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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1912)
THE VALENTINE OEMOCRA : I. IV ! . RICE , Publisher. VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA MINES IN COAL FIELDS IN CEN TRAL WEST AND EAST ARE SHUT DOWN. PUMP MEN TO REMAIN Automatic Suspension Means a Los ; to Employes of $1,000,000 a Day- Country's Coal Production Reducec 42,000,000 Tons a Month. Jndianapolis , Ind. No anthracite 01 bituminous coal is being taken fron the mines by union miners as the re suit of the suspension which went intc effect at midnight , Sunday , due tc wage troubles. More than 400,00 ( miners , about 150,000 in the anthra cite fields and 25,000 in the bituminous will take a vacation , which probablj will iast only a few weeks. Different from a strike , the miners will leave pump men and others at work to pro tect the mines from flooding or othei trouble due to a shutdown of the plants. The bituminous miners will be out only long enough for the wage agree ment , reached in Cleveland , to be rati fied , by the miners by a referendum vote , as it is believed the agreement will be sanctioned by a large majority of the men. The suspension in the an thracite mines will be of longer dura tion , as no agreement has yet been reached between the miners and oper ators. After negotiations were brok en off in New York on March 13 , be tween the anthracite miners and oper ators , nothing was done toward get ting together again until Sunday , when both sides agreed to meet in Philadel phia on April 10 and reopen negotia- , tions. Ballots for the referendum vote by the bituminous miners , it is said , will be sent out from the national miners headquarters in this city as soon as the national president , Jolm P. White , and the other officials return here from Cleveland. It will take more than two weeks to lake the vote , as not all of the locals meet every week. It will require some time to canvass the vote , so the bituminous miners are not expected to resume work much under a month. NEW TURN IN OLD MEXICO. Madero Decides on a Vigorous Cam paign. Washington. D. C resident Fran cisco I. Madero of Mexico has decided upon a vigorous campaign against the rebels , and the American government has consented to permit the shipment from the United States of arms and ammunition for his soldiers. It is the intention of President Ma dero to replenish his army with fresh recruits , throwing them around the strongholds of the rebels.pi ne serious problem of arming them has been sim plified by a decision of the United States authorizing by special permis sion in each case Hie Mexican govern ment to purchase munitions of war here and ship them across the border. Under this policy three consignments of arms and ammunition already have gen into Mexico. Mink League President. Auburn , Neb. Warren Cummings , of Auburn , part owner of the local ball club last season , has been elected pres ident of the Mink league , which organ ized for the season at a meeting here. J. H. Moorhead , of Falls City , candi date for governor , vas elected treasur er and Mr. Cummings was also ap pointed secreatry. The Shenandoah , Io. , franchise was transferred to Hia watha , Kan. , and the Clarinda , Io. , franchise to Beatrice , Neb. A sched ule committee was appointed and the salary limit raised to $900. The sea son will begin May [ ) and end Septem ber 2. Live Stock Market. Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice corn fed steers , ? 7.00@S.OO ; medium to good , $5.75@7.00 ; good to choice fat cows and heifers , $5.25@G.50 ; grass cows , $3.50@5.00 ; canners and cutters ? 2.00@,1.50 ; bulls , $3.75@5.25 ; veals ! ? 4.00@8.00. Hogs Prices range from $6.S5@7.15 , with a bulk of the sales at $6.00@7.05. Sheep Lambs , $5.50@ $7.00 ; yearlings , $5.50@G.OO ; ewes , $3.00@5.00. Reporter a Suicide. Rock Island , 111. A nervous break- clown , due to overwork , caused Hugh W. Rooff , 21 years old , a newspaper reporter , to commit suicide by drown ing in the Mississippi river. His home was at Mays Lick , Ky. Ecuador Loan Taken by France. Guayaquil , Ecuador. The govern ment has signed an agreement with a French syndicate for a loan of 17- 000,000 francs ( $3,400,000. ) Dr. Wiley to Give Lectures. New York. Col. Harvey W. Wiley closed a contract here to give 100 lec tures throughout the United States next season. The tour will begin in October and will include engagements from Maine to California. SENATOR STEPHENTiON BY VOTE OF 40 TO 34 RETAINS SEAT. NO PROGRESSIVES FOR HIIV La Follette Leaves Sick Bed to Cas1 Ballot Against His Colleague- Names of Those V/ho Voted Foi and Against Proposition. Washington. Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin was declared elected tc his seat by the vote of 40 to 34. This ends a long fight in which there were three investigations , revelations ol $107,793 spent by the senator In the primary -campaign of 1908 and charges of the illegal use of money. Senator Robert M. La Follette left , a sick bed to cast his vote against hia colleague. The vote was as follows : For ( Republicans ) Bradley , Ken tucky ; Brandegee , Connecticut ; Briggs , New Jersey ; Burnham , New 'Hampshire ; Burton , Ohio ; Clark , \Vy- 'oming ; Crane , Massachusetts ; Curtis , Kansas ; Dillingham , Vermont ; Du Pont , Delaware ; Gamble , South Da kota ; Heyburn , Idaho ; Lippitt , . Rhode Island ; Lodge , Massachusetts ; Lori- mer , Illinois ; McCumber , North Dako ta ; McLean , Connecticut ; Nixon , Ne vada ; Oliver , Pennsylvania ; Page , Vermont ; Penrose , Pennsylvania ; , Perkins , California ; Richardson , Delaware - ! ' ware ; Root , New York ; Smoot , Utah ; Sutherland , Utah ; Warren , Wyoming ; . Wetmore , Rhode Island 28. For ( Democrats ) Bankhead , Ala bama ; Chilton , West Virginia ; Fletch er , Florida ; Foster , Louisiana ; John ston , Alabama ; Newlands , Nevada ; Overman , North Carolina ; Pomerene , Ohio ; Rayner , Maryland ; Smith , Mary land ; Thornton , Louisiana ; Watson , West Virginia 12. Total , 40. , \ Against ( Republicans ) Borah , Ida- oh ; Bourne , Oregon ; Bristow , Kan sas ; Brown , Nebraska ; Clapp , Minnesota - ! seta ; Crawford , South Dakota ; Cum mins , Iowa ; Dixon , Montana ; Cronna , North Dakota ; Jones , Washington ; . Kenyon , Iowa ; La Follette , Wisconsin ; ; Poindexter , Washington ; Smith , Mich-1 ' igan ; Townsend , Michigan ; Works , California 1(5. ( i Against ( Democrats ) Bryan , Flori da ; Chamberlain , Oregon ; Culberson , Texas ; Gardner , Maine ; Hitchcock , Nebraska ; Johnson , Maine ; Kern , Indiana - ' diana ; Lea , Tennessee ; Martine , New' Jersey ; Myers , Montana ; O'Gorman ; New York ; Owen , Oklahoma ; Percy , Mississippi ; Shively , Indiana ; Smith , Georgia ; Smith , South Carolina ; Stone , Missouri ; Wiliiams , Mississip pi 18. Total , 34. The pairs were as follows , the sen ators named first being in favor of Mr. Stephenson : Bailey , Texas Reed , Missouri. Cullom , Illinois Simmons , North Carolina. Gallinger , New Hampshire Clark , Arkansas. Guggenheim , Colorado Davis , Ar kansas. Nelson , Minnesota Bacon , Georgia. Paynter , Kentucky Gore , Oklaho ma. ma.The The following senators did not vote : Martin and Swansou of Virginia ; Taylor of Tennessee , and Tillman of South Carolina. Not a single progressive Republican senator voted for Mr. Stephenson. On the other hand , three regular Repub licans voted against him Jones of Washington and Smith and Townsend of Michigan. FARM TRAINING IN SCHOOLS Move Toward Providing Such Educa tion in Illinois Made at Conference at the University. Champaign , 111. An important con- feence of educators opened in the college of agriculture of the Uni versity of Illinois , the object of which [ 3 to start a movement toward pro viding for agricultural education in schools throughout the state. The conference was called by B. F. Harris , president of the Illinois Bankers' as sociation and chairman nf its com mittee on agriculture and vocational sducation. In opening the session Mr. Har ris said that while more than 40 per sent of the population of Illinois is n agriculture , that science is not ; aught in any of its country schools , except in a few instances , where it is lone voluntarily. Many of the states equire the teaching of agriculture , t is believed the conference will re suit in a report or bill for the legis- ature. : Illinois Jurist Is Slain. Greenville , Miss. Judge Trogdon of Daris , 111. , was Instantly killed by a evolver sbt fired by Sumner Ihoades , also of Paris , but who had teen on the Trcgdon plantation sev- ral months. Engineers Mail Strike Ballot. New York. Thirty thousand ballots or a strike vote by the engineers on fty railroads east of Chicago have een mailed out of New York by or- er of the Brotherhood of Lei emotive Jngineers , whose demands for in- reased wages have been refused by lie railroads. Ball Club to Train at Home. - Washington. The Washington .merican league ball team has reach- d this city from the Charlottesville Va. ) training quarters. GARNERING DELEGATES FOR TAFT \LSKOY T VESNOMh . TAFT'S campaign for renomination Is being conducted by Congressman MR. man William B. McKlnley of Illinois , with Leroy T. Vernon , a well- known Washington correspondent , aa chief of publicity. JED , W. VA. , SHAFT SCENE OF GAS EXPLOSION AND IN STANT DEATH. ELEVEN ESCAPE THE BLAS1 Thirty-Three Bodies Recovered- Rescue Cars Rushed to Town- Five Men Killed When Sawmill Boiler Explodes. Bluefield , W. Va. Eighty-two men were killed by a gas explosion in the Jed Coal and Coke company's mine at Jed , W. Va. , six miles from here. Only eleven men escaped alive and one of these died within an hour after being brought to the surface. Thirty-three bodies have been lo cated and the rescuers will have them out shortly. When the explosion took place prob ably only the eleven men working at the foot of the shaft had a chance for their lives. They readily made their way up the cages which were not damaged. Though some of the blades of the fans were shattered , they continued to operate , with the fortunate result that enough air was present to admit searching parties immediately. Less than half an hour after the news of the explosion had been com municated to this place relief meas ures were being taken. Oxygen hel mets and other appliances were rushed from the plant of the United States Coal and Coke company , a United States Steel corporation mine near by ; a government mine rescue car en route to Huntington , W. Va. , was turned back on telegraphic or ders from Washington and another car was started from Pittsburgh. The first car reached here shortly after noon. The experts immediately con ceded "that all in the mine were dead. State mine Inspectors promptly or ganized rescue parties and began the exploration of levejs. As the gases were cleared out and they began searches of the lower levels they im mediately began to come upon min ers who had been killed almost in stantly. Other mines near by sent ex perienced foremen to lead hundreds of volunteer rescuers who flocked to the scene as the news spread about the countryside. SHELVE WILEY RESOLUTION Senate Refuses to Express Regret at Chief Chemist's Retirement From Office. Washington. Senator Martine's resolution expressing the regret of the senate over the retirement of Dr. Wiley as chief chemist of the agricul tural department was shelved by the senate. The New Jersey senator moved its adoption , but Mr. Martin of Virginia offered a substitute referring the resolution to the committee on agriculture and the substitute pre vailed. Mr. Martin expressed the apinion that the senate should not go in record on such a subject. LOSES NATHAN ALLEN SUIT Complaint of Mrs. Helen Fuld Dwelle Against Wisconsin Leather Manu facturer Dismissed. New York. Supreme Court Justice terard dismissed a suit for damages ) rought by Mrs. Helen Fuld Dwelle , ilso known as Mrs. Jenkins , against Nathan Allen , the Wisconsin leather nanufacturen , and the detective firm > f Mooney & Boland arising out of he taking by Allen of securities , ewelry and other valuables which vere in a safe deposit box and which , Irs. Jenkins said were hers. One Is Burned to Death. Chicago. One manwas , burned to eath , another is reported missing and housands of dollars' worth of grain nd machinery were destroyed here y a fire that razed the four-story rick building of the B. A. Eckhart our mill at 1300 Carrel avenue. School Superintendent Suspended. Lisbon , O. As a result of his state- lent that 90 per cent , of the school- oys and 40 per cent , of the schoolgirls ere immoral , Superintendent of ohools Felton has been suspended. IN DECISIVE BATTLE REBELS AND FEDERALS CLASH NEAR JIMINEZ. Madero Declares He Has Crushed Foes One of His Generals Com mits Suicide. Mexico City , Mex. A decisive battle between Mexican federal troops and rebels in the vicinity of JIminez has ended. This is re ported from many sources. These re ports , however , are contradictory as to the result. The Mexican govern ment has received an official dispatcH to the effect that the rebels were rout ed , and President Madero In an Inter view last night said it meant the breaking of the rebel cause. He said rebel losses in killed and wounded would reach 1,000 men. A special dispatch originating at Torreon sent to El Imparcial at Mexico ice City and bearing evidence of being - ing authentic , reported that the fed erals had been defeated and that re treating government soldiers were be ing mobilized there. Both reports contain the fact that Gen. Gonzalcs Salas , former minister of war , committed suicide after his command had been routed. In bad repute , he resigned his portfolio to take the field , hoping to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of his countrymen. "The government troops have scored a decisive victory , " declared Presi dent Madero. "Our latest reports show a comptete defeat of the rebels near Corralitos , their losses in dead , wounded and captured accounting for 1,000 of their men. It has been a hard won victory , but it means the break ing of the rebel power. For the rash act of General Salas we have only re gret. It wes not necessary. " SENATE'S IRE IS AROUSED Wickersham Refuses to Give Informa tion en Reorganization of Inter national Harvester Company. Washington , D. C. Attorney Gen eral Wickersham raised a slight storm in the senate by refusing to supply information concerning thg re organization of the International Har vester company , which was asked by a resolution adopted March 16. Senator Bacon took exception not only to the attorney general's action , but to the manner of communicating it. Mr. Wickersham said in his letter that it was incompatible with the in terests of the United States to supply the information desired because the correspondence on file related to busi ness which was unfinished. Mr. Bacon declared the language to be discourteous and said that appar ently the attorney general had forgot ten that he was a creature of con gress. POSSE ON TRAIL OF BANDITS Claude Allen Escapes but Others Are Sighted by Detec tives. Galax , Va. Claude Allen , twenty- .wo-year-old son of Floyd Allen ind one of those indicted for the lillsville courthouse murders , has ileanly eluded all pursuers , but his mcleSidna _ Allen , and cousins , Wes- ey , Edmunds and Fred Allen , are BO ilosely pressed on the south side of he Blue Ridge mountains that they jrobably will be captured within three lays. Not so , however , with the other hree outlaws , who are dodging about n the Blue Ridge mountains between lere and Mount Airy , N. C. They lave been seen at a distance , detec- ives having been within thirty mia- ites' rides of them. New Colombian Minister Named. Bogota , Colombia. Julio Betan- ourt has been appointed Colombian sinister at Washington , succeeding fen. Pedro Nel Ospina , who was re- ailed p.fter his letter to Assistant lecretary of State Wilson informing im that he considered Secretary ot tate Knox's proposed visit to Colom- la might be inopportune. Deserted Husband a Suicide. Washington Philip HIchborn , 'hose wife eloped with Wylie , the romlnent clubman , has suicided. ROADS REFUSE RASS RAILWAYS REJECT DEMAND FOF AN ADVANCE. Employers Say Charges Would Bloc ! Improvements Which Arc Re quired by Lav/ . New York. Fifty ralnoacls com prising practically all the line : east of Chicago and north , of th < Norfolk & Western , refused to gran I an increase in wakes demanded bj their locomotive engineers. I The conference committee oT rail ! road managers which has had undei consideration the request of the engi neers made its reply , which in sub stance is that the railroads are un able to bear the increased expense in volved , "and find it evidently impos sible to grant the request. " The engineers' demand , presented on January 22 , was for an increase amounting to about 19 per cent a year. The railroads' refusal is based on the assertion that they are finan cially. unable to bear the Increased ex pense. The reply was presented at a joint meeting of committees representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers and 12 presidents and general managers of the railroads. The railroads point out that the pro posed Increase will amount to $7,553- 792 annually. This increase , they say , would be equivalent to placing on their property a lien of $188,844,818 of 4 per cent , securities , which would have preference over first mortgage bonds , "and to just that extent would lessen the ability of the roads to make the im provements necessary to Increase the efficiency of their service and to in sure greater safety to the public and employes. " TAFT SWEEPS NEW YORK President Victorious at the Primaries Tv/o Sets of Delegates Chosen at Indianapolis Meeting. New York. In the primaries held in New York state , former President Roosevelt carried three districts the first ( his own ) , embracing the coun ties of Nassau and Suffolk , where there was no contest , and the West- shester and Rockland County dis tricts , controlled by National Committeeman - teeman Ward. Roosevelt also has one delegate from Brooklyn , William A. Prendergast , who as a known Roosevelt velt man , was left on the regular ticket. President Taft carried the Utlca. district , the home of Vice-President Sherman , where there was a fight. Roosevelt won only seven delegates out of ninety in the entire state. The four delegates at large will be instructed for Taft. Roosevelt men assert the primaries were improperly conducted , and will carry the matter to the national con vention. Indianapolis , Ind. Two sets of del egates at large to the Republican na tional convention at Chicago were chosen here. , One quartet , elected in the state convention , is instructed to vote for the renomination of President Taft The contesting delegation bears the Roosevelt stamp. The Taft "big four" are ex-Vice- President Fairbanks , National Committeeman - teeman Harry S. New , ex-Congressman James E. Watson , and Joseph D. Oli ver of South Bend. The Roosevelt delegation , chosen in "rump" convention , includes ex-United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Edwin M. Lee of Lawrenceburg , chair man of the Roosevelt Indiana cam paign committee ; Charles F. Campbell of Shelbyville , and Frederick Landis of Lcgansport. -Phoenix , Ariz. The Arizona legis lature has unanimously selected Mar cus A. Smith of Tucson and Henry F. Ashurst of Prescott as representatives of this state in the upper house of congress. Smith and Ashurst were elected by popular vote at last election. Colorado Springs , Colo. The Colorado rado Republican state convention here was solid for President Taft , the dele gates being as follows : Thirty-nine counties with G5G dele gates being for Taft as against 22 counties and 242 delegates for Reese velt. MAY END COAL STRIKE President White of the United Mine Workers to Ask 5 per cent. Increase. Cleveland , O. John P. White , pres ident of the United Mine Workers of America , and the district presidents ire considering a possible solution of .he threatened strike of the bitumin- jus miners of western Pennsylvania , Dhio , Indiana and Illinois. They purpose placing before the vorkers the plan to drop all their de- nands except that for an increase In iay and that they ask for five per : ent. Instead of ten. The union officials say an agreeable idjustment of the bituminous dispute vould have much Influence in secur- ng for the 175,000 anthracite miners L settlement of their differences. Senator Taylor Worse. Washington. Senator Taylor of Tennessee , who has been ill for some ! ays with an aggravated gall stone rouble , is much worse. His case so far as failed to yield to treatment and his ondition is regarded as precarious. Fire Sweeps New Y. M. C. A. Peoria , 111. Fire originating from pontaneous combustion in painters' applies in the gymnasium practically uined Peoria's new Young Men's hristian association building here , 'he ' loss is estimated at $45,000. ALL OVER NEBRASKA. Chickens Were Poisoned. Custer County. E. H. Purceli of. . Broken Bow has just experienced1 something new in the line of poultry ; troubles and it was rather startling one , too. He has kept a flock of 110 pullets over winter. They were healthy young hens of a superior breed and had just arrived at the lay ing stage. On opening the poultry house door in the morning Mr. Purceli was amazed to find his flock piled up over the floor , the greater part of ' them dead and others in a dying con- dition. It is believed they were pois oned. : Transfer of Meeting Place. Otoe County. The Executive Com mittee of the Nebraska State Travel ers Protective Association has trans ferred its annual convention from Ne braska City to Omaha. This change was brought about because the Nebraska - . braska City people were so unfortunate - * , nate as to lose one of their best ho tels by fire recently , and the citizens/ of that thriving little city thought it would be impossible to care for the' visitors with the limited accomoda- tions. Omaha was asked to take the conventions and gladly agreed to do' so. Feathered Finery Burned. Dodge County. A mass of feathered finery that adorned the head of Mrs. Uhler of Hooper went up in smoke at Union station in Fremont when sparks from a switch engine descend ed in a shower upon it. The first ink ling Mrs. Uhler had that her head gear was afire was a warning shout from a baggage man. A scream , a hurried snatch and the hat was lying : on the platform where the flames leisurely finished consuming ail but the frame. Misbranded Vinegar Seized. Dodge County. United States Food and Drug Inspector Evans and Deputy United States Marshal Haze swooped down on the wholesale grocery estab lishment of May Bros , in Fremont and seized a carload of vinegar alleg ed to be misbranded and adulterated. The local merchants were innocent. They bought the vinegar for genuine cider product from the Marshaltown ( la. ) Vinegar company. Analysis showed it to be a mixture of acetic acid and other chemicals. Farm Home Burned. Saunders County. Fire , the origin of which is supposed to be from a de fective flue , destroyed the farm home of Ernest W. Clark , ten miles north west of Ashland. Loss is about $1,800 on the house and $300 on the house hold effects , only a small part of which were saved. New Departure For Banks. York County. Hereafter the banks of York county having county funds on deposit will have to furnish bonds and the county board has notified Treasurer McCleland to notify the banks to comply with the law at once and furnish bonds or the money will be withdrawn. Merely Pleads Not Guilty. Lancaster County. Charles Merely entered a plea of not guilty when ar- raingned on two counts in the county court. The complaint charged him with murdering Warden Delahunty Hnd aiding in the murder of Usher Jlellman. Fell Dead Where Working. Madison County. C. Shaw , for twenty-five years a prominent citizen of Norfolk , fell dead while shoveling S21OW. Opposed To Free Sugar. Scottsbluff County. The Scotts- bluff club has passed a series of reso iut-ions denouncing the proposed free sugar bill pending in congress. . : Railway Improvement. C'uster County. The Burlington road has started on the improvements to be made between Ansley and Dun- ling. A new round house and turn- : able will be built at Broken Bow , ilso 4,000 feet of sidetrackage put in. rwenty-one outfit cars are spurred 3ut at Linscott and a like number at \nselmo. Tramps V/ill Go Hungry. York County. Hereafter all tramps vill probably receive a pretty cool re ception when they visit York if the uling of the board of supervisors is : arried. The board will refuse to pay n the future for any free lunch landed out. Nebraskan Saw Maine Buried. Wayne County. John Cherry , a Vinside boy on board the cruiser Bir- ningham , was present at the "burial" -f - the battleship Maine. In a debate between Minden and Ox- ord on the subject of "The Closed Ihop , " the former won. Ministers Form Organization. Nemaha County. Ministers of Ne- laha , Otoe and Richardson counties let in Peru for the organization of a linisterial association. They decided 3 invite into this organization the min sters of Johnson and Pawnee coun- ies , and to call it the Ministerial .ssociation of Southeastern Nebraska , .ev. Edwin Darrow of Peru was se- ; cted temporary president , Bev. F. . Lyon of Nebraska City temporary ice president and Rev. A. J. Hoi- nggworth of Peru temporary secres iry.
