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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1911)
VALENTINE DEMOCBAl I. M. RICE , Publisher. VALENTINE. - - NEBRASKA iH ON FAT. FEE MANY LAWYERS FIND CLAIM BUSINESS VERY LUCRATIVE. CLUB PUT ON BIG TRAFFIC Halls of Congress in Past Six Yean 'Have B.een Crowded With Ex-Sen ators Who Have Become Wealthy Off Poor Lo. Washington. That congress has de cided to put a check on . .the activities of a group of former senators and rep resentatives in Washington who have grown rich on fat fees received in pay ment for the prosecution of Indiar claims is indicated in legislation pass ed at the recent session. Laws were placed on the statute books that pave the way for enactments that will even tually place a limitation upon the amounts paid for legal services per formed in behalf of the Indians. For the past six years the halls ol congress have been crowded each ses sion with a half dozen or.so ex-senatora who have grown wealthy in the prac tice of pushing Indian claims through the house and the senate. Most of these men were "dead broke" when they retired to private life. They are now numbered among Washington's affluent citizenship. The Indian bill which became a law on March 4 contains a number of pro visions designed to break up the trade in Indian claims. Checks' are put on the expenditure of Indian moneys , and the white light of publicity will be thrown in the future upon transactions which in the past were put through behind closed doors. FOUR KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE. Boarding House Car Near Gladstone , Colorado , Wrecked. Denver , Colo. Four were killed and one injured in a snowslide that de stroyed the boarding house at Gold King mine , near Gladstone , in south eastern Colorado , Sunday. Wires to that part of the state are working bad ly and details are meager. Information received from Telluride , eight miles from Gladstone , states that hundreds of tons of snow and rock swept the boarding house into a deep canyon. The five occupants had no ; hance to escape. rv Boarding House- Manager F. O. Drewe was held fast by the heavy tim bers. Though not seriously Injured , he was unable to extricate himself to go to the aid of his less fortunate com panions , whose cries were heard for some time after the avalanche. Mrs Hayes Not Guilty. Whiteville , N. C. After a sensation al trial Mrs. Rosa Hayes was acquitted of the murder of Robert M. Floyd , a medical student , of Charlestown , S. . C. , last February. Her husband , charged with being an accessory be fore the fact , was acquitted. Mrs. Hayes , admitted killing Floyd , .but pleaded that she shot in defense of her honor. Randell a Candidate. Washington. Congressman C. B Randell , of Sherman , Tex. , in a state ment addressed to the democrats of Texas , and setting forth a progressive * platform , has announced himself as a candidate for United States senator from Texas to succeed Senator Joseph W. Bailey , whose term will expire in 1913. Fire at Nome , Alaska. Nome , Alaska. Fire recently de stroyed the telephone exchange , put ting all telephones on the peninsula out of commission. A temperature of 12 degrees below zero baffled the attempts to extinguish the flames. Red Cross Cables $3,000. Washington. The Red Cross recently - ly cabled $3,000 to the American con sul general at Shanghai , making $25- 000 which has already been sent to China in this way. The sum ofv-$8- 000 also was spent in Seattle for food supplies. Schoolboy Ends Life. Rockford , HI. Heartbroken at see ing his sweetheart walking with a schoolboy friend , Walter B. Cotton , 18 years old , committed suicide by drink' ing cardolic acid. Sioux City live Stock Market. Sioux City , To. Saturday's quota tions on the local live stock market fol low : Top beeves , $5.50. Top hogs , $6.80. & " Found Dead in Icehouse. F * . L ; . Corey , Pa. Harry Ziele , who shot fe. and seriously wounded his wife and tv ' sister-in-law , Mrs. John Loveland , was Hjfc later found dead in an icehouse near fe , here. He had killed himself. His kiv. victims w-ill recover. Bishop Forest Dead. San Antonio , Tex. Rt Rev ! John Anthony Forest , bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of San Antonio , died .in the Santa Rosa infirmary here Sun day , aged 73 years. SECRECY ABANDONED AS TC MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO MEXICAN BORDER. STATEMENT FROM TAFT PARTI American Soldiers Will Stop Filibus tering and Smuggling of Arm Across Frontier Situation in Low er California Causes Anxiety. Washington. A correspondent , whc Is accompanying President Taft or his journey to Atlanta , Ga. , declares in a dispatch received here Thurs day night that the administration has decided to no longer hold back HE reasons for the sudden assembling oi American troops in Texas along the Mexican border. * The United States government pro poses to see that the Mexican revolu tion comes to a quick end and peace be established in the republic. The dispatch asserts that all aid possible for the United States government to give to Diaz will be given. Other sources in Washington take an op posite view and declare it is the in tention of this government to over throw the Diaz regime. Conflicting reports are still being received here as to President Diaz , some asserting he Is dead , others de Glaring him to be alive and well. One report received declares that Mexico City is hemmed in by rebels and will be cut off from communica tion with the outside world March 11. The dispatch referred to , dated Charlottesville , Va. , through which place the president's train passed , follows : "All doubt as to the purpose of the government in sending 20,000 troops to the Mexican border has at last been swept away. "The United States has determined that the revolution in the republic to the south must end. "The American troops have been sent to form a , solid military wall along the Rio Grande to stop filibus tering and to see that there is no further smuggling of arms and men across the international boundary. "It is believed that with this source of contraband supplies cut off the in surrectionary movement which has disturbed conditions generally for nearly a year without accomplishing anything like the formation of a re sponsible independent government will speedily come to a close. " his to Atlanta "President Taft , on way lanta and Augusta for a ten days vacation , Appeared well satisfied with the situation. "There is a general belief that the rapid movement of troops Into Texas and southern , California .will so speed ily accomplish its purpose that the net results in the end will constitute a valuable lesson in quick mobiliza tion of an effective fighting force that will prove a revelation to the country at large , to the critics of the army In particular , and a justification of the diplomatically worded explana tions that have been given out from official sources in Washington. "There no longer is reason to doubt that the sudden move on the part of the American government was the result of either unofficial rep resentations of foreign governments regarding the situation in Mexico or the intimation that several of. the Eu ropean powers were sounding each other as to the desirability of making representations to the United States at an early date. At any rate , the matter was put up to the administra tion in such a way as to call for the quickest sort of action. The neces sity for this speed of mobilization was seized upon by the war depart ment as a heaven-sent opportunity to answer critics both in and out of congress , and that interpretation was put upon the movement. "There was little doubt In the minds of these officials that the true meaning of the 'maneuvers' soon would be known and the logical in terpretation so quickly put upon the movement of the troops unquestion ably disconcerted the administration officials , from President Taft down. "There is no telling at this time how long the big army sent to the Mexican frontier will have to remain there. It will not be withdrawn un til the revolution has been crushed aut and until conditions in Mexico are much more stable than they now are believed to be. "The situation in lower California * : s said to have caused more concern to the United States than at any Dther point. It was reported that the "evolutionists were exceptionally strong there , and threatened to set ip a government independent of jither that of Diaz or of the revo- utionlsts to the east. The line be tween the United States and lower California is but an imaginary one , md a revolutionary government there vould be a source of constant worry. " Iowa Rejects Oregon Plan. Des Moines , la , The house of the owa legislature Thursday refused to jass the Oregon primary bill over Sovernor Carroll's veto. The vote vas 69 yeas and 37 nays , a constitu- ional two-thirds vote being required o pass it over the governor's veto. Accused of Huge Swindles. Paris , France. Three men 'describ- Qg themselves as Italian noblemen' srere arrested Thursday charged with laving swindled Levin Hart , a young American , out of $52,000 ON THE JOB ONCE MORE. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR PRE SENTS RESIGNATION AND TAFT APPOINTS WALTER L. FISHER. GIVES ILL HEALTH AS REASON Retiring Official Bases His Request Entirely Upon His Condition and Receives Warm Praise In Letter From the President. Washington. Richard A. Balllnger's resignation as secretary of the in terior was accepted by President Taft and Walter L. Fisher of Chicago was Tuesday appointed as his suc cessor. Mr. Ballinger tendered his resigna tion in a letter on January 19 , being on the condition of his health. The president replied at once , expressing his confidence In Secretary Ballinger , his reluctance to accept his resigna tion , and requested the secretary to remain in office until the close of the session of congress. Immediately on the adjournment of congress Secre tary Ballinger renewed his request Tuesday President Taft , in a letter , formally accepted the resignation and Mr. Fisher was appointed as his suc cessor , his commission being signed immediately by the president. Mr. Fisher will take office immediately. The correspondence between the president and the secretary is not voluminous , but displays beyond ques tion the confidence which Mr. Taft has reposed in Mr. Ballinger through out the long siege and the indignation with which he has viewed the attacks ' and official on the secretary's personal cial integrity. "I have had the fullest opportuni ty , " the president says in his letter accepting the resignation , "to know you , to know your standards of serv ice to the government ant the public , to know your motives , to know how you have administered your office and to know the motives of those who have assailed you. "I do not hesitate to say that you have beeen the object of one of the most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of character that his tory can show. " And in the conclusion of his letter the president declares that "every fiber of my nature rebels against such hypocrisy" ( referring to the attacks on Ballinger's character ) "and nerves me to fight such a combination and such methods to the bitter end , lest success in this instance may form a demoralizing precedent. But person al consideration for you and yours makes me feels that I have no right to ask for a further sacrifice. " The president goes on to declare it evident that he has been himself the ultimate object of the attack , and says that to Insist on Mr. Balllnger's re maining In office "with the prospects of further efforts against you , Is selfishly to impose on you more of a burden than I ought to impose. " Ninety Burned to Death. St. Petersburg. Ninety persons , many of them children , were burned to death and forty others injured In a fire that destroyed a moving pic ture theater at Bologole Monday. In the stampede that followed the first appearance of the flames forty or more persons were burned and crushed. Many of these are expected ' to die. The toll of death may reach 125. Eight Slain by Madman. Glasgow , Ky. "Doc" Masey , a ne gro , believed to be insane/ killed a negro deputy sheriff and seven mem bers of a family in Hart county Thurs day night After the crime he es caped. A posse is searching the country for him. Plea of "Tub Trust" Fails. Detroit Mich. Judge Dennlson in the federal court here Thursday over ruled the special plea recently en tered by the defendant in the so-called "hnfv- ' . - - -t" suit. STARTS ON LONG TRIP ROOSEVELT TO TOUR THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. Will Participate In Many Importanl Events During the Next Two Months. New York. Former President Roosevelt left Wednesday on a twc .months' tour of the south and south west. A $10,000 dinner , a reunion ol the Rough Riders , a day spent In pre siding over ceremonies to be held IE the town of Roosevelt , Ariz. , to marl the opening of the Roosevelt dam , one of the greatest engineering feats in the west , and long hunting and fish ing trips in and about the Rockies are some of the things which will enliven the peregrinations of the former pres ident. In Birmingham he addressed a Child Labor Commission. New Orleans en tertained the ex-Rough Rider with a $10,000 banquet given under the auspices of the Commercial club ol Louisiana. The annual convention of "Cattle Raisers , " one of the most pow erful organizations in the state ol Texas , was addressed by the Colonel at San Antonio. The next stop in the initerary was Albuquerque , N. M. , where the ex-Rough Rider spent two days among his old friends of the sad dle. From there he went to Grand Canyon , Ariz. , where a short address was delivered. Then on to Phoenix for the opening of the Roosevelt dam. In Los Angeles , Colonel Roosevelt will speak at the invitation of Gov ernor Johnson of that state. San Francisco , the termination of his trans-continental trip , will receive some ten days of his time. Here he will divide his time between the Uni versity of California , at Berkeley , where he will deliver the Earl lec tures , six In number ; and his head quarters in the city where he will re ceive visitors from the Pacific slope. No definite arrangements , other than a personal promise to be pres ent at the opening of the new Y. M. C. A. building at Reno , have been made , though it is probable 'that he will visit friends in Oregon and Nevada - vada for an intermediate period , aft er which he will visit Seattle' and Spokane. No speeches to be deliver ed in those states are yet announced ; nor is the length of his stay. At the conclusion of his visit he will proba bly go to some place In Idaho , thence to Sand Point , Montana , and home through the north and middle west SEVEN INDICTED FOR FRAUF Alaskan Development Company Offt clals Accused of Using 300 Citi zens to Make Coal Entries. Detroit , Mich. Government Investi gation Into alleged Alaskan land frauds Involving approximately 48- 000 acres of land , valued at more than $50,000,000 , resulted In the issu ance Monday of an Indictment by the local federal Jury , charging seven Individuals with conspiracy against the United States. The defendants are Wilbur W. McAlplne , Albert H. Roehme , George W. Ross , Frank D. Andrus , Arthur Holmes and McCurdy C. Le Beau , all of Detroit , and JohnM. Bushnell of Chicago. The foregoing are officials of a company known as the Michigan-Alaska Development company. Actress Weds Rich Chinese. Vancouver , Wash. Miss Anita Deschontz , an unusually attractive actress , twenty-two years old , was Thursday married here to Lew. Ting , a wealthy Chinese merchant of Hoqul- am , Wash. She Is of Spanish descent Her home was In Plttsburg , Pa. Lives of Crew Saved. Little Island , Va , The Imperiled crew of the stranded steamer Man churia was saved Thursday. Nine members of the crew were landed in a breeches buoy. TELL OF PROGRESS SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON GRESS OPENS AT ATLANTA. 'resence of Promlnetn Men From Al Sections of Country Adds Dig nity to Gathering. Atlanta , Ga , The presence of PresIdent Ident Taft , Col. Theodore Roosevelt Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , Secretary rotary of War Dickinson , Woodrov Wilson , governor of New Jersey , to gether with all the governors of tht southern states and some of the fore most business men of the nation al the opening of the Southern Commer clal congress here Wednesday addec dignity to a convention whose 1m portance to the country at large anc to the south in particular will be second end to none. Coming as it does Jusl fifty years later the division of the states in civil strife , it exemplifies that great commercial union that has sprung from the ashes of a dead revo lution to bind the North and the South firmly in t'he bonds of mutual Interest. Three men of world-wide reputation occupied the attention of the conven tion with addresses of much interest Secretary Wilson delivered a speech on agriculture In the South , George Westinghouse spoke on "Electricity in the Development of the * South , " and George W. Perkins addressed the con vention on "Business Efficiency in Southern Progress. " During the three days o fthe con vention many speeches were deliv ered. These discourses were headed by a speech from Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida on "The Southern Renaissance. " The second speech of national importance will be by Sen ator Money of Mississippi on "The Obligation of the Panama Canal. " The third national utterance was from the lips of Former Senator James Gordon of Mississippi , who brought a message "From Yesterday to Today. " He was followed by Dr. Clarence J. Owens , commander-in- chlef of the United Sons of Confed erate Veterans , who spoke on "Today and Tomorrow. " Colonel Roosevelt was the fifth speaker. President Taft made the closing remarks of the convention , taking for his topic , "A Greater Nation Through a Greater South. " TARS FACE DEATH ON TUG Craft With Men From tne Fleet Goes Ashore and the Sailors Pass Eight Hours of Terror. Norfolk , Va. For eight hours one hundred enlisted men en route from the American battleship fleet In Cuban waters were In momen tary danger of losing their lives when the naval tug Uncas went ashore two miles south of the Rip Raps , near here. The supply ship Celtic arrived from Cuba with a big draft of men whose enlistments have expired or will expire shortly and the Uncas was dispatched from the Norfolk navy yard to bring the men to this city. When the tug started back to Norfolk , despite the fact that the channel is wide and deep , it went about 1,000 feet off the course and hit the beach. Finally the vessel floated , but only after a night of terror during which distress whistles were blown and rockets and revolvers fired continu ously. The men declared the tug on several occasions nearly capsized. KIEFF MASSACRE IS DENIED Recent Rumors of Killing of Jews Without Foundation , Says United States Consul at Odessa. Washington. Recent rumors that a number of Jews had been massacred at Kleff are untrue , ac cording to a cablegram received by the state department from the Ameri can consul at Odessa. The consul said there was no foundation for the re ports and that all was quiet in the vicinity of Kleff. EMPRESS GOES TO AID OF SON Mother Goes to Bedside of Adalbert and the Kaiser Also Is on the Way. Kell , Germany. Empress Au- guste Victoria arrived here to as sist In nursing Prince Adalbert , who Is 111 with what is described as a mild attack of appendicitis. The em peror Is expected here soon. He left Bremen today. No official bulletin concerning the .condition of the prince has been issued. Grant to Be Coronation Aid. Washington. MaJ. Gen. Fred erick D. Grant at present com manding the department of the east , has been selected as military aid on the staff of John Hays Hammond , the special ambassador to represent President Taft a the coronation of King George V. Rear Admiral Fremont Dies. Boston. Rear Admiral John Charles Fremont , commandant of the Charles- town navy yard , fell dead of heart dis ease in his home at the navy yard Wednesday. He was born In San Francisco In 1849. Price of Champagne Going Up. New York. Advices from Paris Wednesday to local wine Importers in- iicate that an advance between $5 and $10 a case on champagne is con templated by the French wine grow ers this year. ALL OVER NEBRASKA First Debate of Series. Lancaster County. In half of the eleven districts of the Nebraska High School Debating league the first ser ies of contests to decide the district championship and the honor of send ing representatives to the state de bate Is about concluded , and the dis trict directors are arranging the schedules for the second series. In a district of eight schools , for example , the second series will include the two debates between the two pairs of win ners in the first series. The third and final debate for the district champion ship will then be between the two winners in the second series. Victory last week fell to Osceoia , which won from Stromsburg in the central district ; Indianola over Mc- Cook , in the southwestern district ; Trenton over Culbertson , in the southwestern district , and Sutton over Geneva , in the central district. Horses Burned at Hastings. Adams County. Forty-eight heaa of horses burned to death in a fire which entirely * destroyed Ed Tanner's livery stable at Hastings. The fire had gained such headway whea dis covered it was possible to save only seven animals. Several were badly scorched. Fifteen vehicles , machin ery and feed were destroyed. The loss is about $16,000 and insurance is $10,500. Farmer Killed. Cuming County. Anton Neeson , a well known and highly respected farmer living west of West Point was accidentally killed. Mr. Neeson drove to the parochial school at Alois to take his grandson to school. On his rfiturn , when about a mile east of the village , he was thrown from his seat in the buggy , caught between the shaft and wheel and was wedged to death. Indian Shot by His Wife. Richardson County. Word has been received at Falls City that Isadore Rodd , an Indian living on the reser vation southeast of Preston , was shot twice by his wife at the home of Sherman Hays. There is very lit tle chance to save his life , the physi cians say. One bullet entered.the ab domen and the other went through both of the jaws. Eighth Deer Lost. Platte County. A 200-pound buck deer escaped from the Condon park at Humphrey. Boys playing in the park frightened the deer , only one of which succeeded in clearing the" fence , which was made of woven wire and over eight feet high. This makes the eighth deer that the park has lost by death or fright in the last ten months. Next Meeting at Omaha. Douglas County. By a vote of 1,412 to 1,310 school teachers of Nebraska have voted to hold their next meet ing in Omaha and it will be during election week in November , the teach ers voting almost two to one in favor of this time. This is the third time in thirty years that the association has come to Omaha. Dr. Redfield a Candidate. Lincoln County. In response to earnest solicitations Dr. Willis J. Red- field , head physician of the Surgeons and Physicians hospital of North Platte , has announced himself as a candidate for re-election as grand medical examiner of the Ancient Or der of United Workmen. Infantile Paralysis. Cherry County. The first case of infantile paralysis to develop in Val entine was when the child of Jake Kline and wife came down with it. The case is in the hands of Drs. Dal- lal and Barakat , who report the little one as getting better and think she will recover. Burglars in Union Bank. Cass County. The burglars who broke into the bank of Union some time Thursday night left one clew which , may help to establish their Identity. In their hurry they left a man's blue work jacket of a rather small size , badly soiled and worn , but It being the kind any workingman might wear , this is a very slight clew , rhey evidently were * investigating the vault as a numberof burned matches were found around the vault door. County Judge Elder Dies. Lincoln County. County Judge W. [ J. Elder died at North Platte of dia betes. He was a pioneer citizen and prominent in politics in Lincoln coun ty for many years. For sixteen years le was clerk of the district court and : or the last six years has been coun- : y judge of the county. Lincoln Man Suicides. Lancaster County. John McLeod , a prominent real estate dealer , shot limself in his ofilce and was found by ils stenographer. He was about 36 rears of age and came to Lincoln ! rom Neligh about a year ago. Gauss tor the act is not known. Joy Ride Proves Serious. Gage County. A joy ride proved ather expensive for Paul Wayham it Beatrice and he is now in the : ounty jail charged with stealing a 12,000 touring car from William C. 31ack , which was in his possession vhen arrested. Benkeiman Votes Bonds. Chase County. The Benkeiman school district voted bonds in the sum of $12,000 for the construction > f a new school building in Benkel- nan. The proposition had a majority > f 21 over the necessary two-thirds.
