Nebraska Newspapers

    VALENTINE DEMOCEAl
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE. NEBRASKA
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF WHAT
CHINA'S GREAT FAMINE
MEANS.
PATHETIC SCENES OBSERVED
Rev. Thomas Carter , a Missionary in
Anwhei Province , Draws a Pitiful
Picture of Sufferings Encountered
in Stricken Districts.
New York. Pathetic details of the
suffering from famine in Anwhei and
other provinces of China reach the
mission boards here in every mail. A
leter came recently to the board of for
eign missions of the Presbyterian
church from Rev. Thomas Carter , a
missionary stationed at Hwai Yung ,
in Anwhei province.
"I never really knew what the Lord's
prayer meant until today , " he writes.
"We came to a village 'where some
Christians gathered for worship. To
near those men say 'Give us this day
our daily bread' had a strange sound
when we knew that not one of them
.had so much as seen bread for many
a day , unless you call pressed sweet
potato vines bread. Somehow that
prayer must be answered. We cannot
let these people starve. "
A million persons in the region north
of his station , Mr. Carter says , are to
die of starvation before summer unless
help comes from outside. He writes
of the scene as it impressed him in the
following terms :
' It would be hard to draw a picture
of the famine district that would not
be altogether misleading. The coun
try looks much the same as any stretch
of country looks in China. Long
stretches of good , rich fields just begin
ning to be green with winter wheat.
AN INNING OR VANDALISM.
Northern Mexico Overrun With Law
less Bands.
El Paso , Tex. According to reports
received from what are - unquestionable
questionable sources , vandalism , the
commandering of food supplies by law
less persons and interference with the
free activity of business people are
growing in northern Mexico to such an
extent that thousands of norfSombat-
ants , including many Americans , are
leaving the country.
Americans are allowed to leave free
ly but not without being detained by
"bands of armed men , in some Instances
being deprived of their valuables.
Cattle and hogs are taken without re
gard to ownership and many stores
have been raided and left empty. 'It
4s given out that depredations are not
countenanced by the insurrecto army ,
out are performed by a lawless ele
ment not acting in accordance with
the revolutionary movement.
To Study "Sleeping Sickness. "
Boston. Dr. Simon B. Wolbach , as
sistant professor of bacteriology at the
Harvard medical school , and Dr. J. L.
Todd , of the medical department of
McGill university , Montreal , have de
parted for West Africa to study these
so called "sleeping sickness" and its
allied diseases among the natives.
Hurt In a Runaway.
Valentine , Neb. Dr. Noyes , United
States veteran , who was hurt in a run
away about sixty miles northeast of
here was found to be very badly In
jured. He was thrown into a wire
fence and in trying to hold on to the
team was dragged quite a ways , the
barb wire cutting clear to the bone
In the calf of one of his legs.
Electric Power From Sioux.
Sioux Falls , S. D. A hydroelectric
plant Is to' be constructed on the Sioux
River at Fairview , twenty-five miles
south of this city , to supply currents
for that town and a number of sur
rounding villages. The investment
will'be about $30,000.
Charles Mitchell Dead.
New Britian. Charles Elliott Mitch
ell , who was United States commis
sioner of patents under President Harrison
risen , died of apoplexy Friday. He
was 76 years old.
\ \ Jeanette Bests Barry
New Yory. Joe Jeanette , the negro
heavyweight , had ail the better of a
ten-round bout with Jim Barry. There
-were no knockdowns.
Sioux City Live Stock .Market.
Sioux City , lo. Saturday's quota
tions on the local live stock market
'follow : Top beeves , $6.25. Top hogs ,
$6,60.
Drive Mile in 28:40.
Jacksonville , Fla. Bob Burman Sun
day afternoon drove the first mile at
more than two miles a minute on the
"
( Atlantic-Pabol beach , when he piloted
Ilia 250-horsepower Mercedes over the
{ beach a mile in 28:40 seconds.
Grain Company Assigns.
Kansas City , Mo. Assignment for
the protection of creditors was made
by the Percy C. Smith Grain company
of this city to A. S. Jobes and H. T.
Fowler. The amount of Its liabilities
not been announced.
NINE MEN ARE CHARGED WITH
CONSPIRACY BY FEDERAL
GRAND JURY.
ONE TRUE BILL A SURPRISE
Witness Called to Aid Prosecution In
Alleged $10,000,000 Alaskan Land
Grab Shares Fate of Others al
End of Inquiry.
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Chicago. The federal grand jury
Thursday returned true bills against
nine men charging them with having
defrauded the government out of 10-
000 acres of Alaskan coal land.
They were Albert C. Frost , former
president of the Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric company and promoter of
other enterprises , who is now in Eu
rope ; Pierre G. Beach , former secre
tary of the Alaska Central railroad
and at present secretary and treasur
er of the A. C. Frost company ; George
M. Seward , receiver for the A. C.
Frost company ; Frank Watson of Spo
kane , Wash. ; George A. Ball of Muncie -
cie , Ind. ; Duncan M. Stewart , Seward ,
Alaska , formerly manager of the
Southern bank of Toronto , Canada ;
Henry C. Osborne , Gwyn L. Francis
and Francis H. Stewart of Toronto ,
bankers and brokers , who aided
Frost.
There are now about twenty indict
ments pending in different parts of
the country growing out of the Alas
kan frauds , and more are promised
as soon as these cases are out of the
way. An early trial will be demanded.
The alleged conspiracy began at
Chicago on 'April 1 , , 1908 , it is
charged , to defraud the government
of large tracts of coal lands within
the Cook inlet precinct and recording
district in Alaska and in the district
of lands attached to the land office of
the United States situated at Juneau.
"The said coal lands aggregated ap
proximately 10,000 acres , are of' the
value of $10,000,000. " the indictment
reads.
"It was a part of said unlawful con
spiracy that by cunning persuasion
and promises of pecuniary reward and
by other corrupt means , persons sev
erally qualified by law to make loca
tion upon and entry and purchase of
said coal lands should be Induced to
make fraudulent locations of coal
lands , ostensibly for the exclusive use
and benefit of said coal land claim
ants , respectively , but in truth'and in
fact for the use and benefit of said
conspirators or some of them. "
It is charged that by this means the
conspirators , or some of them , hoped
to receive and enjoy the benefits of a
greater number of locations and en
tries of coal lands , and of a greater
quantity of coal lands , than allowed
by law.
The indictment of Receiver Seward
is a surprise , as he had been sum
moned as one of the witnesses to tes
tify before the grand jury.
INCOME TAX LAW IS UPHELD
Law Provides That Al I Incorporated
Bodies Shall Pay Tax on Net
Income Above $5,000.
Washington. Without a dissenting
opinion the Supreme court of the Uni
ted States Monday handed down its
decision holding the corporation tax
law constitutional. Thus ended a con
troversy waged almost continuously
since President Taft suggested its
enactment to congresss.
Justice Day read the decision in the
corporation tax case suits testing the
law having been brought from every
section of the country. By its affirma
tion the revenues of the national treas
ury are Increased annually more than
$25,000,000 from the tax on the net in
comes of corporations doing business
for profit , in addition to which the
principle of the right to levy such a
tax is vindicated and , the most of all.
that for which the government has
been striving , access to the books of
the big corporations and full publicity
tvith regard to their affairs is abso
lutely assured.
The main points of the opinion , as
ead by Justice Day , are :
It was within the power of the sen-
ite to insert the corporation pro
visions in a tariff law which origina-
ed In the house.
The tax is an "excise tax on the dong -
ng of business , " which is exactly the
> asis on which the government de-
ended the law.
The provisions of the law are not
he arbitrary exercise of a power ,
his was .urged in argument as one
eason why the law should be held uri-
onstitutional. "
The tax is regarded as measured by
ncome rather than being a tax on in- i
ome.
Of all the objections to the tax
aised by suits in all parts of the
ountry none of them was found suf-
cient to nullify the law.
The tax is one per cent , of the en-
ire net income over and above $5,00f
eceived from all sources.
Charles H. Remington Is Dead.
Watertown , N. Y. Charles H. Rem-
igton , treasurer of the Remington-
[ artin Paper company , died Wednes-
ay as the result of blood poisoning
lused by a slight cut on his hand in- n
icted about a week ago. s
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Carnegie to Lose $800,000.
New York. At the Carnegie Trust
> mpany inquiry before the grand jury
New York city Wednesday It was 81
81it
ated that Andrew Carnegie would it
itO
se $800,000 by the forgery of an offi- itVi
al in the wrecked bank Vi
WELL-TIME FOR A NAP , ANYHOW
REBELS EXPLODE NITROGLYCERIN -
IN UNDER BUILDINGS OCCU
PIED BY DIAZ TROOPS.
MEXICO TO SHOW NO MERCY
Leniency for Insurrectos Is at an End
Citizens of United States , Held in
Jails , Are Assured Civil Trials
for Sedition.
El Paso , Tex. Two heavy charges
of nitro-glycerin were exploded under
the barracks occupied by Mexican
troops Wednesday night at Juarez ,
Mexico , and the buildings occupied by
the soldiers were badly damaged.
The attempt to blow up the barracks
is attributed to revolutionists.
Two of a small band of insurrectos
who secretly had entered the town
were wounded and captured.
Assurance of the safety of 'all
Americans now confined in Mexican
prisons is given in an official state
ment issued at Juarez.
Americans now prisoners will be
given trials in the civil courts on
charges of sedition against the Mexi
can government , but hereafter all in
surrectos , whether citizens , of the
United States or not , may be subject
to the death penalty under summary
military procedure.
The statement from the Mexican
officials was issued relative to the
seventeen foreigners now imprisoned
In the federal jail at Casas Grandes.
Fifteen of them are Americans. Pend
ing their trials they will be given the
consideration due to prisoners of war.
Colonel Cuellar , in command at Casas
Grandes , is suffering from wounds ,
and as soon as he Is able to move ,
the prisoners will be marched 170
miles to Chihuahua to face the civil
courts.
The two other foreigners are Euro
pean "soldiers of fortune" who have
fought in Central American revolu
tions.
Colonel Manuel Tamborel , military
commander at Juarez , said :
"The Americans have not been shot
and will not be. Colonel Cuellar has
so reported to us here and to Mexico
City. It is the Intention to give the
men a fair trial. This does not mean ,
however , the same consideration will
be given to foreigners hereafter cap
tured. "
Colonel Tamborel at first said he
had been advised that forty foreigners
had been captured , but later said the
report was incorrect. He said he had
not received the names of the Amer
icans. /
It is said the citizens of the United
States now fighting in the insurrecto
ranks number 600. The largest force
s with Capt. Oscar G. Creighton. who
ias been active in blowing up rall-
oad bridges. * Government officials
eceived orders to put a stop to the
crossing of Americans from El Paso
nto the insurgent territory.
New York. The sudden departure
rom New York Thursday of Senor Li-
nantour , the Mexican minister of
inance , after a week of conferences
md negotiations , the precise nature
> f which has not hitherto been clear ,
vas Friday explained by the under-
itanding that he has succeeded in ef-
ecting a tentative plan by which sub-
tantial reforms are expected to be
> ut in force immediately by the Mex-
can government , and the leading in-
urrectos , being satisfied , are to aid
n restoring peace.
Calexico , Cal. Firing from the
Lmerican side of the international
trie , Mexican customs officials at
Igodones Wednesday sent a volley
ate the insurrectos , the latter reply
ig by firing across the line into the.
imerican town of Andrade. No one
ras wounded so fas as is known.
Frank Work Dies of Pneumonia.
New York. Frank Work , the multi-
lillionaire railroad man and father of
[ rs. Burke-Roche , died at his home
ere Thursday of pneumonia. He was
Inety-two years old and it is under-
: oed leaves an estate amounting to
JO.000,000.
Hurled , Unhurt , by Train.
Utica , N. Y. Matthew Bowers was
ruck by the Twentieth Century Lim
ed here Thursday and escaped with-
it a scratch. The wagon In which he
as viding was demolished.
ZELAYA SCENTS PLOT
DECLARES U. S. STIRS UP CEN
TRAL AMERICAN DISCORD. .
Late Nicaragua President Explains to
Europe That This Nation Will
Dominate Western Hemisphere.
Paris. Jose Santos Zelaya , for
mer president of the republic of
Nicaragua , attacks the attitude of
the United States toward the
Mexican affair most violently in an in
terview here. It will be remembered
that Mr. Zelaj'a was forced to relin
quish his office at the time of the re
cent rebellion in the Central American
republic.
Zelaya charges that the United
States government , inspired by the
prospect of commercial and financial
gain , is waging a merciless war not
only with Mexico , but against the
whole of Central America , which it
seeks to absorb so as to become abso
lute master of the western hemis
phere.
He asserts , too , that the United
States is deliberately inciting revolu
tions in Latin-America that they may
serve as excuses for intervention. He
pictures President Diaz of Mexico ,
"my friend and a grand , courageous
old man , who despite his eighty years
plunges daily in a cold tath and rides
his horse like a gentleman , " as
"patriotically and bravely but vainly
resisting American encroachments. "
SEVEN DIE IN FIERCE-GALE
Tug Silver Spray Wrecked In Clove *
land Harbor and Her Crew
Is Drowned.
Cleveland , O. Seven lives were lost
and a fishing tug is at the bottom of
Lake Erie as a result of the gale
which swept the lakes.
The tug Silver Spray of Erie , op
erated by the Booth Fisheries com
pany , went down off this harbor
Thursday. The crew , consisting of
six men and a boy , took to the tug's
lifeboat and rowed for the shore , but
were dashed on the breakwater and
drowned.
The tugs Castanet and Lorain
picked up the bodies of five members
of the Silver Spray's crew ,
FREED OF BRIBERY CHARGE
Illinois Legislators Declared "Not
Guilty" of Conspiracy in Connec
tion With Furnfture Contracts.
Springfield , 111. , March 13. After
three and onerhalf hours' deliberation ,
during which time about twenty-one
ballots were taken , the jury in the
trial of State Senator Stanton C. Pem-
berton of Oakland and of former Rep
resentative Joseph S. Clark of Van-
dalia , who are charged with entering
into a conspiracy to secure money cor
ruptly for their votes in awarding the
contract for the furnishing of the sen
ate and house chambers of the statehouse -
house , returned a verdict of "not
guilty. "
ROUGH RIDERS HOLD REUNION
2otonel Roosevelt Has Happy Time
With Old Friends of the
Saddle.
Albuquerque , N. M. Former PresI-
lent Roosevelt was in his glory last
iVednesday , renewing friendships with
> ld comrades in arms of the Spanish-
American war. The Rough Rider regi-
nent , of which Roosevelt was colonel ,
> pened its annual reunion here , and
he colonel was the principal speaker
it the opening exercises. The reunion
vill come to a close tomorrow. Mrs.
md Miss Roosevelt joined the colo-
lel's party here and will stay with
dm during the remainder of his trip.
Prison for "Get-Rich-Quick" Man.
New York. George H. Munroe , said
iy government officials to have ob-
alned $500,000 from investors in "get
Ich quick" propositions , was convict-
d Thursday of using the mails to de-
raud , and sentenced to three
ears. .
10,000 Miners on Strike.
Indianapolis. , Ind. The formal call
sr a strike of 10,000 miners In Ohio
nd western Pennsylvana was sent
ut from the headquarters of the Unl-
sd Mint Workers Thursday.
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SEE BIG PEACE PACT
ARBITRATION TREATY BETWEEN
U.S. AND ENGLAND POSSIBLE.
Draft of Convention May Be Read )
for Submission to Extra Ses
sion of Congress.
Washington. If is believed her *
that it is possible that when congress
assembles in extra session President
Taft may be able to carry out "his
promise to submit a treaty with Great
Britain providing for general and un
limited arbitration of all questions
arising between that country and the
United States.
It is known that Secretary of State
Knox and the British ambassador ,
James Bryce , have discussed such * a
pact to the extent of exchanging opin
ions , but the provisions of such a
treaty have not yet been committed
to paper.
Now that England so 'far as her
press is concerned has taken the at
titude of commendation of Sir Ed
ward Grey's offer in the house of com
mons to conclude such an agreement
with the United States , the actual
consideration of a tep of this nature
appears to be materially closer. The
fact that negotiations have proceeded
so far that a treaty can be drafted
and put in shape . .o be presented to
congress shortly after the opening ,
raises the questioi to a position of
unusual , almost imminentvimportance.
Advocates of world-peace will avail
themselves of this opportunity to
urge action as the accomplishment of
such a treaty has been characterized
as "The greatest step that can be
taken towards the ultimate eradica
tipn of war. "
The noteworthy feature of the treatj
as suggested by President Taft is the
proposed agreement to submit al
questions , even those involving nation
al honor , to arbitration. Heretofore
such questions have been expressly
excluded from arbitration agreements ,
and the pending arrangement already
takes to itself the hcnor of being the
most comprehensive movement to
wards a guarantee of peace between
the two countries that has ever been
initiated.
The most important single difficulty
that presents itself to an agreement of
this kind so far as the United States
senate is concerned is the insistence
of that chamber on its constitutional
right to pass upon every question that
involves the national honor. The ac
tion of the senate on a treaty which
does away with this privilege cannot ,
of course ; be forecasted. The attitude
of the senate on this question will not
be'settled until it declares itself either
for or against the ratification of the
treaty when submitted.
STANDARD ASKS RETRACTON
John D. Archbold Telegraphs Elgin
Pastor Who Asails the
Company.
New York. The Standard Oil com
pany denies that it subscribed to a
corruption fund alleged to have been
used to secure to William Lorimer his
seat in the senate. The following
telegram was sent last Thursday to
the Rev. Milton B. Williams , pastor of
the First Methodist church , Elgin , HI. :
"Dear Sir : In the morning papers
of this date it is reported that at a
mass meeting held in Elgin to de
nounce Senator William Lorimer , you
said that $625,000 had been spent in
the recent session of congress to ob
tain the acquittal of Senator Lorimer
and that this money had been put .up
by the Standard Oil company and
other big financial interests.
"As the statement is foully and
wholly false so far as it concerns the
Standard Oil company , I call on you
for an immediate public and complete
retraction and an apology for libel I
and slander. The heat of public dis
cussion does not protect the plain citizen
"
izen , much less a minister of the gos
pel , in such unmeasured denunciations ,
from the rigors of the law.
"JOHN D. ARCHBOLD ,
"Vice-President Standard Oil Com
pany. 26 Broadway , New York. "
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ANARCHIST ECHO IN MURDER
Stinie Morrison , Convicted in London ,
Is Believed Connected With
Houndsditch Gang.
London. Stinie Morrison was found
guilty of the murder of Joseph Beron
and sentenced to death.
Morrison denied he lulled Beron.
After the verdict was returned , he ex
claimed :
"I am innocent. I do not believe
there is a God in Heaven. "
The police tried to connect the
tragedy with the Houndsditch an
archist burglar gang and the trial
was one of the most sensational ever
held in London.
The mutilated body of Beron was
[ ound on Claphamcommon early in t
January. The police theory was that
the victim was a member of the
Houndsditch crowd , and had been
icilled for treachery by his associates.
The trial occupied nine days. The
evidence was wholly circumstantial. n
Farm Labor High in 1910.
Washington. Higher wages were
) aid to American farm laborers during B
910 than at any other time in the last Yi
L5 years , according to statistics made-
mblic Thursday by the department of
igriculture.
Mrs * Carrie Nation Weaker. b ;
Leavenworth , Kan. Mrs. Carrie Na- ai
ion , the militant Kansas temperance aitl
rorker , who is at a sanitarium here , Is tl
tln
jadually growing weaker. Her condi- n
lon Thursday -was regarded as s erf-
us. ft
ALL OVEB NEBRASKA
Suicide Deliberately Planned.
Merrill County. A most remarka
ble suicide occurred on the north
side of the river when George C.
Bowman pressed a revolver to the
back of his hea and blew his brains
out. The deceased , who was about
GO years of age , lived with his fam
ily on a homestead about six miles
from Bridgeport * He had been suf
fering from trouble which the doc
tors told him was incurable. Some
days before the suicide "he told his
wife what he intended to do and how
he proposed tc do it. On the day
mentioned he told his wife to leave
the house and informed her that il
she did not it would be worse for
her. Later he ordered his brother
and son out of the room and warned
tnem not to interfere with him. They ,
supposing he even then had his re
volver under the bed clothing , obey
ed his commands. After they left
J
the room he shaved and .dressed ,
folded the bed clothes and piled
them and the pillows on the floor ,
and lying across the bed with his
head over the side , placed the re
volver to the base of his skull and
fired. He had said before this he
would do this so as not to mar his
face. Death resulted instantly.
Thief Burned Barn.
Antelope County. Two brown
horses weighing about 1,400 pounds
each and two sets of good Concord
harness were stolen from the barn
of Percy Jones , who lives about five
and a half miles northeast of Xeilgh.
The thief set fire to the barn , total
ly destroying it and the contents , in
cluding four other horses. The barn
was worth about $1,000 and was in
sured in the county mutual for $500.
The horses were 'insured in another
company for $400. The horses and
thief were traced several miles be
fore the traces were mingled with
other tracks and lost.
Gas Near Fairbury.
Jefferson County. As a result of
an investigation made by Dr. George
E. Condra and a number of univer
sity men under the direction of the
state conservation congress. Dr. Con
dra believes that gas of commercial
value has been found in a shale
formation south of Fairbury. It is
believed that the shale will yield
about 5,000 feet of gas to the ton
and that the solid matter may be
used in making Portland cement.
Adams County Reports.
Adams County. After consultation
automobile drivers and others
familiar with the roads in Adams
county , Dr. J. V. Beghtol , chairman
of the good roads committee of the
chamber of commerce , has transmit
ted a report together with sketches
of the road deemed preferable as the
Adams county section of the propos
ed state road between Omaha and
Denver , to the Coorado state com
mission of good roads.
Publishes Book for China.
Douglas County. An Omaha firm
las published an elaborate book for
: he Hangchow Presbyterian college
) f Hangchow , China. This order
: ame to the Franklin Publishing
company from the Rev. F. W. Bible
) f the college. The books will be
nailed to parties interested in the
vork of the college , also a shipment
vill be made to China.
Falls From Wagon and is Killed.
Clay County. Dave Loudin , a
armer about 55 years of age , fell
rom a load of oats and sustained in-
uries which resulted ia his death ,
le was bringing oats to town , riding
in a wagon high box. A dog scared
he team and Mr. Loudin fell in front
if the wheels , which ran over his
tack , breaking it in two places.
To Form Poultry Association.
Adams County. As the result of
he agitation for the organization of
poultry association , a call has been
asued for a meeting of poultry rais-
rs in Hastings to perfect such an
rganization. Written invifations
rere sent to all poultry men in that
ortion of Nebraska , who had entries
i last year's state poultry show , as
ell as the poultry exhibit in connec-
ion with last fall's festival. It is
tie intention of the poultry fanciers
ehind this movement to bring about
large organization to the end that
oultry raising can be more largely
nd profitably conducted in central
nd western Nebraska.
Fast Running on the U. P.
Hall County. The fast running
me between Grand Island and Cen-
al City on the Union Pacific , which
> r some time has stood at 19 min-
tes for the 22 miles , was cut down
ae minute last week by the Denver
assenger No. 11 , which reeled off
le distance without a skip in 18
iinutes.
Norris Brown at Home.
Buffalo County. Senator Norris
rown is home for a stay of three
eeks , after which he will return to
"s duties at "Washington.
Woman Killed in Runaway.
Buffalo County. Miss Ida A. Stras-
iugh , 39 years old , daughter of Mr.
id Mrs. Abraham Strasbaugh , well
lown residents of Kearney , is dead ,
e result of injuries received in a
maway , when , in leaping from the
iggy , she sustained a .compound
acture of the skull.