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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
RESULT OF THIRTY-flvE DAYS
FIGHTING IN TAHRIz.
SCENES ARE TERRIBLE.
Missionaries Were In Danger From
shrapnel Fragments That Fell In
n the City During the Days Of the.
6ompardment.

Tabriz, Aug. 6There has been now
IS days fighting in, the streets Of Ia
briz and the casualties due chiefly to
bombs and shrapne.. are estlmated at
800.
Many Of the finer residences Oi the
city and hundreds Of shops In the
Easements have been looted, the loss
in this direction bing placed at more
than $1.o00.O00.
The American missionaries In the
city have been exposed to stray bull
lets but although they have had some
narrow escapes. none Of them have
been injured. During one Of the heav-
Ter commandments, piece Of sharp.
mel fell within few feet Of one OF
the missionary's servants. There IL
very bitter feud between the constitu-
tional progressives who hold eleven
wards Of the city and the reaction
aries, who head one large ward
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07

Few Votes Cast at Three Polling
Places For and TWO Against
on Billings Bench One Opposes on
the South Side. ,s

School bonds in district No. 2 will
be issued to the amount Of $35, 900,
according to the decision Of the tax.
payers in Billings and on the Billings
bench, made yesterday at the special
election held for the purpose Of vot.
ing on the question Of issuing bonds.
Of the 81 votes cast in the district
there were but eight against issuing
the bonds. 55i5
There was but little interest shown
in the election. On the north side
of the city but 50 votes were cast at
the high school building, which was
the polling place. OF this number
there were but five against issuing
bonds. The results on the south side
showed that "a votes were cast and
that but one vote opposed the ks,i.
ance Of the bonds. The vote was closer
on the Billings bench, where but ave
votes were cast, two Of which were
against and three for bonds.
The issuance of the bonds is the
result of the recent redemption Of
$35,0O0 worth OF school bonds which
was necessitated by the large amount
in the sinking fund. Part of the mon
ey derived from the sale of the bonds
will be used to complete the school
house, which is at present under con-
struction on the south side, but the
greater per cent of the money Is to
be used to erect a new school building
next year.
On account Of the increasing school
attendance the trustees feel that the
erection Of another building next year
will be a necessity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
NOT y a CRIME.

New York, Aug. 6.-The making Of
IN ordinary bet % distinguished from
the practice Of betting all comers,
was declared BY Judge Gaynor Of the
supreme court today to be- not .
crime. The case was that against
George Sterling who was accused Of
violating the new anti-gambling laws
by betting basket OF gold balls on
the result Of golf game in Nassau
county.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
TAFT PROPOSES SIMPLE REMEDY
FOR PERSONAL INJURY CASES.
LOWER COURT COSTS
Suggests 70 the Virginia Bar Associa-
tion Methods by Which Lltigants
May Be Better Protected and Legal
Business Expedited.

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 6.-There
was no reservation in the southern
hospitality accorded to William II
Taft by the Virginia State Bar associa
tion here today on the occasion ot
the address Of the republican candi.
date on the Laws Delay His pres.
ence and Introductory pleasantries
were applauded by an audience rep
resentative Of the social life Of the
Old Dominion. The burden Of his
speech met the expressed approval Of
the lawyers present. At his conclu.
sion Mr.. Taft was surrounded by mem
bers Of the audience who presented
themselves for personal acquaintance.
A group photograph was taken under
the trees with Mr.. Taft IN the center.
At the banquet tonight which
brought to q close the twentieth an
nual session Of the association, Mr..
Taft responded to the toast, .''The
Preside Mr.. Taft pretaced his for
ty minute speech today by expressing
two embarrassments he felt In appear
ing before q Virginia audience. The
first he made clear by this anecdote:
'As / was entering the hall here
today was introduced to q very
charming daughter OF Virginia, a mar
ried lady, Of whom I inquired on hear
ing her name, which was Virginian
name, whether she was q relative of
q friend Of my own from Virginia who
bore the same name.
"'Oh, no. she replied, my poor
husband Is q Yankee"
The story seemed to remove the
first embarrassment. The other was
Mr.. Taft's difidency in discussing
with the bar Of Virginia the technical
question, because you know" he
said, "eight years ago ceased to be
a Judge and became a mere politician" !"
Compulsory Arbitration.
Mr.. TAFT in his speech outlined re-
forms necessary in the department Of
justice and in the law courts, which
has to do not only with lessening
costs to litigants, but IN expediting
court proceedings.
Another method by which irritation
at the inequality IN our administra-
tion Of justice may be reduced is by
the introduction Of a system for the
settling Of damage suits brought by
employees against public service cor
porations through oficial arbitration
and without resort to jury trials. Such
a system Is working in England, as
I am informed, and was successfully
inaugurated In Massachusetts No one
can have sat on the federal bench
as I did for eight or nine years and
not realize how defective the admin
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
ERlcHsEN IS DEAD. p
Explorer Psrlshes II ! Storm II tho
II Far North. 5ss y

X
Copenhagen, Aug. 6.Mulus Erich
sen. the Danish explorer has met
death in the far north. According to-
information contained in 3 letter To-
the committee Of Denmark-Greenland.
expedition. Erichsen and two Of his
companions who sailed with him from
Copenhagen June "a, 1895, to the un-
explored regions Of the northeastern
coast Of Greenland. perished In =
snow storm. The three men were On
an expedition on the Ice when dis4A-
+ar overlook them. Otherwise the 9 s.
ploring party has been succsssful.
Large tracts Of unknown land nave
been mapped out and the entIru
northeastern coast Of Greenland hxs
been changed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
COAL Mines
MAYO
WYOMING MEN UNABLE 10, -
AGREE ON WAGE SCALE FOR
NEXT YEAR.
CONFER AT DENVER
George Crosby Says Recent Confer
ence Was Barren Of Result and In
less Amicable Agreement Is Reach
ed, There Will 1e Shut Down
September 1-Thousands AFFECTED.

"Unless the operators and miners
come to an amicable agreement on the
question Of wage scale and working
conditions, the coal mines Of Wyoming
will be shut down until such an agree
ment is reached on September /, when
the present agreement existing be
tween the operators association and
the United Mine Workers Of America
expires 3l3. 5S s#tI
Such was the statement Of George
Crosby, Appointment coal operator oi
Northern Wyoming, swho was IN Bill
ings yesterday en- route home from
conference Of operators and miners
held at Denver recently. ssal
More than 1000 men will be at.
fected, in the event Of q shut down
in Wyoming and the coal mines at
Gebo, Monarch, Dietz, Kirby, Crosby,
Sheridan and other camps In Northern
Wyoming, as well as the Union Pa
cific's mines, will suspend operations.
Mr.. Crosby declares that the min
ers' demands this year are unreason-
able and that the operators will new
er accede to them. He says that the
conference at Denver was barren Of
results and that both operators and
miners seemed equally determined to
gain their point. He also declares
that the operators will not agree to
the present wage scale, but will In
sist on a reduction amounting to about
five per cent. IF
Working Conditions All Right.
With few exceptions operators
and miners are able to agree on work
ing conditions, but IN the matter Of
wage scale they are at variance.
The operators agree to pay miners
$3.40 q day while the miners demand
$3.50 for working in dry ground and
1915 in wet. Miners and operators
vary from S cents q day to 50 cents
on all classes Of labor, with the ex-
ception Of carpenters, engineers and
a few other mechanics. Probably the
greatest difference is in the pay Of
outside labor not CLASSIFIED. There
is variance on the scale for pick min
ing also, which amounts to about the
same difference as in day wages.
The coal companies have not start
er storing coal In anticipation Of .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
CARDINAL GIBBONS
Is I'LL TN N8ROME

{ Rome, Aug. 8. Cardinal gibbons
was taken III yesterday at Castle Can
ldolfo with intestinal trouble. He was
driven to Rome and has been obliged
to take to his bed. His temperature
Is at present lO1.
The cardinal arrived here from New
York, July 80 and had audience with
the pope August 4. :,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
Or DlsM EMBEREp BOY
ESTABLISHED 1Y POLICE.
ONE ARREST IS MADE.
Bloody instruments, Thought to Have
Been Used In Hacking the Child
to Pieces, Found in Room Of sus-
pect, Who Is Now Behind the Bars.

Chicago, Aug. Following the
Identification OF the mutilated body
found in Mud lake and adjacent ponds
and waterways as that Iuffa shishsin.
q Syrian. the police tonight arrested
Jose Hasson. on suspicion OF his being
the murderer Of the boy. Hasson was
arrested at 102 Mather street and q
his room the police found blood
stained saws and an axe. The body
gave every indication Of having been
dismembered with such instruments.
With the identif flcation today Of the
victim Of the Mud lake mystery as
Tuffa Shishein, . Syrian, the police
began work on the theory that the
lad met his death at the hands OF q
degenerate. #
Today boys swimming in Pellets
pond, half mile from the canal,
and having no connecvtion with It,
discovered the head which was re-
moved to the morgue and placed with
other portions Of the body.
It was found the description tailed
somewhat with Tufta shishen, who
disappeared from his home last Sun
day. From the shirt which the boy
had worn and the corpse was identi-
fed by members OF the family. The
mother tainted when she gazed for
the first time on the remains.
Inspector Dorman had long inter-
view with Samuel shishein. the boys
father, this afternoon and at its con.
.clusion the inspector declared that the
lad had been the victim of degen-
crate. It is supposed that more than
one man had hand in disposing OF
the body.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
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coWHERD WINS.
tls> Has Plurality q $4,000 80
Far. \

st. Louis. Aug. 6.--With returns
from Tuesdays general primary cleo
ton practically complete from all ex-
cept Is Of the smaller counties, ex.
Congressman William s. Cowherd Of
Kansas City has plurality OF $4,000
over David A. Ball Of Louisiana, coun-
ty. for the Democratic nomination for
governor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
BANK cLosEp.

Washington. Aug. e.The First Ma
tional bank Of Bell Plaine, MINI, was
closed today BY order Of the comptrol-
Ter Of the currency. The bank was
reported insolvent, following the sui
eide Of It's president. ]. q. Lund. Geo
G. Ball was appointed receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07
{. ,. DORSEY DEAD.

s. st. Paul, Aug. edward B. Dor.
sey. assistant purchasing agent for the
Northern Pacific. died today from an
operation for appendicitis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-07

st. Petersburg, Aug. GA dispatch
to the Novoe vremya from Tabriz says
that young Turk agitators have arriv-
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CONTINUED On Eighth Page,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
DISCUSSING THE PLATFORM.
Ohio's Attorney General Sees the
President and Mr.. Taft.

Attorney General Wade Ellis Of Ohio ar
rived in Washington this afternoon. He
comes here at this time. 1t is said TO
take up with Secretary TAFT and President
Roosevelt the question OF constructing
the platform upon which the republican
nomiCee will stand. He has prepared the
draft OF one or two of the planks. which
will be submitted for the approval of the
present and prospective leader OF the re-
publican party.
A / Vorys of the Columbus Taft bureau
also arrived today. to confer with Frank
H. Hitchcock of the Washington TAFT
bureau relative to matters pertaining to
the contested delegate cases which are
10 be taken up by the national commit
tee at Chicago beginning June < Mr.
Hitchcock will leave for Chicago Monday
He is an assistant secretary OF the ma
tional committee and Will look after the
contests in question. Mr.. Norys also
called on Secretary Taft for a general
talk and paid his respects to President
Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
O111VAUU BIACh dANO 0Oz41S11'
1.7OO Pupils Dismissed From One
Schoolhouse Because of Fears.

CHICAGO. May 27.-The black hand
scare in the ghetto district assumed so
serious an aspect yesterday that Loo
pupils We're dismissed from one school IN
the middle Of the afternoon exercises.
Principal William Hedges of the Jack
son School took this action rather than
continue his school exercises with MS pu-
pills. their faces blanched with terror. ex-
pecting every moment to be blown up the
scare. which is only one of score the
school has experienced. began in the
morning. when a story was circulated to
the effect that a large pit had been dug
under the building and filled with dyna-
mite which represent of the BLACK
hand were to touch off late in the AFTER
noon
AS the day progressed the pupils became
increasingly restless. and at Intervals 1 ex-
cited mothers would rush into the build
ing. demanding their children. Halt an
hour after the afternoon exercises began
Principal Hedges saw that the reassur-
ances Of the teachers were unaVaiilnS
and decided to dismiss the school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
TOURISTS ARE SCARED
TWO EMPTY CARS CATCH FIRE
IN A FRENCH TUNNEL.

EVREUx, France, May 27.-Two empty
first-class passenger cars attached to the
White Star line special bound from Paris
to Cherbourg with passengers for the
steamer Teutonic on board took fire this
afternoon while the train was passing
through a tunnel near Evreux. All the
passengers for the steamer. numbering
twenty -four, were seated in the third car,
which did not take fire. None of the pas
sengers as injured.
The burning cars were detached from
the train as soon as it mad emerged from
the tunnel There was considerable ex-
citement. but the coolness of the railroad
men prevented any serious outcome.
The burning cars were switched to. a
side track, where they were completely
destroyed. The train then proceeded To-:
Cherbourg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27

OLD POINT COMFORT. Va, May 81
Practically every bureau in the Navy De
partment was represented at the firing
test on the monitor Florida. which was
in direct charge of Rear Admiral Newton
E Mason, chief of ordnance.
This bureau also was represented by
Commander w. l. Chambers, assistant
chief. who made the preliminary arrange
ments. Other officers making observa-
tions were Rear Admiral Richard Glover,
president of the board of inspection and
survey. Rear Admiral w. L. Capps. chief
naval constructor: Capt. Raymond P.
Rogers. chief intelligence officer; Lieut.
Commander George B, Bradshaw. inspec-
tor of target practice; Naval Constructor
R. H. Robinson. formerly on the Con-
necticut, and Prof Phillip r. Alger. a
member of the board on naval ordnance.
Secretary Taft for the army detailed
Capt. Hermann w Schulz to observe the
test. But the interest Of the army was
further manifested by the presence OF
Brig Gen. Arthur Murray. chief of ar
tillery: Brig. Gen. William CroZier. chief
Of ordnance. and Brig. Gen. w. w.
Witherspoon president of the Army War
College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
BRYAN REPLIES TO TAFT.
Wires His Qualification Over the
Latter's Action.

LINCOLN. Neb. May 27.-Mr. Bryan
received Secretary Taft's telegram yes
terday afternoon and has sent the follow
ing reply:
Washington D c.
Il am very much gratif1ed to receive
your telegram and trust the publication
of your letter will add the weight neces-
Sary TO turn the scales in favor or the
measure. Elections are public affairs and
publicity will help to purify politics
ISigned) "W. j. BRYAN.
Mr. Bryan wired Senator Culberson ana
Representative Williams as follows:
Please secure copies of my telegrams
to Secretary Taft and his reply concern
ing campaign contributions His letter
to Senator Burrows may enable you to
secure action on the bill.
tSigned) wv. j. BRYAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
TO QUIT THE CABINET
TAFT WILL GIVE UP OFFICE IF
NOMINATED.

Secretary Taft declines to be drawn
into any discussion of the reports that he
will resign from President Roosevelts 5
cabinet July 1. that date being fixed. in
some quarters, in the contingency of his
receiving the republican presidential
nomination His friends point out that
to make such an announcement at this
time would not be in good taste. for al
though he fully expects to receive the
yet any statement affecting
his future relations with the Presidents
cabinet. contingent on that proba Dility,
ought not TO be made in advance. Al
though no date is fixed, it is settled tnat
Secretary Taft will quit the cabinet
plsmptly in the event of his nomination.
Secretary Taft called at the White
House before 10 O'Clock tnis morning and
went at once to the Presidents S Once
Later in the day he visited the Capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
KILLED BY TORNADO
Seven Lives Known to Be Lost
in Oklahoma.
HOUSES ARE BLOWN AWAY
Communications Cut and Details
Are Yet Meager.
HOUSES ARE BLOWN AWAY
MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Trinity River Is Slowly Falling.
Millions of Dollars Lost in
Flooded District.

WICHITA Kan. May PA destructive
tornado tore through Oklahoma late last
night and early today
Several lives are known TO have been
lost and many were injured. Houses
were blown down or unroofed. The prop
erty loss is heavy.
Telephone and telegraph communication
is interrupted Details are lacking for
this reason.
Two miles east of Alva Peter Rudy
his wife and their two children were killed
and several persons were injured early
TODAY Several farmhouses were destroy
ed or damaged
The tornado struck Ingersol late last
night. Three were killed and a child Is
missing. Much damage was done to prop
erty.
Heavy Loss at Dallas
DALLAS. Tex. May 27.-Trinity river
fell four feet during the night II Is
thought the worst of the mood is over
Street lights and the city water supply
are still cut off 1t is believed. however
the sewerage pumps will be started during
the day.
The monetary damage in the city of
Dallas alone will reach S1.0O0.o00 The
railroads have been damaged TO the ex-
tent of another million dollars
Six unidentified dead and 5000 homeless
are the results here, officially reported,
of the rise in the river.
The greater portion of the food victims
are in homes and institutions devoted 10
the relief of the destitute.
Vandalism Reported.
Vandalism is reported from the flooded
districts When the sherins office was
apprised of the state of affairs. deputies
hurriedly manned electric launches and
began a patrol of the district affected
Militia and 200 special patrolnen in ad-
dition to the regular force. patrciled the
streets last night. By proclamation OF
Mayor S. j. Hay. all saloons were again
closed from 7:50 o'clock last night until
$50 o'clock this morning.
Street car service continues badly Grip
pied. Passengers and mail from this city
are transferred by. boats 10 AJAX Clln
More than a mile of bridges between that
suburb in and the city has completely dis
appeared as have also hundreds of tele-
graph telephone and trolley wires in the
same district.
Condition at Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH. Texas. May Pin the
grip of the most remarkable food which
ever swept down Trinity river, at this
point. north, east and west of Fort
Worth, not a railway wheel is moving.
nor is any effort being made to start
traffic.
Every energy of railway officials is
bent toward saving tracks and bridges
in the vicinity of Fort Worth.
Trinity river sweeps IN great arc
around Fort Worth. surrounding the town
on three sides Across il there are doz-
ems OF railway bridges. and today none
of them is considered safe for traffic
The waters show no indication of re-
ceding Every hour piles up the damage.
Hundreds of cottages and humble homes
in the lowlands along the river are yield
ing to the force of the food and are
floating down stream carrying the Tor
tunes of unhappy owners
There was no loss of life today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
TO TAKE OFFICERS TESTIMONY
Chicago to See Part Of Kansas Fight
Against Harvester Company.

CHICAGO, May 27-Chicago is to be
the scene of a part of the fight being
waged by the state of Kansas against the
International Harvester Company of
America. Tomorrow and the next day
officials and employees of the corporation
will testify before a special United States
commissioner. The states case in the
quo warranto proceedings. the hearing of
which began last July, has been COM
pleted, and as the testimony of the de-
fense was to be given largely by men
whose Offices are in Chicago. the commis
sioner consented to come to this city to
expedite matters.
Henry E. Ganse. special United States
commissioner. who has taken all the evil
dence up to this point. arrived with his
secretary, F. H. Wade. yesterday. With
them came Attorney Earle w. Evans of
Wichita. Kan, who has represented the
harvester company In that state. Attor-
ney General Fred S. Jackson will be in
charge of the prosecution, but will have
as his special assistant c. C. Coleman
former attorney general. who began the
fight on the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
WRECKED BY DYNAMITE.
Chief Witness in Graft Cases Loses
Three Buildings.

OAKLAND. Cal. May 27-Three dwell
ings built by James l. Gallagher. former
president Of the San Francisco board of
supervisors and chief witness for the
prosecution in the San Francisco graft
cases. were wrecked last night by dyna-
mite.
The explosion shook the 'neighborhood.
smashed windows OF nearby dwellings
and played havoc with interior furnish
ings
Neither Gallagher nor any member Of
his family was near the scene of the
explosion John Rawlins a watchman,
was knocked over by the shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
ACK HALE's SECOND TRIAL.
First Witness Introduced This
Afternoon-Select of Jury.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
BRISTOL. Tenn. May 21.-The first
witness viii h. introduced in the trial
OF Ack Hale for the murder of Lille
Davis which began yesterday. this aft
ernoon. The jury will be completed and
empaneled by noon Out of one hundred
and htry taIesmen examined only eight
were accepted for jury service, and four
jurors are yet 10 he secured from one
hundred talesmen summoned
Young Hale is taking much interest in
the selection Of the jury that is 10 decide
his fate. and consuIts with his counse.
upon the examination of every one offered
touching his fitness 10 serve.
The case is attracting much attention.
and il IS believed will he a sensational
as the FIRST hearing. which resulted in a
hung jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27
Oppose Aldrich Currency Bill.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. May T-The Ten
nessee Bankers Association. in annual
convention here. Yesterday adopted reso-
lutions vigorously opposing the Aldrich
currency bill. fdvoring the issuance OF
emergency currency based on commercial
paper and approved securities. and favor
ing the appointment of a currency COM
nittee. of which at least one-third of the
members shall be business men and not
members of Congress- A telegram setting
forth the action taken was sent 10 Speaker
Cannon.