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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
RUSSIA HAS A PEACE PLAN
Will Oppose Limitation Of Armaments at
The Hague Conference. !

estigation- and board by the first
conference. The Increasing number
oil cases referred to The Hague is am.
pie reason in Russian official eyes
for wide enlargement of the func-
TONS OF The Hague peace process, and
Russia also regards 1t aaghighly desir.
able that the questions So3 maritime
war and the rights and obligations 81
ncutrals should be systemized. Russia
is anxious that the masin powers par
tic!Nate heartily and that England and
Japan should not persist il: their atti-
tude Of reserve toward tina discussion,
Another question which Russia hopes
will elso result in inteSnarYOral regu.
'ation, concerns the Obligation OF neu-
trails in supplying belligerents with
coal and similar quasi-munitions of
war. This question was one of acute
interest during the Russo-Jappanese
war. Definite rules concerning the
right Of asylum in neutral ports are
also desired.
Russia has not yet made official an
nouncement regarding her attitude In
regard to the decision Of the Brago
doctrine, proposed by the United
States, but the appointment OF M.
Prosor, the Russian authority on this
question, indicates Russia's willing
ness to participate in the discussion
on this subject, if the other powers
more vitality interested are willing to
agree to the program.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
FOR DlPl.O .OMATS TO DECIDE
American Deserter and British Sea Cap.
tain Raise Fine Question.

Washington, June s--Col. H. A
Greene Of the Tenth infantry, com
mand at Fort VIM. H. Seward, Alas
ka, has applied to the war department
to cause the arrest and return Of q
deserter and incidentally to punish the
captain Of British ship who, per.
haps. has created an international is.
sue.
According to Col. Greene, sergt
Buell.. member Of the post band
deserted from Fort Seward and went
on board the British steamer Prin.
cess May. When the ship touched
at Ketchikan, May IA. the city mar.
shal, under instructions from the mill.
tary authorities, sought to arrest Buell.
The latter locked himself in his cab.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04

in and the captain of the ship refused
to allow him to be forcibly arrested,
and sailed away to Canadian port,
where the deserter landed and disap.
peared. Col. Greene asks that the war
department ask the state department
to make a requisition on the British
government for the return OF the de-
serter to Fort Seward and for the
punishment Of the captain. The acting
Judge advocate general, however, has
taken the ground that the military has
no such authority, and if the effort
is made to punish the British captain,
it must be through the civil authori-
ties. who were derelict in the first
place in not arresting both the de-
serter and the captain. if he refused
process within the territorial waters.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
SLEPT ON THEIR RIGHTS
State Supreme Court Dismisses Action
Involving Mechanics Lien.

school income, 100000 to the perman-
ent agricultural college fund and s12,-,
900 to the permanent deaf and dumb
asylum fund, with the remainder scat
tered through the several funds.
The survey for the Helena 4 Butte
electric line has been completed and
is is expected that within two weeks
reliable estimate as to It's cost al
prepared from the field notes, profiles
and topography accurately determined
will be submitted to the board of al
rectors. NJ
The line runs TO the west ~ tha
Great Northern tracks between me
two cities, and in covering The dis.
tance, touches not a single town be-.
tween the two cities. but win omen ,ip
rich mining and agricultural districts
The route Is almost an air line d.
tween Helena and Rutta
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
Especial to The Gazstte).

Helena, June s-The supreme court
today, in an opinion by Associate
Justice Smith, reversed the decision
OF the Gallatin county district court
in the suit of Susan McEwen and
others, plaintiffs and respondents,
against the Montana Pulp & Paper
company and the Union Ban k & Trust
company.
The action was begun for the pur-
pose of foreclosing certain alleged
lien for material furnished by the
plaintiffs to the first named defend
ant for its paper mill at Manhattan.
The complaint AYERS that June Is,
1900, plaintiffs furnished the material
mentioned and that September Il,
1900, they filed their claim for a lien
with the county recorder. It further
alleges that the defendant Union Bank
& Trust company asserts some right
in the building and lands ON which
the lien is claimed. The case was
tried without a jury and the lower
court found for the plaintiffs, as pray
ed, holding the plaintiffs lion prior to
any rights Of the bank.
The opinion of the supreme court
holds that the material having been
furnished ON or before June 6, more
than so days prior to September IA,
when the claim for lien was filed,
the mechanics lien law was not COM
piled with and the lien did not at
tach. Hence the reversal and the re-
manding Of the case, with instructions
to dismiss the complaint as to the APP
peliant Union Bank G Trust company.
The total receipts Of the state land
office, according TO reporE prepared
today by John P. Schmidt, register,
for the half year ended May 81, were
the largest on record, the total amount
being sss6. 6.6s9.ss. or this large cum,
S93. 1000 in round figures N mt 70 the
permanent school fund, S84l 600 to the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04

st. Petersburg, June 3.-Russia's at
,titude and line of action before The
Hague conference are beginning to
take shape at series of conferences
between M. Nelidoff, first member
OF the Russian delegation; his assis-
tants and technical advisors, and ON.
ciaas OF the foreign office A series
of propositions. mainly drafted by M.
DeMartens, the celebrated Russian ex-
pert on international Law, and member
OF the delegation, furnishing a basis
OF discussion Of the program have
been considered and tentatively adopt
ed. Whether these will be presented
to the conference depends largely upon
the attitude OF other delegates, Rus
sia having no desire to shape the d.
rections which the subjects will take.
Nevertheless, Russia has now very def
initely shaped her course on the var
ious important questions to be pre-
scented.
In regard to the limitation of arma-
ments, Russia maintains the position
laid down in its note OF March 16, 1905,
and with Austria and Germany. 10
frankly opposed to any discussion Of
this subject, which it still feels can
lead to no useful result.
In the plans for the conference, the
Russian government lays chief weight
on the developments Of the scope and
machinery Of The Hague tribunal and
the international commissions Of In.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
FIRE KILLS THREE
Father, Mother and Child Perish BY
Burning OF Building That Sheltered
Them-Many Others ,mperilied.

Newark, N. J., June 3.-Three lives
were lost and thousands OF dollars
damage was done in fire which start,
ed early this morning in Newark Turn.
verein hall.
The dead:
JOSEPH HOENK, janitor OF the
hall; burned to death in his apart
ments. @
MRS. JOSEPH HoENK, wife Of
janitor; overcome by smoke and burn
ed to death.
a child Of the janitor, overcome by
smoke and, burned to death.
The flames, famed by a strong
wind, spread with great rapidity and
for a time a serious fire was threat
ened. Eight families occupied the
floors above the hall, and policemen
were kept busy rescuing women and
children.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
WILL CONTINUE STRIKE.

Havre, June 8 Three thousand
strikers held meeting here this even
ing, advising the men to resume work.
In spite Of this recomme mendatton, the
meeting voted to continue the strike
until the pensions of the men were
raised to Sl20 year. The IIavre dele
gates were telegraphed to return at
once from Paris.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04

charged with misapplying funds of the
bank amounting to $500, and with
aiding and abetting T. l.. Clark, the
cashier Of the bank, who suicided after
the abstraction of funds. There are
eight counts against Assistant Teller
Menseemer. He pleaded not guilty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
RECORD Will NOT STAND.
snithscn Favored Too Much by Wind
When Making His Run.

Chicago, June s.-onlcials Of the
Amateur Athletic union have refused
to allow the record OF Is l.5 seconds
made Saturday in the intercollegiate
games by Fred smithson Of Notre
Dame in the 120-yard high hurdles to
stand. The reason for the action TAX
en- by the officers Of the organization
is the 4o-mile gale which made the
fast time easy.
Secretary Dean says that one Of
the hurdles was down and that the
record does not stand under this con
dition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
PARDON THEIR ONLY. HOPE.

Colorado Supreme Court Denies Ap-
peal Of Bank Wreckers.
Denver, Colo, June s.-In unani-
nous opinion the supreme court to-
day affirmed the decision of the dis
trict court in the case of Leonard I'M
boden and James A. Hill, who were
convicted December 10. 1906, of irreg-
ularities in banking which caused the
failure Of the Denver Savings bank,
and were sentenced to the state peni-
tentiary for nine years each.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
MENsEEMER ON TRIAL.

Charged With Embezzllns Funds Of
Defunet Bank.
Pittsburg. June s.-The trial of
Chas. Menseemer, assistant teller, the
last Of the former employees Of the
Enterprise National bank OF Allegheny,
which failed two years ago for nearly
$2.00O,o0o, was begun today before
Judge Nathaniel Ewing. In the United
States district court. Meuseemer IS
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
SNOW IN RHODE ISLAND.

Newport, R. l.. June "a slight
snow fall occurred here late today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04
MONT aA WE A III IN.

Fair Tuesday ANA Wednesday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04

tconeiaued on Elsaash pasa.)
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

most liberal form of republicanism and the most conservative brand of democracy. The line of division will be clearly marked and so sharply de fined that no voter will have need to doubt that democracy stands honestly for tariff revision and republicanism for time-serving promises as means to indefinite delay; that republican, ism continually calls for new arroga- tion of power by the national govern ment. while democracy contends for that division of authority which was wisely ordained in the constitution and is essentially necessary for the perpetuatiop of our federated form of government.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

than Grant was at the corresponding period of his career. If in the full maturity of his powers ne is stirred by tthe ambition for further service and achievement in the presidency he will do well to put the thought be- ing for the contest over the nomina- tion he will do a service to his party and open to himself long career in other fields by formally renewing his declaration that he will not De a can. didate in 1908"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

As the vacation season is approach ing it's end for this year it is notice able that the crowds are beginning to move into the mineral fields of So- nora again. Sonora IS simply the counterpart of what Arizona was twenty-five years ago as a mineral field. Arizona has undeveroped min eral districts yet which are as prom ising as the Sonora country, put there seems to be a fascination about the lower country.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Cochise, ss.

Gain in July ....,..........-...
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

It seems that the Mexican junta, headed by Ricardo Flores Magon, has been finally landed in jail at Los An geIes. These men are of the same character as the anarchists in this country and there will be little inter- est manifested here as 70 what be- comes of them. The United States will not permit this country to be a breeding ground for those who would undertake to overthrow the Mexican government or that of any other friendly nation.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25
A DANGEROUS AMsETTok.

A DANGEROUS AM5!Tfok.
 ThsIs is more than the jingling of broken glass or the interpretation of dreams in the forecast that if Presi- dent Roosevelt should be elected to a third term there would be a great re, Vival of Hamiltonian politics in this country and a strong effort to con, tinue him in the white house for an indefinite tenure, if not for life.
 The two defects in the constitution pointed out by Jefferson on his re, turn from Paris, where he was acting as American minister while the con. vention of 17S7 was sitting, were the lack of a bill of rights and the ab, sence of any limitation upon the num- Der of terms to which a president could be reelected. Unlimited re, election, he said, meant in the end the presidency for life, to be shortly fol lowed by a hereditary chief execu- tive
 The St. Louis Republic says: The first of these defects was cured by the ten amendments proposed by the first congress and promptly adopted by the states. The second was cor rected by the unwritten law estab- lished by the examples of Washing ton, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. This law was re-afirmed in 1880 by the defeat of President Grant for a third nomination, though an interval of four years would have elapsed be tween his second end third terms.
 "The sacred observance of this un- written law up to the present time has made 1t as much a part of the fundamental law of the nation as any thing that stands written in the con stitution either by act of the conven- ton which formed it or by subsequent amendment. The folly of an attempt to break it now will in all probability be apparent to Mr. Roosevelt himself and to indiscreet friends who laud him as the one man indispensable.
 No man is indispensable to the American people, and the anti-third term rule has not it's foundation in emotional sentiment. MT. Jefferson's warning was inspired by the knowl- edge than any ambitious man having more than eight years in the presi- dency could by filling the army the navy, the judicial and civil offices with his appointees. so intrench him self in power that it might be difficult to dislodge him, even though large preponderance of the people should desire his retirement
 Tt is significant that President Grant the only predecessor of Roose- vet whose age at the end of his sec ond term made further service at tractive, sought the third term. Pres ident Roosevelt. the youngest of all the presidents, win at the end of his second term be four years younger
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

IN. A. Patterson. circulation mana ger of the Bisnee Daily Review, do solemnIy swear that the above state msnt gives the actual and bona hde circulation of the daily editions of the Bfsbee Daily Review for the month of July, 1907, and that from the statement all spoiled and left over pa gers have been deducted.
 N. A. PATTERSON.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

Vice President Fairbanks is treat ing Phoenix real shabby in delaying his visit until after the heat of sum Iler. The cooling influence of the In diana man would be great in the capital city during the July days when the thermometer was standing up in the twenties.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

Hetty Greens antipathy to society, furbelows, fiounces and fixings is not surprising. considering her age. It is known that when Hetty was young she required as much fixing and dress ing as a Christmas tree.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25
THE TAFT PLATFORM.

The speech of Secretary Taft at Columbus Monday may be accepted as formally opening nIs campaign for the republican presidential nomina- tion. It was at one and the same time an exposition of the most com mendable aspirations indulged by the liberal element of the republican party and conclusive evidence of the impossibility of theIr realization through that political organization.
 For example, MT. Taft renewed his expression of his individual opiniou dianan would have been worth much II favor of an immediate revision ot the tarif, but. until the republican party as a whole is in favor of it, be Iieves revision ought not to be actual ly undertaken. Venturing the further opinion that the sentiment in the republican party was crystallizing to such a point that in a snort time we might expect to have action upon the subject" he declared revisionists can well afford to wait until substantial acquiescence by all republicans can be secured"
 Of course, this picture of revision of the tariff by the friends of the tar if, in the dim and certainly distant future. is an iridescent humbug. Mir. Taft may deceive himself with vague forecasts of an ultimate specialization of republican sentiment to such a point that the party as whole" will favor revision, but that Utopian dream can never be realized in a way that can mean substantial reform. If his dream is to become reality he must forswear republicanism and go over to that party which "as a whole" is already in favor of revision.
 There was much needless waste of words in Judge Taft's Columbus speech in direct or implied condemna- ton of free trade and government ownership of railroads" Neither of these things will be an issue in the coming presidential campaign. No democrat, not even MT Bryan, is call ing for either, and riding them down in the political lists is a Quixotic per formance that may entertain "the boys" but does not interest serious minded voters.
 A matter of fact that invites com ment is to be found in the significant that the extended expo sition of the Taft policy respecting the regulation and control of railroads puts him in full accord with the Bry- an programme Bryan Gemancs a certainment of values, prevention of overcapitalization anf imitation Of rates so as to yieIG only reasonable return of the real value of the roads. The equivalent of each of these will be found in the Taft decTarations, but the republican leader would seek their accomplishment through the fed eral power and the democratic leader would sustain the reserved authority of the individual states, sometimes CD ordinate with that of the United States. but sometimes absolutely para mount
 So in the two great issues we have hastily discussed it is quite easy to discern the dividing line between the
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

General Ainswcrth seems 10 have lost none of his desire to turn Ari- zona over to New Mexico. but the people of this territory are more de termined in their opposition to this proposition than ever before.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

Colonel Picket, of Tombstone. is not Arizona while visiting the land of blue grass and bourbon whis- ky. In an interview published in the Louisville Courier-Journal the colonel does well in standing up for Ari- zona and separate statehood.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

The conference yesterday held at Oyster Bay by President Roosevelt and the heads of the navy depart ment, concerning plans Tor the march of the American battleships to the Pacific, should be sufficient to cause the Mikado to take notice.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25
NOTICE.

A reward of s5.0e will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from subscribers.
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-25

Arizona continues to move forward and the skids seem 10 be amply oiled for many years in the future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
BANK STATEMENT ENCOURAGING.
Highest Surplus Reserve Since l905-Loans
by Some Banks Decrease.
Sbeci;aI Sale

The hank statement yesterday was well uD % ex-
peetatons. the surplus reserve making the substan-
tiai increase Of ssooss5o due chiefly 10 the large
deposits Of customs moneys, the United States de-
posts now standing slI296ioO higher than a week
asn. Loans increased Sss8So9 or considerably less
than had been thought likely In view OF the activ-
ny 81 che stock market during the week and de-
posts increased ssss5.Sco. while the gain in the
cash Stem was vO.5s3 900
As result Of the changes m deposits and cash
me surplus reserve. as already noted, increased
tses.e5o. and now amounts 20 slsssl225. comparing
Win Deficit year ago or s25eo.G25 The surplus
reserve n at the highest figure since the sum-
MGR 81 1905 and has been exceeded in the corre-
spending week in the last twenty years only four
times. The stock market sold or a little on the
announcement % the bank statement the favorable
nature OF which had been discounted IN the strength
OF stocks on Friday.
As IN the statement OF week ago. che National
City Banks returns presented interesting excep-
slons 20 u. general trend OF the banks figures
showing decrease IN loans OF S72s2 100 and an en-
crease n cash % t3S1o.soo The next largest de-
crease IN loans was that reported By the National
Park Bank, 81 ns3cco
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
TWO FAILURES IN BOSTON.
w. F. Putnam & Co., of the Exchange, and
E. X. Dunbar. Broker. Hit.

Boston. April 6-The failure OF Webster r. Put
nam G Co. bankers and brokers OF No. % Congress
street. this city. announced to-day the BOs-
ton Stock Exchange. The firm has been member
OF the exchange since 1880, but has not ranked as
OF the large brokerage houses Of the city. The
suspension caused by the recent stock market
collapse The assignment made 10 Arthur p.
French Of No. So State street The failure is
garded a small The assets, Il is said, will
probably be sufficient TO net creditors 1eO cents
on the dollar
petition in bankruptcy in the United States District
Court. Ills liabilities aggregate s74. 49, with nomi-
nal assets OF s54.6S or these liabilities ss3i6 10
secured. principally bonds of the Bennington
Gas Company. Of Vermont. which went into the
hands OF receiver last fall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
BEAVER NATIONAL BANK OPENS.

The Beaver National Bank, which has been for
several months IN process OF organization. opened
yesterday for business IT. Offices I'm the Beaver
Building. Beaver and Pearl streets The rev in
stitution which has capital Of 100000 and sur
plus OF 100000. purposes doing principally a
commercial business. lite repositories. through
which its ciearinEs VIII bs effected are the Ma
tionai City Bank and the Empire Trust Company
George NJ Coffin once Deputy Controller OF the
Currency ana recently president Of the Phoenix
National Bank u this city. Is the president; s. H
NandSrgrlft and Z. l. Welsh are vtce-presidents
and j. v Lougllin is assistant cashier. The d.
Eeetgrs arc the president and presidents and
Frank BoFnn, OF Bornn G. Co. importers and ex-
porrerss john y. Fassef president OF the Citizens
Aet1.9nal hanks Iunkhannock, Penn.s Thomas A.
IL Hay, president OF the Northampton Traction
Company, Easfon Penn; Martin w IAtfletorl ex-
president Of the Borough OF Brooklyn; George Ner-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07

The opening Of the corn market was about on a
PAR with the closing figures OF the previous day.
but the demand was light. also the offer
ings, that the volume OF business was small
Local receipts were 27S cars compared with l75 the
corresponding day last year. and shipments hence
$4,000 bushels. The estimate Of Mondays re-
eeipts Is 2es May closed at 4sc. decline OF
isc: July closed at exc. loss OF t,c-
The demand for keen for about a minute
az the opening. but soon exhausted itself at the
slightly higher prices With which trading began.
The general surroundings OF the trade showed no
marked change The estimate OF Mondays receipts
is 1s1 cars. May oats closed at 42ssc. decline OF
&c; July at s7asc 10 sac. compared with size YES
terday.
Weakness IN the hog market and some excess in
the days In the West started the provision