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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-10
FRENCHICONQUER
The MOROCC
GENERAL AMADE REPORTS VIC
TORY IN BIG BATTLE.

Paris, March General D'Amade,
commander of the French forces in
Morocco, according to official advices
received here, has followed up his pre-
vious advantages in his campaign
against the warning trtbesmen BY in
flicting decisive defeat on the Mad
rakas, the Mzabas and force of Mu-
lai Hafid's adherents. who came to
the assistance Of the tribesmen.
The battle lasted from 6 o'clock in
the morning until 2 o'clock in the
evening. The enemy suffered enor-
nous losses, abandoning everything
in their headlong flight. The French
losses were very slight. considering
the severity Of the combat and the
nature Of the ground.
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HARTMAN SHIPS
HAVE CUT RATES
RATE WAR in PASSENGER LINES
ls LOOKED FOR.

Portland, March 9.-The most start
ling cut in steamship rates announced
on this coast in years was made to-
day when the Hartman lines an
nounced fat rate between Portland
and San Francisco of $40 and second
class rate Of S..
This means that the North Pacific
Steamship company. Hartman 9
principal competitor, viii have to meet
the cut and the result will be that the
many steam schooners travelling be.
tween Portland and San E-aAcisco
win have to 90 out Of passenger car.
rying business or lose heavily In the
transaction.
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ONLY ONE MONTH MORE OF The GAZETTE CONTEST
ANY ONE OF CONTESTANTS STANDS CiANCE..TO WIN

t s ! " {. b - I. q. / + ] f. " ID
The Gazette Oriental tour contest
starts the nnal lap today. There are
just ST more days Of the contest,
which win come to q close April 10.
With another month yet to run It
would not even be possible to hazard
q guess as TO the winners. There is
not : young lady entered in the con-
test but who has an excellent chance
OF winning. It would mot take so
yearly subscriptions to make the low
est contestant equal the leader In
either district. So It can be seen
that all have An excellent chance Of
winning.
AS an inducement to assist the
young ladies In their work OF vote
getting The Gazette is giving tempo
rarily bonus for every seven yearly
subscriptions paid in advance. This
lets the girls get large number Of
votes that will aid materially in assist
ing them to win.
As result Of the offer yesterday
there was q decided increase manifest
in the contest. The voting was much
larger than on Monday Of last week.
Miss Norma Conner Of the Northern
Pacific omces, who has been third In
the contest for some time, led in the
voting, casting 3,1s6. She ID working
hard among her friends during hex
spare time and II rapidly approaching
the leaders. Miss Laurie scovel. whn
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AFTER
BEET DUMP
'RAncHERs FURTHER UP ROCK
CREEK AGlTATING QUESTION.
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
Merritt Thinks That If sugar Beets
Are Good Thing for the Yellow.
stone Valley, They Ought to Be a
Good Thing for Them.
Copyright y waldon EAvsssa

Merritt, March 1O.-Farmers around
Merritt have all been notified that rep
resentatives of the Billings Sugar
company will meet them at the Mer-
ritt school house Thursday evening,
March u, at 1880 p. m. for the pur-
pose Of securing a sufficient acreage
of sugar beets to justify putting in a
receiving station.
From what / know of the land
around Merritt" said one Of the lead
ing rancehrs to a representative of
The Gazette the other day, Il can see
no reason why sugar beets cannot be
grown in this section just as success
fully as they have been further down
the creek. Ranchers who have given
the matter any thought and study de-
clare that this portion Of the valley
should do every bit as we'll as the
Clarke's Fork or the Yellowstone.
.Unquestionably the growing of
sugar beets has raised the price of
lanu from $50 to SIS an acre In other
sections of the country. Yellowstone
and Clarke's Fork lands have adj,
vanced sharply in price since the
building Of dumps along the railroad.
Sugar beets have done it. Merritt
ranchers cannot fail to profit largely
If they show the sugar people that
they they have the confidence in the
proposition to warrant putting in a
dump. It is simply up to the farmers
to put the proposition through.
.Ican see no reason why the pres
ent low prices for grain and hay may
not continue. A large amount of the
construction work which has been
going on in eastern Montana during
the last few years has been completed,
and the result will be that the demand
for raw products will naturally not be
what it has been.
.'The beet proposition is q remedy.
The market Is immediate and will alb
sorb all that can be thrown upon it.
| Much of the land around here that has
been in grain and alfalfa can be much
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MANY SCHOOLS HAVE NO FIRE
ESCAPES.
SAFETY E: THE REASON
Fire inspectors In Various Cities For
bid Holding School IN Fire Traps
Children Rush Out in Panic at Lees
Summit.

Milwaukee, March 9..-The third
floors of 16 Milwaukee public schools
were ordered vacated today by Build
ing Inspector Koch because of the alb
sence Of fire escapes.
The order was served on President
Lindemann of the school board and
was issued by direction of Mayor
Becker. Inspector Koch today inves-
tigated the condition Of private and
parochial schools and If any are found
wanting in fire escapes they will be
required to close until they conform
to the law. .a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-10
ICE TRUST men
ARE OUT OF JAIL
TOLEDO MAeNATEs HAVE sERv-
ED 81 DAYS or SENTENCE.

Toledo, March 9.-Judge Brough in
common pleas court today issued an
order releasing from jail r. c. Lem
mon, r. A. Beard and Joseph Miller.
the ice dealers sentenced to six
months for violation Of the antitrust
laws. The men had served 81 days.
Counsel for the prisoners and the
prosecuting attorney agreed that the
court had authority to suspend the
sentence II It was thought the ends
OF justice had been served.
The state stated it would make no
objection to an order Of suspension.
It was agreed that the families and
business Of the prisoners needed them
and that they had been sufficiently
punished. 5a5
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n ? . : - ; . : \ . :
more successfully and prohtably put
will be assured an immediate cash in
come in the fall.
"The day that the Sugar company
puts in beet dump here at Merritt,
every mans land within six miles OF
this station is worth from S. to $40
an acre more than it is today. The
tranchers are going to miss an oppor-
5tunity if they let this thing go before
a sufficient acreage is pledged SO that
they can be sure Of getting a Dump"
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has maintained the lead since she
took 1t. excepting one day. was second
in the voting with 2.440 votes. making
her total 74,242. Miss scovel has an
excellent organization among her
friends and they are working hard for
her. Miss Leona Keil was third In
district / In the voting. Miss Keil is
making a good record In new sub
scribers and her friends are assisting
her materially. The other candidates
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in district one have perfected organ
ization and have entered the last lap
with excellent chances. It would be
hard indeed to tell who will be the
winner.
In district two, owing to the fact
that yesterday was Monday the vot-
ing was not so heavy as during the
middle Of the week. There was no
change in the positions occupied by
the contestants In district 3.
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FRENCH CONGO REvoLrs.

Antwerp, March 9.-Mail reports
received here from the Congo inde-
pendent state declare that the Issages
and Declares blacks on the upper
Sanga river, in the French Congo
have revolted. The French director
Of this region has been taken pris-
oner.
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WILL REBUILD CLIFF HOUSE.

Famous Old Place at San Franclseo
VIII Arise Again.
San Francisco, March 9.--Dr. Emma
Merritt, executrix OF the estate OF
Adolph sutro. was given permission
today by Judge Coftey to apply insur-
ance money received after the de-
struction Of the Clitf house toward the
erection Of new building. The Pc
tition was opposed by Attorneys
Bowie and Mayer, who represented
four Of the heirs. The question Of
allowing $40 900 more from the estate
win come up March 20.
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FORECAST or WEATHER.

Montana-Fair Tuesday and Wed.
nesday. II 85 n
Wyoming Fair Tuesday and We'd
nesday; warmer Tuesday in the CEN
tral portion.
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Children , Rush Out. I

Lees Summit, Va, March s.-Four
hundred children in the public school
here today rushed out Of the building
in disorder when fire alarm was
sounded.
Attempts were made to use fire
drill, but the call Of fire outside the
building caused the children to make
for the nearest exits. No one was In
jured.
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closed In WeIlsvllle.

Wellsville, o., March 9.-The large
public school at Empire, eight miles
from here, has been closed by direc-
ton Of Mayor Grif1th until the board
OF education has made alterations
necessary for the safety Of the school.
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TWELVE MEN SECURED in FIRST
DAY OF THE CASE in DEN.
YER COURT.
ALTO EMOTl0NLESS
Accused sits and RIinks Quietly at
Judge and jury -Widdecomb Ex-
hausts Peremptory Challenges Al
lowed the Defense-Jury Will BE
Closely Locked up During Case.

Denver, March 9.-At 500 this af-
ternoon jury was secured to try
Giuseppe Alio, charged with the muir
der Of Father Leo Heinrichs, Roman
Catholic priest, February % last. Alio,
it is charged by the prosecution, shot
and killed the priest while the latter
was administering the sacrament to
him.
The entire session of the court to-
day was taken up in the examination
Of talesmen, 80 passing through a
rigid cross examination by the dis
trict attorney and the attorney for the
defense. At times the Judge also took
a hand in the questioning of the tales
men. The defendants attorney used
his right of peremptory challenge
freely and eleven men who were sat
isfactory to the state were compelled
to leave the box on the demand Of Mr.
Widdecomb. When the box was final.
ly filled satisfactorily to both sides,
Judge Whitefored instructed the jury
that they would be kept togeter and
not allowed to communicate with any.
one during the trial. Adjournment
was then taken until tomorrow morn.
ing at 10 O'Clock.
No Demonstration.
There was no demonstration when
Alio was brought into the court guard
ed by five deputy sheriffs. He was
placed in the prisoners box where he
sat blinking at the sunlight. He paid
no attention to the hustle about him
but occasionally he would turn his
eyes in the direction Of the audience
He had been shaved and was dressed
in plain workingmen's clothes. Hill
face gives one the impression Of intel
ligence but of great WEAKNESS. In hii
appearance there is nothing to indi
cate insanity to the layman.
AS soon as the case was announced
Judge Whiteford ordered call for the
|jury.
The examination Of the Jurors wa,
begun at once.
During the examination A1io, whe
understands practically no English
sat beside his attorney looking at thu
floor and lifting his eyes and blinking
in. the direction Of the 10 men in ths
jury box. He seemed to take no in
iterest whatever in the proceedings.
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ANNA GOULD RETURNS.
FormAr wife Of % castsliane On hsr
Way Westward.

Paris. March s.-Nadams Anna
Gould, accompanied ~ her children.
win sail on the North German Lloyd
liner Kron Prins Wilhelmina from
Cherbourg to New York. She expects
to remain ii America for two months.
It is reported that Prince Do Hslie
sagan has made arrangements 70
leave for America.
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UNREST in ARGENTINE.

La Paz, Bolivia, March 9.-Disquiet-
Ing news has been received here Of
political unrest In the Argentine
provinces and trouble Is feared.
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tine. and / want you to take dinner
with some friends OF mine"
That night Vidocq dined with a party
OF charming cracksmen. everv one of
them noted in his profession. Con
stantine was the chief, Joubert his
able lieutenant, and the others faith
iul followers. The wine flowed freely
and the beat of feeling prevailed. One
or the company said facetiously that
he had Just come into a fortune and
was celebrating the event. AS a mat
ter ~ fact he had cracked a crib"
the night before and was spending
Part OF his ill-gotten wealth. Con.
Stantine. turning to Vidocq, said:
"How's your nerve?"
Fine"
Are you i'm for an Adventures
Surely. With whom"
With the locksmith's daughter"
Vidocq keeping up the spirit of the
thing, bowed gravely, acknowledging
the Introduction and inquired when he
would have the pleasure Of going ow
with the lady.
1t might be tonight" he said grum-
bling, IF IL were not for that ia.
fernal Vidocq"
The detective pricked up his ears
at the mention of his own name. lie
preserved the gravity OF his counter
ance. however. as he remarked care
lessly:
"Oh, don't mind him II can keen
clear Of the informers. They tell me
Paris swarms with the parasites"
That's true said Constantine. "but
If you can keep Vidocq from guessing
at your business you are safe enough
with me. AS for these informers I
dUn't fear them. can smell those
beggars as easily as a crow scaSts
powder"
Well" said Vidocq, 81 cannot boast
of 50 much penetration. yet think
too. that from the frequent description
have heard of this Vidoca his fea.
lures are so well engraved in my recol.
lection that should pretty soon recog
nize him If came Unexpectedly in bis
way"
God bless your" cried Constantine
10 is easy ~ perceive you are a stran.
ger TO the vagabond; Just imagine.
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vising plan of campaign. When day
nght arrived il was completely blocked
out in his mind-not detail was over
looked
The first step was to discard bis
own personality and take up that of
another. 1t would have to be a thief.
The honor of being impersonated fell
TO one German, alias 1.-The CAPTAIN. -
He was fugitive galley slave. Vidoca
had known him in the days-well In
the days before he became a detective.
German had dark brown hair. that of
Vidocq was light; he was thin. Vidocu
was stout; his complexion was sallow.
that Of Vidocq was clear. But the re-
sourceful detective overcame all of
these obstacles. Days we're employed
in perfecting the likeness. First he
attained a seven days growth of
beard. Then he dyed his hair and
beard black. BY the generous use of
white walnut liquor he attained a most
unhealthy complexion. The original
was SNUFF fiend. Vidocq garnished
his upper lip with a mixture of coffee
grounds and gum arabic. He made
blisters on his feet by rubbing in a
composition with which he was IA.
miliar. He made the marks of the
letters on his ankles, and dressing
himself in suitable garb was ready
for his enterprise.
After thYt he became a regular fire..
quenter Of the thieves dens of Paris.
Among so many little thieves there
was one big thief His name was Con
stantine, former fencing master. who
having run the gamut of dissipation
had now reached the closing stages of
crime in his ill-spent life. His com.
panions looked upon him az man of
enterprise-bold in execution and on
all occasions possessing the most un.
blushing effrOnthry. The attention OF
the police Tad been directed 10 Rim
more than once, but they had never
been able 20 secure the least scint1la
Of evidence against the man.
Vidocq, knowing this. moved can.
tiously. lie knew that mister might
mean his own life, for he was IN the
midst OF desperate characters VINO
/ thought nothing of murder. He pui
on a sad face, bcmoaned his own fate
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and hewailed the fact that he had no
means of recouping his fallen for
tunes. He became friendly with one
of the intimates OF Constantine. and
that worthy, being piled with liquor,
gave the detective full particulars OF
the habits of the big thief. They passed
the night together. and before morning
Vidocq knew all about the haunts OF
Constantine.
+ On the following day he again met
his voluble informant in the dance hall
on the Faubourg st. German. He was
quite excited.
tine?" he asked Vidocq.
Most assuredly!" replied the detect
i've.
Now is your time IL you wish to
speak to Constantine-he is here"
Vidocq only waited long enough
for the newcomer to be seated when
he went up to him carelessly and
said:
Would you kindly oblige me with a
little tobacco from your box?"
The famous thief looked the detect.
i've over from head to foot before re.
plying. After an embarrassing inter.
val Constantine passed his tobacco box
to Vidocq. Then he said abruptly:
you have been in the army"
The detective could have fallen TO
the floor. Had all Of his carefully
contrived disguise counted for moth.
ing? Did Constantine know who he
wac? in any event it would serve his
interest TO answer the question truth
fully. So with pretended nonchalance
he said:
Why, yes: how did you know it?'
Simply because no man can con.
ceal It. Once in the army you carry
the badge Of It with you through life.
in your walk, in your shoulders. In
your talk, In your manners"
Vidocq laughed uproariously. as n
he considered this a good joke, and in
the confusion invited his new.found
friend TO take a drink He accented.
and in the course OF their conversation
the detective was delighted to find that
the other had not penetrated his dis
guise.
Il like you" finally cried constan.
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HENRY, the project of the
MH Paris police, sat at his desk
In his private office, his
AvA0 face picture of perplexity
He picked up a paper that
lay before him and read it care
fully for the third time 1t was
an official report of a desperate
robbery that had occurred in
the heart of the French capital
the night before. Moreover, it was
one OF many similar reports. There
had been an epidemic of robberies and
the police seemed poweress to stop
them. M. Henry summoned M. Ber-
taux, famed as a cross-examiner of
criminals, and M. Parisot, the gov
ernor OF prisons, and the three men
talked long and earnestly but without
coming to any conclusion. Presently
O look OF qualification overspread the
countenance of NJ. Henry. He turned to
his colleagues
Gentlemen, | have It,"
What is it?" they called in chorus.
BE seated" he responded. "and
wait"
They did as they were bid and the
project touched a button. A messenger
responded
Tell Yidocq to come here at once"
said Nj. Henry.
In few minutes the door opened
and a strong, well-built man with
square shoulders shambled into the
room. He had gray hair, a thick nose.
blue eyes, smooth face and a per-
petual smile. He glanced about him
In furtive way and realized that he
was in the presence OF the triumvirate
of talent that ruled the underworld of
Paris. He squared himself as a man
would who was preparing to be on the
defensive. But the first words Of the
project treasured him. "Vidocu. we
need your assistance"
The man bowed low.
M. Henry, / am at your service alb
solutely"
The project handed him the report,
Take that and read 1t carefully.
1t is one of many. The criminals are
having carnival. want you to cap
ture this gang My regular police
have failed They bring me only ex.
cuses; / wish you TO bring me the
prisoner"
Vidocq smiled that everlasting smile
and bowed again.
1t shall be as you wish, NJ. Henry"
He left the room with three bat
teries Of sharp eyes leveled at him.
n Bertaux shrugged his shoulders.
"A quack doctor sent to caputre
burglars"
NJ Parisot spread out his hands in
disgust
"A showman's clown a petty thief
on the detective force"
NJ Henry smiled bland1y.
Gentlemen, you are not alone I'm
your disapproyal DO you see these
papers" pointing TO high pile on the
side OF his desk, these are all BRO.
tests and complaints against the EN-.
pigment OF Vidocq Some are from
honest men; some from thieves. But
he shall have his chance. His past is
behind him; hig fu; IRE in his own
hands. ! shall Judge him solely by re-
suite"
o..
vieocq spent all morning in going
over the reports that had been placed
In bis hands. After that he returned
40 Ffa lo1Cfngs. and throwing himself
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tEusene Francois Vidocq. who has been
called the Father of Detectives, was born
at Arras, July q. 1775. the son of
BAKER He became in turn an acrobat with
a travelling circus. a soldier in the French
army. vasabond. forger and a con-
Wet He was sent to the galleys for
eight years but escaped and Joined a
nand OF hishwaymen. He turned states
evidence on some of his companions and
IN 1Sl2 was made chief Of the secret DO
wee OF Paris. exemplifying the phrase
set thief to catch thief" He was
remarkably successful but finally lost his
place in ISIS. He opened a private detec-
i've agency and also published four vol
uHes OF his memoirs He died in poverty
In 1S57.)
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vfsocq spent all morning in going
over the reports that had been placed
fn bis hands. After that he returned
20 his lo1gings. and throwing HIMSELF
On the bed lay awake all night de-