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RSfewj, M' R-i'TM.-' 1• fe£jfc fc-.-* li THE WEATHER PROBABLY RAIN OR SNOW TODAY FAIR THURSDAY. Ratification lad Already Been Given by Thirty-five of the States LegMatires Will Have light te Prescribe Methods of Election Governors Will be Med to to Fill Vacan cles Occurring Soon (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 8.—Direct ©lection of United States senators by the .people was authorized anti made coijniulsory today, when the Connect! cut legislature ratified and passed the constitutional amendment submitted by congress less than a year ago Ratification had already been given by 35 states. The new amendment gives to state legislatures, however, the right to prescribe methods for elect ins senators. Man- legislatouses have adjourned an*' will not recon vtne until early in 1915 a few weeks before terms of over 30 senators will expire. It is expected that in many states legitoAtiii^wAlTadopt the plan authorized in the new amendment and direct governors to appoint sen ators temporarily until the people can elect men at regularly called elec lions. The new amendment to the Con^ti tution fo rthe popular election or United States senators, is the seven teenth to be adopted. It reads: "The Senate .of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, tor six years and each senat or shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifica tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legisla tures. "When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the sen ate, the executive authority of sucli state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, prodived that th» legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make tem porary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct." The amendment primarily transfers the power of electing senators from the state legislatures to the people at the polls. To effect this change it. was necessary to alter the .machinery for the filing of vacancies the senate, l^or more than sixty years proposals have been made to change the Consti tution so as to provide for the direct election of senators. It waj not, how ever until June 24, 1911, that the sen ate was induce ofor the first time in its history to give its consent to the change. On that day it voted to sub rnit to the states the proposed amend ment. The resolution to submit had already passed the house in a some what different form. Before adjourn ment of the session, both houses agreed to the language to be employ ed, and the resolution was deposited with the secretary of state May 16, 1912, for distribution amcfig the states. The original theory in establishing the choice of senators was that they represented the states, -whereas the members of the house represented the (Continued on Page 27) HMUI HOD STUM WIUBEtUNEOlE (Special to the Tribune) MANDAN, N. D., April 8.—The Northern Great Plains Field station at this point is to be the second larg est of its kind in the United States. The one at Arlington, Va., occupied more ground, but it will not serve such a large area. Superintendent Peterson has just returned from Washington, where he had a confer ence with iE. C. Chilcott and others, and the plans for the institution here were completed. Work on the new buildings will how be pushed rapidly. A station force of 15 men will start work along different lines of experi mentation. E. C. Chilcott will make an official visit here some time next month. Legislature Passed Hoge's Bill Which Sets Aside Part of Primary Law Feature Was Only Effective Last Year in Third Con gressional District Did i'ou know that the so-called "second choice law." was repealed by the last session of the legislature? Well, its a fact. A bill was introduced by Represent ative Hpge of .Upiiert^KHl.^, The "b1rtvwas propped for the puiV pose of correcting^the taw passed in 1911 in which thd.-name of county judge was left off the ballot. It wag supposed this would be about all thechange to the old law there would be. Except for a little clause requiring that persons candidates for nomina tion must receive 25 pgr cent, of the average total number of votes cast by their party for overnor, secretary of state and attorney general. Put, way down at the end of the bill ,in regular sized type, the follow ing death blow to the "second choice Jaw" was administered: "•Section S. Repeal. That Chapter 2 1 2 of a pa 2 Legislative Asembly be and the same are hereby repealed." And the law was dead just like that. Who did it? Why? When and how? will be the questions now. It appears that it was not generally known over the state that the 1911 law had been killed. It will be a mighty surprise for some to read it. Many will not be able to believe it. But it is 30. House Bill 209 by Hoge says so. Senate bill 212'creating the second choice scheme was introduced by Sen ator Steele of Renville. In the 1913 bill there is no mention made of second choice for any office. There are those who will be pleas ed that the law was repealed and then again there are others. There was only one man in the state who profited by the law at the las.t election and that was former Secre tary of State Norton who was elected to congress from the third distrjet by virtue of the second choice votes he received. By Special Wire. 1 DEVILS LAKE, N. D-, April 8.— The first city commission was launch ed tonight, President A. L. Johnson reading his message, which was along the line of his platform, upon whitfi the board was elected, that of efficien cy and economy, and the organization/ was perfected, as follows: Vice President, E. A. Flynn com missioner, police and fire depart ment, A. E. Hocking streets and Im provements, I. G. Mundt water and light, E. A. Flynn finances and-rev enue, F- S. Mann. 1 A resolution was introduced com bining the offices of city auditor and treasurer and the salary was fixed at *1200. The salaries of the commis sioners was fixed at $120 per annum. The fallowing are thel appointments: City auditor and treasurer, M. J. Cow ley city attorney, Siver Serumgard: police chief, Petei1 Timbel fire chief, C. O. Russell assessor, E. M. Lewis physician, Dr. P. I. Dahl. street com missioner, Robert Fitzgerald. LEWIS WAS VICTIM OF Former Attorney of Devils Lake Had Dis Life Atempt ed at Regina Associate in BuslnessWreck ed Office Bnilding to Se core Life Insorrnce By Special Wire. DEVILS LAKE, X. I.)., April 8 Herbert Lewis, a former practicing attorney at Starkweather, North Da kota, and until three years ago editor of the Starkweather Times, arrived here today after figuring in one of the most sensational dynamiting schemes that has ever occurred In Canada. The frightful affair occurred in the office of the Northwest Canada Lands Company. Ltd., at Itegina, of which J. Scott was president and Lewis was secretary and treasurer. Both men insured for $50,000 on their lives, the insurance running to each other. Business had been a suc cess, but Scott evidently wanted the $50,000 life insurance held by Lewis, at least that is what is supposed., At the preliminary hearing last Saturday when Scott was bound over to the su j.prcme court of Canada on a charge of attempted murder and required to fur (HSh 520,000 bonds. to.- Winnipeg February 19 and purchased, six sticks of dyna mite and a fuse/which he shipped by express to Regina. On the night of March 1st. he handed Lewis a news paper to read an article, shut down the desk of his private office in an adjoining room and left. In less than a minute after Scott's departure dy namite exploded, wrecking the build ing', leaving Lewis senseless and in a critical conditon. Various stories have been concocted by Scott, one that an acetyline tank (Continued on Page Seven.) r~ $ f. ,i 4 KING NICHOLAS BIOS DEFIANCE TO POWERS, WHICH BLOCKADE HIS PORTS TO END SCUTARI SIEGE. $ $ $ 1'* »*. ,*1 ij, a 1 iji 2* O I LONDON, April 8.—JKing Nicholas of Montenegro is defying the powers. Facing a blockade by warships from all the principal European countries except Russia, the aged but doughty ruler of the little kingdom is bidding defiance to all. He says he will keep up the aiege of Scutari and take it or fitemard ®tribune. THIRTY -THIRD YEAR. NO. 93. BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1913. FIVE GENTS «4 Was Glad to Dave Opportun ity to Address Both the Houses in Person Tersely Told What He Thot Should be Done for Country's Welfare (By AMOcljitecl Press) WASHINGTON,,April S.-I'resident Wloodrow Wilson bridged the gap that for over a century had separated pilots of public business and executive and legislative brandies of govern ment. Not as'a: cog in a machine, not as an impersonal political entity, nor as a mere department of govern ment. but as a human president, he went to congress to speak about the tariff, Standing before the senate and iiouse in joint sesion, the president stated sintpiv and tersely what he thought should be done for the wel fare of the coupfcry and asked his legislative colleag"u, man to man, 0 aid him in fceev&ft the pledges of their party. Congress,' which was somewhat startled by the announcement that the presiednt *vas determined to de liver his message by word of mouth, piepared for the ceremony of unusual importance, and such it wasj yet af ter all the president seemed as said he was, "a human bMng trying to co-operate with other human beings in common service." When the mucn heralded incident was over congress seemed pleased, and the president de (Continued on Page 2) die, and his subjects are with him as one man. The powers will not land a force upon Montenegrin soil, but will tie up its portB and attempt to bring Nicholas to terms. This action was taken bv ambassadors of the var ious powers at London in a determin ation to end the Balkan war. A BRIEF MESSAGE BUT STUCK TO THE TARIFF of His Visit to Capitol Was Brief Duration-Lasts But Fifteen Minutes 1 IS $ .j «j .j. .jk «J CROWN PRRINCE GEORGE OF GREECE. .«& CROWM PRIHQE GEORGE. OF GREECE]?, This i.i the latest'picture taken of Crown Prince George of Greece. He posed for this photograph only two days oefore his' grandfather, King George was assassinated at Saloniki. it shows him in the uniform of col onel of a royal regiment. Prince George is popular with hiis people and is being educated broadly so as to fit him to occupy the throne some day. DEFEATS WOMAN SUFFRAGE (By Associated Press) DDETftOIT, Mich., April 8—Woman suffrage in Mich'gan is generally con ceded as hopelessly defeated in yes terday's election. When scattering returns were received late today from the rural districts of the state it did not tend to maerially decrease he big majority rolled up agaihst the amendments by the early returns. WATERWORKS ARE NEEDED AT BELFIELD (Special to the Tribune) BELFIELD, N. D„ April 8—At a mass meeting of the business men of" this fjlace it was decided to submit to the voters the proposition to issue bonds for the construction of a water works plant. It is badly needed both for domestic purposes and for fire protection. PIN6REE TRAINS MAY RUN OVER TO MANDAN (Special to The Tribune.) MANDAN, N.. D„ April 8.—Northern Pacific trains over the Pingree-Wiltoit line will soon be running into Mandan if the plan to use the Soo lines from Wilton to Bismarck are materialized. The commercial bodies of both Bis marck and Mandan are co-operating in the plan, which if it succeeds will make Mandan the terminal point. OLSON NOT GUILTY (By Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn., April 8.— I Prof. Oscar Olson, formerly of I the University of Minnesota, was found not guilty of the murder of Clyde N. Darling, by the jury after 3/z eration. THIS EDITION 8 PAGES R. R. CREW MADE FAST WORK REPAIRING GRADE WASHED OUT BY FLOOD ~0 4 All Trains WereAbieto Cross Missouri River During Last Night Took 300 Men But 15 flours to Rebuild Over a Mile of Track 35 Carloads of Gravel Were Hauled Over 60 Miles for Repair Work The condition of the Missouri river is fast returning to normal trains are running again and the country breathes easier. For over 50 hours nil nil tie was held up at. BiBinarck: and Mandan 011 the Northern Paciflo by reason of the washout between the bridge and the latter place. But Superintendent Strachan is to be con gratulated 011 7 hours delib- The verdict was announced at SIS'), and when the words, "not guilty," fell from the lips of the foreman, Olson, who was in the court room, attempt ed to rise, staggered and dropped in to a seat. He recovered his self cc:nposure, and with tear-dimme^ eyes shook hands with the jurors, .ludge Orr and the newspaper men. "There is going to be a happy re union at the Olson home tonight," was all he would say, as he started for his home, where his coming wasi awaited by his wife and little daugh ter. He has not seen his daughter since his arrest on the night of the tragedy. •«&<•••••«»»••• 4 THE WEATHER. North Dakota: Cloudy Wed nesday, probably raki or snow in extreme east, Thursday fair. i- South Dakota: Wednesday cloudy, probably rain or snow east, Thursday fair. Minnesota:^ Cloudy probab ly rain or snow Wednesday and Thursday, brisk and high east wind. the fast work which he did in getting matters pulled around into shape and traffic moving again. On Sunday afternoon when the water went over the grade and it was evi dent that there was to be a washout Mr. Strachan got busy preparing for the trouble which was to come. Some FMlt W?r|^ The washout took S.400 feet of track and parts of the grade, all of which would have to be reconstruct ed before a train could pass. Byi Monday night (here were in the yards at this place, ready for business, 30ft men, IlCi ears of gravel, two miles of ties and steel tails. It was necessary to load the sand 02 miles east of this city, at Ladoga pit. At 4 o'clock: Tuesday morning the men and the! material were on the scene of tha washout. The track had been wash ed off the grade, and before any work! towards repairs could be done it was necessary to remove hundreds of tons (f ice which had, washed up on the dump and been left there by (he wa fer. I Ready In Fifteen Hours. In just fifteen hours after the men arrived upon the ground and began work, the track was irt shape for trains and the work trains pulled out in the clear to permit through traffic. This work required the building 011 the embankment in places, laying tiefl and steel, ballasting and lining up. This is a remarkable piece of hustling but it was done, and trains were soonj iiinning 011 schedule time. arriver, as there was 1 Train No. S, which was due here at 2:'." p. ni„ was held in Mandan for the repairs and was the first, train to pass. No- 7, which was due from1 the east at the same time, wa3 hold at. 'Bismarck. As soon as No. 8 ar rived, which was at 7-47, train No. 7 proceeded on its way westward over the repaired track. Coast train No. 2 was held at Mandan until traiii No. 110 engine to bring it this way. It arrived about) two hours late, that is, at 9:23. No. 5 arrived almost on time and pro ceeded on its way without interrup tion. Inasmuch as trains are running al most. on schedule, it can be said thati conditions are normal again, and there will undoubtedly be no mora trouble at this point- River Conditions Safe. The river has dropped rapidly, and (Continued on page 2.) YOLNO LAWYER WILL WED SOON By Special Wire. I DEVILS LAKE, N. D., April 8— Sherman McClory, son, of Mayor P. J. McClory of this city, whose en gagement to Miss lEthellyn Ibberson of Minneapolis has been announced, the wedding to take place this month, is the youngest Nort)i Dakotan born to be admitted to the practice of law in this state, and at the age of 22 years is at present engaged as regis ter in the United States land office it* this city. He was admitted to the practice of law a year a^o and studied for the legal profession while private secretary to Governor L. B. Hanna, then a North Dakota representative in congress.