as
head of the 50,000 postal savings banks
which do a business of over Jl,000,000
a week, and are constantly increasing
in popularity. Mr. Weed has for years
been Postmaster Hitchcock's right
hand man. The position carries with
it a salary of $5,000 a year and is un
doubtedly one of the most Important
of the^entire government service.
HAROIEEIUN
RAILROAD!!
Grand
forks Herald: The past sev
en days will go down In history of
railroading in the northwest as th
hardest seven days In the history
the business. The present cold ape
has been a record breaking period
continuous low temperature. The oj
ierating departments of the varlou
broads report conditions unprecedente
for the past week. The last few day
ihas -teen an Increased loss of motive
jpower and the loss for the cold spell
has been fully 50 per cent. As an ex
ample of the conditions which face the
railroad man, the experience on No. 1,
due here at 8:25 o'clock Monday even
ing is typical. The train did not reach
this city until 4 30 o'clock yesterday
morning. At Grandin the engine gave
out entirely as a result of the con
tinued cold weather combined with
the effort to keep up steam. Here a
freight engine had to be secured and
it required over four hours to make
the run from Fargo to this city. The
frozen condition of the greased bear
ings of the cars combined to reduce
the efficiency. Orders prohibiting
"making up" time have been issued by
several railroads and it Is understood
that u.e usual orders regarding cars
in running are general. Trains eo.n
ing into Grand Forks last evening
were away late again No. 1 being re
ported four hours and No. 2 five hours
late with the prospect of the trains
being several hours behind this time.
Yesterday, showed no indication of a
change for the warmer, with a
nsMKesaoai
Carnegie Tells How He
Got His Start in Life
Began
maximum temperature of 12 degrees 10 ears of prize winning corn to 8en
below and a minimum yesterday ator Thomas Cashman of Owatonna for
moining of 28 below. Last ni«ht the
mercury again took the downward
route and there was every indication
that a mark of lower than 30 degrees
below zero would be reached before
pporning. Up to date, there has been
a noticeable falling off In the volume
of passenger traffic on the railroads
and comparatively few people are
traveling.
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Seattle, and Arthur Atan of Valdez, an
Alaska—both experts in handling dog
teams.
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Hew York, Jan. 10.—Guy H. Tripp
of Boston today was elected president
of the board of directors of the West
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
Co., succeeding the late Robert Mather.
Boy Huntsr's Arm Amputated.
Webster City, la,, Jan. 10.—Jesse
Weedman, aged IS, lost an arm yes
terday, by amputation, the result of a
hunting accident. Weedman and Irvln
Morrison, were hunting rabbits, Weed
man was carrying a ferret and Mor
rison had the gun. As the latter
pulled up* to shoot at a rabbit, the
gun caught on sonic underbrush and
was discharged into Weedman's arm.
The boy was taken to the Mercy
hospital where the operation was per
formed^
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Borrowed $1500 to Go Into
Partnership
Tells How He Became
Inter­
ested In Hardening Rails
His Steel Career
In No­
vember, 1861
Todsy in Congress.
Senate not in session, meets to
morrow at 2 p. m.
Senator Lorimer resumed his de
fense before the investigating com
mittee and deals at ienfth iprtth
Illinois politics.
House met at noon.
Routine legislation considered.
Andrew Carnegie discussed his
steel career before the steel Inves
tigating committee and denounces
the present banking conditions tt*
a "disgrace to civilization."
Hearing before the ways and
means committee on the dangers
of the manufacture of white phos
phorous matches.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Andrew Car
negie was a voluntary witness today
before the house committee probing the
affairs of the United States Steel cor
poration. Carnegie was wanted to
elucidate many details of the organ
ization and operation of the steel trust
and Its domination of the industry in
which he for many years was a pre
dominant figure.
Carnegie said he began his steel car
eer In November, 1861 and that the
year following he borrowed $1,500 from
the National bank, Pittsburg, to engage
In the partnership of the Keystone
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{ridge Co. at Pittsburg.
After building and acquiring several
her mills, Carnegie said, the Carnegie
teel Co., ltd., was formed. He related
w, when he was superintendent of
le Pennsylvania railroad, he had seen
ills taken up every six weeks and
ought to find a process of hardening
-teel. ~-~+.
JEN EARS CORN
BROUGHT $62.50
Owatonna, MJnn., Jap. 10,—Awax&
for exhibita of corn at the recent state
corn show were announced this morn
ing, the judging having not been com
pleted with the close of the show. Nate
Whitney, who won the sweepstake
prize of $250 worth of machinery in
addition to the first prize for Southern
Minnesota and other prizes, is an Al
bert Lea boy, 25 years old. Born and
raised in the city of Albert Lea, he
showed greater aptitude for farming
than for professions for which his edu
cation was first intended. Forsaking
city life he went into farming and has
had wonderful success. He sold his
$62.60, an average of more than $6 per
car.
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San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 10.—Dr
Sun Tat Sen, president or the new
Chinese republic, wili personally
an army of 100,000 men against the
Manchus at Pekin. This announcement
,j contained In a cable message, was re-
New York, N. Y„ Jan. 10.—With the' celved today by The Chinese Free
summit of Mount McKinley as its goal. Press. Troops already mobilized at
an expedition headed by Prof, lierschel Nanking are to be a part of the at«
C. Parker, will leave New York within i tacking army.
the next few days, possibly tomorrow.
The party will be well provisioned. A
base of supplies is to be established at
a trading post
th* Susitna river,
miles from the base of the moun
tain.
Parker is to be accompanied by Bel
imore Browne, of the Parker-Browne
expedition of 1910, Merl of
American Treop Resdy.
Manila, Jan. 10—Orders for the first
battalion of the fifteenth infantry regi
ment to leave for China, reached here
yesterday. The expedition will be pro
pared at once. Major M. Arra smith
will be in command of 500 enlisted men
and fifteen officers, with whom will he
8ent a detachment of ho8pjta
a
machine gun plattoon besides W
field service wagon train.
CHAMP CLARK
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from yesterday's seventh district con
gressional election, practically com
plete today, show the election of
George A. Neeey, democrat, to succeed
JC. H. Madison, by a majority of 1,600.
Frank L- Martin, the republican can
didate, carried only five out of fifteen
'counties, one of them by a. majority.
of one.
Neely is a brother-in-law of 3ov.
W. R. Stubbs. The governor campaign
ed the district for Martin supporters
of Champ Clark, speaker of the na
tional house, who spoke at the con
vention which nominated Neely, and
they are Jubilant. The.v predict the
speaker wili get the Kansas delegation
to the national democratic convention.
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