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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
BALLOT
WITH TELlERs
'METHoDlsTs SEEM UNABLE TO
CHOOSE NEW BISHOPS.

! Baltimore, Md, May 2s.-rhe cpl.
fomized history OF the Methodist
.!Ypiscopal church conference election
IS one effective ballot, electing two
bishops OF the eight new ones or.
dered, eight ballots that have been
without result and the tenth cast and
tue ballot slips sealed, uncounted and
to be unsealed until Monday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
SCHOOL N SOLD.
New Issue Of $4,000 Goes to state
Land Commission.

The $4,000 issue of district school
bonds recently voted by the taxpayers
of this district have been sold to the
Montana state land commission, their
bid being the lowest and best. The
money derived from the sale OF the
bonds will be used for the constrnc-
ton OF new school houses. The sale
Of the bonds was contaminated yes
terday morning and the school board
took action on the bids Friday night.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
CAMPBELL BOUND OVER.

Alleged Burglar Valves Preliminary
Examination.
Alex Campbell, against whom a
complaint charging him with burglar
izing the Gold Dust saloon has been
issued, waived preliminary examina-
ton before Justice Mendenhall yes
terday morning and was bound over
to the district court. Campbell is
said has confessed to the crime and
appears %repentant. Previous to his
arrest he has always borne a good
reputation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
SPARKS FOLLOWED
BY his SECRETARY
r. DAVIS DIES At CARSON
FROM STOMACH TROUBLE.

Carson, New, May -o.-W. R. Davis,
private secretary to the late Cover
nor Sparks, died at his home here to-
lay Of stomach trouble. Through the
death Of Governor Sparks and his sec
rotary business at the state and fed
era buildings is at a s%tandstAl.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
NIGHT RIDERS ON wARpA7H.
Destroy Tobacco Sheds 81 Grower and
Shoot UP House.

Ripley, o., May 23.-Night riders
last night destroyed the tobacco
sheds of Walter Hook, six miles from
Ripley. Hook fred at the men and In.
return they riddled his house with
bullets.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

confident, however, that It was safe
enough. Photographers anxious to
tsecure aerial pictures, made the as
cent. The balloon was not in the
air long enough to determine wheth-
er It could be propelled. 1t was built
at q cost said to be 100000.
One of the thrilling sights of the
accident was the daring efforts of
desperate attempt to right the air
He chung to the rigging on top of
the great gas bag and tried to reach
the stern or upper end. Just as he
got on top Of the airship, however,
the bag burst and began to fall.
airship began to tilt. AS it burst and
fell towards the earth, women
screamed and ran in fright in every
direction. Several Of them tainted
and had to be carried away.
When the airship landed on the
ground, hundreds Of men rushed for
ward with knives and ripped the gas
bag in a hundred places cutting away
Hhe. vanished material to get out the
men, buried underneath. %}
The injured men were quickly res
icued and taken to Roosevelt and Oak
land hospitals, where all are doing
well tonight with the exception Of
cumb to his injuries.
j. A. Morrell has for a long time
been engaged in building and ex-
plotting his airship. He has extern
sively advertised that today's trial Of
the big craft, which was more than.
400 feet long and Sc feet in diane
ter, was only a model of the one he
intended to build, declaring that he
would construct one 1900 feet long
and capable of carrying 500 passen-
gers. The big airship was not I'M
like, in form Of construction, many Of
those experimental with in different
parts of the country. It was a long
torpedo-shaped affair, with blunt
ends, round on top and sagging some
what in the middle in the lower or
under portion.
Morrell Had Been Warned.
Describes the Accident.
The break in the bag occurred only
La few feet from where Byrne chung
Ito the rigging and it looked as II he
would be overcome by the escaping
gas. He climbed upward, however,
and when the big ship reached the
ground, he was clinging to the top
most point trying to save himself
from the fall, and at the same time
avoid the escaping gas. Byrne de-
.scribes the accident and his exper-
ience as follows:
Il was riding on the back of the
balloon and felt that we we're making
a great ascent, when suddenly /
heard a pour as if someone had
blown a blast from a below. I felt
the balloon CULVER, stand still, and
then the gas under me began to rush
toward the stern end. I knew if /
stayed where I was, that~I would be
swallowed up in the tangle of the
bag and wrecked machinery, SO I
climbed upward for life, where the
gas was rushing out, but where there
was still a foothold for me SO that I
could keep my head in the air and
keep from smothering. When we
landed I was on the top end of the
balloon and the bag made a cushion
that broke my fall" L.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
HILL ADJuDeEp INSANE.

Hardin Blacksmith Cogaysssted 20
!. State Asylum.
g. B. Hill, the Hardin blacksmith
against whom an insanity complaint
was issued Friday, was yesterday ad-
Judged insane and ordered committed
to the asylum by an insanity commits
sion consisting Of the chairman OF the
board OF county commissioners and
Drs. Rinehart and Bishop.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

calling Cards ct The Gazette once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

Panic Among Spectators.
There was panic in the big crowd
that watched the ascension when the
Five engines had been suspended.
BY means Of heavy network, and a
canvas running board connected
them. The engines were OF the au-
t0m0bile gasoline type, and each was
attended BY an engineer. It Is said.
that Morrell was warned by Beveral
experienced aerial navigatom that
~ kind Of bag he had provided
would not stand the strain Of the
QreetNeight placed upon 1t and that
~ would certainly explode IL he at
1enhpted A ascension. Morrell was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
MRS. DUNPHY DECLARES
SHE DIDN'T ROB GILES
Alleges That Chicago Man Made
Love to Her and Withheld
Her Securities

CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-Mrs. Martha Ma
bel Dunphy of Boston, accused by
Charles E. Giles of the larceny of $4,000
in securities and jeweIry, arrived here
today. accompanied by Mrs. j. E. Froth-
ingham, wife of a Boston physician,
who said she had with her $4,000 to aid
in Mrs. Dunphy's defense.
Mrs Dunphy made a complete denial
of the charges. Without the knowl-
edge of her husband, John Dunphy, Mrs
Dunphy said she borrowed from Giles
some time ago S1,025, which she needed
for her private use, giving as security
bonds, jeWelry, pawn tickets and other
security. The money she said she re-
paid with more than interest, but that
Giles, upon repeated requests, refused
to return the securities. She averred
he insisted on trying to make love to
her. at which she protested. Finally
he said he would return her property
if she would meet him at Butte. Mont.
She continued:
Il went to Butte and there met
Giles by appointment / took him to
the home of my sister at Missoula,
Mont He returned all of my property
PLANTATION for Withholding what he did,
This all took place in the presence of
my sister, who will come here to aid
in my defense. 1 stayed with my sis
ter a few days after Giles left and
then went direct to Boston. / did not
see Giles from the time 1 left Montana
until l was arrested in Boston. On
October IL. the day he said l took Sc
curities and jewelry from his trunk
at the Great Northern hotel, in Chicago
1 was still with my sister in Missoula
II there was any woman with him
there II was not t.
Mrs. Dunphy refused to reveal the
name of her sister.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
ASSERTS CITY HAS
BOUGHT GOLD BRICK
Spring Valley Water Company's
Counsel Pessimistic Regard
ing Hetch Hetchy

A Z. Shaw of counsel for the Spring
Valley water company had not heard
that the bond project had been carried
by a vote of six to one when he was
interviewed last night in his home in
Berkeley.
Il am not aware" he said, that the
company has been fighting this project
vigorously. In fact. as far as 1 know,
the company has been altogether in
active in the matter. 1t did not put
out any of the literature opposing the
bonds. That is to say, it did not put
out any of that literature as a COM
pany. Individual members of the cor
poration may have done so; President
Bourn may have done so. AS to the
actions of individuals in the matter, 1
am not informed. But although the
papers have created that impression,
the company has not been fighting
these bonds.
San Francisco has more to lose than
to gain by carrying the bonds. That
will be self-evident before long. What
do 1 mean by that? 1 mean that the
city has bought a gold brick.
Il base that statement on the opin-
ion of disinterested engineers, who de-
clare that San Francisco will be with
out water for month and a half every
fall if they rely upon Hetch Hetchy.
But when 1 speak of a gold brick
1 mean more than that. 1 do not refer
merely to this particular project of
the Hetch Hetchy system, but to any
water system under municipal owner
ship.
1T is too early for the company to
outline its policy at this time. Presi-
dent Bourn has stated that the COM
pany would accept a valuation placed
upon its plant by a disinterested tri-
bunal. but it would be hard to say right
now what such a tribunal would be.
Il do not think that the company will
be inclined to reduce its demand or to
lower it's valuation. The company is
willing to sell at a reasonable valua-
ton, but 1 can not go into details of
valuation now. 1t will be better to
wait until the circuit court decides one
of the six or eight cases now before it,
all of which involve the valuation of
the company's system"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
ONE REPUBLICAN
DONATED $4,000
William Nelson Cromwell There
fore May Receive a
Cabinet Position
Republican Contributions Are
Sl,5O0,000 and the Demo-
cratic Over S5OO,00O
SPECIAL DIsrArcH TO THE CALL

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. = Treasurer
Sheldon of the republican national COM
mittee will make public a statement
soon showing the number OF contrib
utors to the campaign fund and the
amount of their contributions. Between
10000 and $4,000 persons contributed
their remittances ranging from 81 TO
$4,000.
The first large contribution. amount
ing to $4,000, was made BIZ William
Nelson Cromwell of New York. who is
now mentioned in connection with po-
sition in the cabinet Cromwell Is a
millionaire many times over.
The total received by the republican
national committee is in the neighbor-
hood of 1880 900.
The democratic treasurer, Herman
Ridder, is also at work on a statement
that will be made public. 1t is under
stood that the democratic report will
show total contributions of about
$4,000
Republicans hint that the democrats
will not make public all OF their contri-
buttons.
The republicans spent in 1904 about
$1,S75,000, according to well informed
persons. The democrats never made
known their receipts and expenditures
in 1904.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
HetCh HetChy Project Wins

was impossible at this time to outline
the corporations policy. He made the
surprising announcement that the COM
pany had made no effort 70 defeat the
project and added that, in his opinion,
the city had purchased a gold brick
Now that the city is in position
10 take advantage Of the Garfield grant.
It may not be amiss to call attention
10 the exact terms on which the city
must proceed. Much capital has been
made of the false statement that the
city was compelled to eXpend $43 ,oo0,-
600 without delay. 1t is not called upon
10 expend one cent. The grant merely
provides that three years after the
voters decide upon the Sierra project,
the city must begin the construction
of the Lake Eleanor dam. but the reser-
walton is made that all time consumed
in litigation is 70 be deducted and that
the secretary Of the interior may eN-
tend the time limit upon application
for sufficient cause. upon the part Of
the city. So it would appear that san
Francisco has come into possession Of
rights worth many millions Of dollars
which viii form the basis Of great
water supply at such time as the city
cares TO develop it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
WILL ROOSEVELT WRITE
FOR STILLMAN'S MAGAZINE
Why the "MaIefactors of Great
Wealth" Are Laughing in
Their Sleeves
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-The cause of
hilarity that has been noted in a GER
tain Important financial quarter since
the announcement of President Roose-
velt's engagement as special contrib
uting editor of The Outlook, but has
not been understood outside this select
circle, leaked out today. The men were
laughing because they had reason to
believe that the president has con-
tracted to enter the employ of a COM
pany in which the largest stock holder,
If not the man in control. is James
Stillman, the silent man of the Standard
oil party, the president of the National
City bank, the trusted business asso-
ciate of the malefactors of great
wealth" and the friend, aid and ad-
wiser of E. II. Hartman. William B.
Rowland, the treasurer and one of the
directors of the company, refused
either to confirm or deny 1t.
The report that Mr.. Stillman was
heavily interested in the company
originated from an investigation such
as is customary when any one desires
to sell stock or otherwise deal in any
securities of a corporation. Incidental
ly this particular investigation re-
YeaIed to the satisfaction of those
making it that Mr.. Stillman's invest
ment had been highly profitable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
NOTED FORGER CAUGHT
AFTER LONG CHASE
Robert Curry, Alleged Swindler,
Is Arrested by Chicago
Police
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPEClAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-After a chase of
$4,000 miles. reaching from San Fran
cisco to Chicago, New York, Detroit.
Cuba, Honolulu and back to Chicago.
Robert Curry, alleged swindler, was
captured today in the Chicago postoffice
by the local police and locked up at the
central station.
He is accused of swindles in Califor-
MIA amounting to more than $4,000.
For months he eluded detectives en-
ployed by the national bankers associa-
ton. A letter written by a woman
friend, however. proved his undoing.
and when he went to claim it at the
general delivery window he found the
detectives waiting for him.
Among the victims are: Oakland
bank, Oakland, Cal, $4,000; National
bank, San Francisco, $1,000; Farmers
Union bank, San Jose, $4,000.
The prisoners scheme, it is alleged,
was to learn the names of big deposit
tors in the various banks and then
forge their names to checks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
g. 4 Good Name atHome'

"Is tower OF strength abroad"-and
the excellent reputation OF c. I. Hood
Co. and their remedies IN the city OF
Lowell. where they are best known,
inspires confidence the world over, not
only in the medicines, but in anything
their proprietors say about them. III
Made by Hood It's Good"
st believe Hoods Sarsaparilla the
best all-round family medicine known
today" Mrs. G. D. Farley. $50 Wilder
ST.. Lowell. Mass
IT recommend Hoods SarsaparilIa to
any one" John B. Duffy. IA Auburn
Street, Lowell, Mass.
II am a strong and healthy woman
today. from taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
which 1 keep in the house for all the
family" Mrs Fannie Balch, los Lew
erett ST.. Lowell. Mass.
II consider Hoods Sarsaparilla the
best blood purifier in the world" Mrs.
Jennie E. Carlton, 113 Liberty ST., Low
ell. Mass.
Hoods SarsapariIla Is sold every
where. In the usual liquid, or In tablet
form called Sarsstabs. 100 Doses One
Dollar. Prepared only by C. L Hood
Co.. Lowell. Mass.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
TAFT INVITED TO
SPEND WINTER HERE
Chambers of Commerce of Sew
eral Cities Send Messages to
the President Elect

STOCKTON, Nov. 12.-Mayor Hudson
and Secretary Of the Chamber Of Com
meroe J. NJ. Eddy have forwarded a
telegraphic invitation TO President elect
William Howard Taft to visit California
and Stockton during the coming win
ter. The message was sent TO Hot
Springs. Va. where Taft is now So
5ourning. The message read:
Judge ". II. Taft. Hot Springs, Va:
citizens Of Stockton send you cor
dial invitation 10 visit Stockton dur
ing coming winter. Your acceptance.
we feel assured. viii furnish a pleas
ant memory during the remainder OF
your career"
SAN JOSE, Nov. 1.-THE following
telegram has been sent to Judge VIII
liam H Taft at Hot Springs, Va, by
the officers Of the san Jose chamber OF
commerce.
. we extend 10 you a hearty greeting
from California. and particularly the
famous Santa clara valley. noted for
its sunshine. fruits and flowers. Bayard
Taylor called our valley one Of the
three fairest on earth. Come and spend
the winter with US. We Will not bur
den you with speeches and banquets
but have YOU revel in flowers. scenery
and climate.
SAN JOSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
" A. SCHELfR. President
JOSEPH T. BROOKS, Secretary.
AND 10000 LOYAL CITIZENS"
FRESNO, Nov. 12.-CpOn receipt of
Information that President Taft and
family were 10 spend the winter in
California, the chamber of commerce
wired the president elect an invitation
10 visit Fresno
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
W.. BRYAN THANKS
LABOR FEDERATION
Gompers Says He Will Fight
Legislation Against Labor
in Halls of Congress
Report of Auditor Shows Large
Gain in Funds During the
Last Year

DENVER. Nov. 12.-At the close of
today's session of the twenty eighth
annual convention of the American fed
Grafton of labor President Samuel Com
pers in thanking the speakers of the
day said that he had heard since COM
ing to Denver that an attempt would
be made by congress to pass a bill
amending the antitrust law in a way
detrimental to the labor movement. He
said if such an attempt was made he
would fight it in the halls of congress
At Gompers' request the secretary
then read letter from William ].
Bryan in which he thanked Gompers
and the other members of the fedora
ton for the support given him during
the recent presidential campaign.
At the morning session the auditing
committee presented report showing
the federation had s136.62S on hand. a
gain of $4,000 over last years balance
BRITISH DELEGATES SPEAK
The remainder of the morning ses-
sion was taken up in listening to re-
ports of fraternal delegates, John
Wadsworth and Herbert Skinner of
Great Britain and P. NJ. Draper of Can
ada.
At the afternoon session Rev. Charles
Stelzle, superintendent of the immigra-
Presbyterian church, of New York,
spoke on The Parallel Aims of the
Church and the Labor Party
Mrs. Raymond Robbins and Miss
Anna Fitzgerald, representing the
women's trade union league, addressed
the convention on the organization
movement among women.
FURUSETH READS REPORT
Andrew Furuseth read the report of
the federation delegates to the forty
first British trade union congress. He
said the committee found that in Eng
land women and children were being
pitted against the men in all lines of
industry. He said that a majority of
the English workingmen oppose a tariff
because they believe it would increase
the cost of living. He read an invita-
ton from the congress urging that
Samuel Gompers attend the next Brit
ish congress.
Hugh Frany. the federation's delegate
to the trades and labor congress of
Canada, read a brief record of it's pro-
ceedings.
Raymond Robbins of Chicago spoke
briefly. urging the necessity of organic
ing all lines of labor
President James Lynch of the inter
national Typographical union told the
convention the history of the union
printers home at Colorado Springs He
said that it now costs about SIS 900
year to maintain the institution.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
MAYOR DISPLEASED WHEN
CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED
Heads of Departments Com
cerned May Be Visited With
Official Reprin1aHd

Somewhat to the displeasure of the
mayors Office q number Of the city
Offices closed their doors yesterday on
the plea that the special election made
st q legal holiday" DR.. Taylor thought
otherwise. and according to his secre-
tary is likely TO administer a reproof
today to the head officials concerned.
The offices which closed were. Civil
service commission. tax collector, treas
urer. auditor and board of education.
The mayors own Office and those of
the city attorney. registrar recorder.
assessor. sheriff, board Of health. school
SUPERINTENDENT. county clerk. board of
works and city engineer remained open.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
STANDARD OIL CASE
GOES TO- SUPREME COURT
Government Officials After All
Day Conference Decide
Upon This Action

WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-Following
the recent action of the circuit court of
appeal in Chicago in refusing the Unit
ed States government a rehearing of
the Standard oil case, made famous by
it's $2e,000.000 fine, the department of
Justice tonight decided to tLke the
case to the supreme court of the United
States. The decision was reached after
an all day conference between Attorney
General BOnaparte and government at
torneys who have been engaged in the
case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
sUFFRAGETsEs DISTURB MEETING

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The suffragettes
tonight for the first time carried their
campaign into a place of worship
Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for
Ireland, while addressing a meeting in
favor of disestablishment at City tenn
pie. was subjected to disgraceful inter-
ruptions. Nearly score of the adj
herents of the suffragette movement.
men and women, were elected from
the building amid uproarious scenes of
struggling and violence. The earnest
appeals of Secretary Birrell and the
pastor of the temple to the disturbers
to respect the sacred building were
without avail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
BODIES OF VICTIMS OF
MASSACRE REMOVED
Taken From Montana to Be
Buried in National Cemetery
at gettysburg
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

LA CROSSE, Wis, Nov. IA fu-
neral train carrying the bodies of "A
victims of the Custer massacre in Mon
tana passed through Grand Crossing
yesterday. bound for Gettysburg, where
they will again be buried in the ma
tional cemetery. With the collins were
the "A gravestones that marked their
resting places on the plain where the
Indians attacked them. The same
stones will mark the new graves in the
southern cemetery. There will be
ceremony at Gettysburg when the
bodies arrive for the second funeral.
The train was in charge of a military
escort
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
ATTEMPT TO MURDER CHARGED

CHICAGO. Nov 12.-Afiss Mae Otis, So
years old, was arrested here tonight
charged by the police with having in
stigated a plot to murder her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Otis. According to the
police the mother was to have arrived
In Chicago from Mauston, Wis, next
Saturday, and private detective, sup
posed by Miss Otis to be a "slugger.' -
had been employed to help her. In
stead Of promoting the scheme the de-
tectiye notified Police Captain O'Brien
The mother is said to have money and
life insurance, together worth $500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
WILL NOT SELL JAMAICA TRACK

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-The Jamaica
race track will not be sold and cut up
into building lots. William H. Rey-
nolds, president of the Metropolitan
jockey club, which owns and controls
the course, made this statement yester-
day.
The report was circulated early in
the week that the track had been sold
to the Long Island realty company
and that it would soon become a re-
stricted residence section.