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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24
DETECTIVES FOLLOW
MRS. READS TRAIL
PHOTOGRAPH IDENTIFIES HER
WITH A CHICAGO TRICK.

DENVER, Nov. %. Through the
medium of photograph and her
handwriting on the hotel register of
the Auditorium Annex in Chicago,
Mrs. Allen f. Read, who attempted
to blackmail Mrs. Geneyieve G. Phipps
for $4,000, has been positively identi-
fed as the woman who, under the
name Of Alice Cheney Brown, attempt
ed to secure in Chicago, November 2,
from brokerage firm, $4,000 worth
of bonds on a bad check
For the past ten days detectives
have been working on the case with
the result that Mrs. Reads movements
have been carefully followed and
every missing link has been supplied.
The story of Mrs. Reads attempt to
defraud the Chicago brokerage firm
will doubtless be offered in evidence
in the prosecution, which will be
brought against her on charge OF
assault with intent to kill and assault
with attempt to rob, which will be
pressed as soon as her condition is
such that she can appear in court.
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ALBANY, New York, Nov. 23.-Geo
B. Sheldon, treasurer Of the Republi-
can national committee today filed
the list Of contributions for the recent
national campaign. It shows 1888
contributors, many of them covering q
number Of lesser contributions.
The total amount contributed was
\ 81 1,655,518. The names Of individ-
ual contributors are given without
specific addresses or locality, this be-
Ing the method Of entering them
when received, but the addresses have
been inserted as far as available:
Y $110, 0,00O-C. p. Taft, Cincinnati
$37,777- United League, New York.
$25,0OO-Larz Anderson Boston, G.
"A. Carrollson.
$22,5OO-Union League, Philadel-
phia. @DD.
O00,-Andrew Carnegie and j. p
Morgan, New York.
$15,00O-smith Cochran, New York
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IS ATTEMPTED
SHOTS FIRED At PROMINENT
BUTTE MAN.
Especial to The Gazette J

Especial to The Gazette.)
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. %. M. n.
Dehora, president Of the British Butte
Mining company, today informed the
authorities that four attempts had
been made on his life during the
month, the last occurring Saturday
night. On each occasion Dehora was
on his way to the properties of the
company near Rocker to pay off the
hands and had large sums of money
with him.
On each occasion the would4be as
sassins fired with a rifle from the
dump Of the old Blue Bird Smelter
half a mile across the valley. Satur
day night, the rifle ball passed be
tween Dehora and a lad sitting with
him in a buggy.
On each occasion 7Dehora charged
his adversary, who slipped away.
The police have the name Of a sus
pect.
Dehora commanded a regiment d
troops during the Boer war and 1:
widely known among the mining me1
on three continents.
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VACATION FOR
THE CHILDREN
SCHOOLS WILL Be DISMISSED
FOR ONE WEEK WEDNESDAY,.

Schools throughout the county, with
possibly one or two exceptions, will
be dismissed Wednesday night for one
weeks vacation on account Of the
teachers institute, which will be held
in Billings next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
All the teachers in the county will
attend the institute, which will be con-
Quoted under the supervision Of Coun-
ty Superintendent Mrs. Sara G.. Morse.
1t will start Monday morning and last
for three days. There will be lect-
ures, question boxes ana experience
meetings in which the teachers will
all participate.
AS no school is to be held Thanks.
giving day and because Of the neces-
sary vacation the first three days next
week, giving but one day between FOL
school, it has been decided not %
hold school Friday, but to have one
weeks vacation for the children.
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Travel into Billings is the heaviest
it has been for more than one year, ac-
cording to local hotel proprietors. For
the first time in months, last yeek the
hotels of the citY were)hlled and
people were turned @Yay, being forced
to walk the streets to find some place
to sleep.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday nights were record breakers
in the hotel business in Billings for
this year. On nearly every one Of
these nights, every room in seven diff
ferent hotels in Billings was filled.
Saturday and Sunday nights several
of the hotels were compelled to turn
travellers away.
Rooming houses throughout the
city report similar condition. Hard
ly night passes but what all the
transient rooms are taken and the
Rooms all rented' sign is displayed
Restaurant keepers report a similar
increase in business. One Of the
leading cafe proprietors said that since
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$60.4O AN ACRE
FOR SUGAR / ! BEETS
BOSTON BANKERS MAKE AN IN
CURRY ON SUBJECT.
Especial to The Gaze tie. J

BOSTON, Mass. Nov 23-Inquiries
dinected to the local bankers, county
assessors and postmasters through
out the United States, where sugar fac
tories have been located, brought conn
mandatory reports regarding the bene-
fits derived from the beet sugar in
dustry, says the National Magazine.
One question asked was What gross
proceeds per acre are your farmers
able to secure in beet culture" The
lowest report was $25 an acre and the
highest $3.50; the average Of all was
$69.40 per acre.
Another question asked: AS the
farmers become familiar with beet
raising, are they more or are they
less anxious to raise heets All an
swered that they were more anxious !;
that the interest was increasing, and
in all but one case that the acreage
was extending.
To the question, Have farm mort
cages increased or decreased since the
erection of the factory, and to what
extsnt?" all but two stated that they
had decreased, some materially, some
25 per cent, some 80 per cent; one,
that very few farms We're now mort
gagged. Two stated that farm mort
cages had increased owing to the
fact that renters were becoming able
to buy on partial payment.
Another question asked was: "The
average price for agricultural lands
prior to the location of the factory
and at the present time?" Two gave
no price before the factory was erect
ed, the land being desert and Of
little value; the land in one of these
sections now being worth $100 an
acre, in the other $3.50 an acre; oi
the others the smallest increase was
20 per cent, the greatest $50 per cent
The average price of all was $34.28 an
acre prior to the location Of the fac
tory and $75.55 at the time of the re-
port. The average increase in value
was 124 per cent. But this was not
the whole of merchants and rea,
estate men we're benefited; in fact
the whole community.
Another thing about the beet sugar
industry is the fact that it is impossi
ble to make trust out Of it with
out taking the farmers into the deal
and the factories must be scattered.
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BILLINGS HOTELS MORE
CROWDED THAN FOR YEAR
Strangers Have to Walk Streets and
Search for Rooms.

the election his business had increased
more than so per cent Sunday, one
LOT the local hotels had more people
for dinner than had been present for
any single meal, unless during con
vention period, than had been the
case at any single meal for more than
six months.
Theatrical advance men, who have
been in Billings in the past few days.
report similiaar condition, though
not to such great extent, prevalent
throughout the state. In some places
they have had hard time securing
sufficient rooms for ali the members
Of their company. In Billings the
members Of The Time, Place and the
Girl" company, which played at the
Babcock theater Saturday night.
would not have had sufficient rooms
had they not doubled up.
This condition is considered re-
markable as during the past year one
new European plan hotel has opened
! and another has doubled its capacity.
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SAYS He DID NOT POSSESS THE
ABILITY.
SIXTEEN ARE REPORTED GIVES MORE HISTORY
His Cross Examination Will be Com
pleted Today-He Spent an Arduous
Time on the Stand Yesterday.
Those Missing Transfer Books.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Credit for
the creation OF the Standard Oil trust
which counsel for the federal govern
ment claims still exists as the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey was
given by John D. Rockefeller as Wit
ness today under cross examination
in the federal suit to dissolve the
Standard to two men Henry M. Flag
Ter and Samuel G. T. Todd. To these
master architects of the OIL combine
Mr.. Rockefeller gave full credit, say
ing he was sure It was not himself. as
he did not possess the ability for SO
progressive a move.
Mr.. Rockefeller spent an arduous
day on the stand under the incessant
questions of Frank B. Kellogg, the
governments counsel and when ad-
journment was taken until tomorrow,
he gave every evidence Of delight
that the day was done. Counsel hopes
to conclude Mr.. Rockefeller's cross ex-
animation tomorrow, when It is plan
ned to place John D. Archbold, vice
president of the Standard on the
stand. Frank B.. Kellogg, who with
other government investigators has
been endeavoring for over a year to
locate the missing stock transfer
books Of the Standard Oil trust,
sought to do so today through Mr..
Rockefeller, who promised to do
what he could to find out Mr.. Rookie
feller's examination today carried him
through the Standard OIL trust and the
years OF its subsequent liquidation,
which lasted from 1898 to 1899.
| Mr.. Rockefeller's memory at times
was not clear on the dennite detarrs
of this trust liquidation period and he
told the counsel he could not recaIl
many Of the incidents and develop
ments Of that time. During the day
Mr.. Kellogg developed from Mr.. Rock
efeller that early in the industrial ex
]istance OF the Standard. the presidents
of two railroad companies together
with their directors were stock
holders in the oil combination.
After adjournment tonight, Mr.
Rockefeller told an. inquiring audi
ence OF reporters that there were bet
ter things in the world than making
j money and since 1891 he had bee1
gradually retiring from business. H
I added:
There is more important work thai
1 making money and there is much TO
me to do. lifelong to the brotherhoo,
OF man.
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DEWEY scALEY AND EVANS SO
DECLARE.
CRITICISMS ANSWERED
New Vessels Launched are the Most
Powerful Ever F'oated, and More
Than The Equal Of any in the
World-critics Admit Supremacy.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Critics of the
navy who condemn warships because
of minor defects were publicly ans
wered tonight at banquet of the u.
S. Naval academy. Six rear admlra,s
sat at the banquet in the Auditorium
hotel and praises for the navy were
read from Admiral Dewey, Rear Admi-
raj schley and Rear Admiral Evans.
The rear admirals present were:
Washington L. Capps, chief of con-
struction in the navy; Albert Ross,
Willard H. Brownson, Francis ]. Hig-
ginson, French E. Chadwick and Jas.
H. Dayton.
Admiral Dewey's letter said in part:
"Of the battleships designed during
the past few years have spoken and
shall continue to speak IN the highest
terms. The feet of battleships now
going around the world are of the old-
er type and some of them have lived
half the life as commonly estimated
of a battleship in the first line. Battle
ship building is one of the most pro
gressive of modern arts and old ships
are not equal to new; but the vessels
which have recently been received
with such marked consideration In
South America, New Zealand, Aus
tralia, Japan and China are the equals
of foreign vessels of their date OF de-
sign and completion and often their
superior.
"There is probably nowhere In the
world a fleet of 16 battleships of great
er fighting strength"
Admiral Schley's letter said in part:
I am wholly out of sympathy with
those critics who find nothing good in
what exists and whose policy appears
| to be destructive, rather than con,
structive. / have watched this dis
cussion in the press and periodicals
with interest born of lifetime of ser
vice in every class Of ship under
the flag. Such a thing as a perfect
ship does not float at sea today nor is
| it possible to create one no more than
lit is possible to find perfect man
81 take exception to such adverse
criticism today because the fact is
withheld that many of the minor de
fects referred to were incident to the
time and type when those vessels
we're constructed and they are com
mon to large percentage of the wal
vessels of every other power. Bu
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DECLARES RATES ON IRON AND
STEEL TOO HIGH.
ASKED TO WASHINGTON.
He Has Been Requested to Appear Be
fore the Committee Now Taking
Testimony, in an Effort to Get solu-
ton Of the Problem.

I = T. a
WASHINGTON Nov. 23.As . re-
suit Of the declaration Of Andrew Car
negie In an article in the forthcoming
number OF the Century magazine. that
the tariff schedules on iron and steel
should be reduced, the ways and
means committee of the house tonight
formally invited Mr.. Carnegie to ap-.
pear before it this week to tell what
he knows about the steel industry and
the possibility Of reduction Of the tar
if on iron and steel products.
The committee desires him to ap-
pear temporarily on Wednesday when
the iron and steel schedule will be
taken up in the hearing now being
held by the committee looking toward
a revision OF the tariff.
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REPlJB lean CAMPAIGN fund AMOUNTED TO $655,58
1883 JOINED IN POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION MOVEMENT
TORNADO WRECKS SEVERAL TOWNS
MORE THAN TWENTY LIVES LOST

west crossed the Arkansas river sew
eral miles south Of the settlement Of
Piney, and proceeded in northeaster-
ly direction. It swept through the
towns Of London, Wellerville, Jethro
and Louisville, Patterson and Berry
vile and outlying portions Of Mulber-
~, either completely wrecking or lay
ing waste the larger part Of these
places and destroying timber and
crops through the intermediate val
ley. At Piney it is said that twelve
persons we're killed and a number in
jured. Practically the entire settle
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LIST Of CONTRIBUTORS
! WHO GAVE $500 And OVER
List Of Contributors TO the National
Fund Made Public.

- N. Bagley, chairman, Michigan;
William Nelson Cromwell, New York.
$10,OOo-M. G. D. Borden, Whitelaw
Reid, Frank A. Munsey, Jacob H.
schiff, New York. Fred p. Smith,
Michigan; Edith Agnes Corbin, w. J.
Bohan, treasurer, Washington.
9,OOO-s. Vail, and associates
Washington; H. N. Coe, chairman
New York.
$500 Mark T. Cox. New York.
$7,O00-R. G. Kerens, st. Louis.
$4,000 William Barbour. Paterson
New Jersey.
s., ,000-J. 6. Schmidtapp, Cincinna
IT,; Simon Guggenheim, Denver;
Kountz Bros, VIM. H. Clyde, ]. w. NJ
Seligman & Co., Robert Bacon, A. NJ
Huntington, Geo. Lauder, Mrs. A. A
Anderson, Jas. speyer, D. o. Mills, G
f. Baker, E. F. Converse, F. H. Smith
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GOVERNMENTS TO LOOK UP MON.
TANA KILLINGS.
consuis Are to Ask That the Killings
Between TAFT and Grand Forks, on
the Milwaukee Road, be lnvestigat-
ed Officially by the United States.
Especial to The Gazette).

TAFT, Mont, Nov. 23.-Fore1gn res
tdents in this section have forwarded
petitions to their respective consuls
general at Washington asking that
official action be taken in regard to
sixteen alleged murders between Taft
and Grand Forks, Idaho, in which the
foreigners employed in the construc-
tion camps Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul Railway company have
been the victims.
It is claimed that the men were
waylaid and slain following paydays
at the camps. The crimes are alleged
to have been committed during the
past, year.
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SHOOTING AT JOLIET
Rasmus Hetland Wounded in Dispute
in the Carbon County Town sun
day-Died Yesterday Morning Pio-
neer Of the County.
fSpecial to The Gazette J

Especial to The Gazette.)
RED LODGE, Nov. 23.-Rasmus
Hetland, q pioneer Of Carbon county
was shot twice in the abdomen yes.
terday by coal operator named Byrd,
at Joliet, and died this morning at 9
o'clock. 83
Hetland owns q number Of coal
properties at Joliet. He ana Byrd had
formed q co-partnership and later fell
out over business difficulties. The men
met in front of a saloon there yester.
day morning. Byrd fred three shots,
two of which took effect. Byrd claims
that Hetland attempted to grasp him
by the throat and he then pulled his
gun and shot. Byrd is In Jail here.
"A coffin and burial shroud for the
deceased arrived from Billings yester
day morning, though definite arrange
ments for the funeral have not beer
completed.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 23.--
According to advices received up to
midnight, meagre because Of the re-
moteness Of the section affected, more
than score of lives were lost and
many other persons were injured in
tornado which swept the northwest
ern section of the state today, demol-
ishing several towns.
4 The section reported storm swept is
removed from both telegraph and rail
roads and confirmation of many Of the
reports is necessarily lacking. The
tornado approaching from the south
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FUNERALS HELD IN
TOWN OF RED LODGE
BURIAL OF VICTIMS OF FRIDAYS
MINE FIRE.
Especial to The Gazette.)

RED LODGE, Mont, Nov. 23.-Yes-
terday the. remains Of the three min
ers who lost their lives in the fire at
the east side mine on Friday, were
buried and their funerals were largely
attended.
The funeral of the late Judge 7. R.
Jackson, who dropped dead when told
of the mine disaster, was also held
The funeral services were in accord
ance with Masonic rites. The body
was followed to the grave by Masons
from Billings and all parts of Carbon
county. Andrew Jokala and John
Matson We're buried under rites of the
Finnish secret society Of which Jokala
was the leader in this city He was
a married man, leaving a widow and
two children. Matson was a single
man, and had no relatives in this
country.
Samuel Gaspers was buried under
the rites of the Italian society here,
and leaves a young widow Of two
weeks. The six missing miners are
still in the burning mine, and doubt
less their bodies will never be found.
The fire is confined to the No. 2 slope,
being sealed up from the rest of the
mine. The upper portion OF the slope
has caved, caused by the timbers
burning out and the steam acting
against the lime rock roof.
\ Half of the mine was opened for
operation this morning.
Until the bodies of the six Finnish
miners, who lost their lives, have
been recovered, the Finlanders, who
comprise SO per cent Of the working
force at the Northwestern mines, re
fus to resume work, declaring they
would not be showing the proper
amount OF respect to the dead were
/ they to begin work now. The super
stitious feelings of the foreigners are
4 believed to be at the bottom of thu
refusal to resume work. As there Ii
slight chance OF the bodies ever bein.
recovered, it being the belief of th,
mine officials that the remains of th,
six have long since been entirely con
suned, the company is in a sort of
quandary.
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ANSWER RECEIVED.

PEKIN, Nov. 23.-President Roose
yelt's reply to the communication
from Prince Chun, forwarded Novem.
Der 19, in the name Of the new emper-
or of China, setting forth the crisis
through which the throne had passed,
was received by the American lega-
ton here today and delivered to the
foreign board. The grand council al
ready has undertaken consideration of
the reform in questions of court pro-
cedure.
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ment was demolished. At London
three are reported to have lost their
lives.
Wellsyille and Jethro are reported
destroyed, several fatalities occurring
in each place. In the vicinity Of Null
berry the death list is placed at seven,
At Berryville one woman, Mrs. j. o.
Hoskins, was seriously injured and
several others sustained lesser inju-
3ries. A path 100 yards wide was cut
through the town, six buildings being
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WILL NOT DISPLAY TROPHIES.

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 23.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not make a dis
play at the Alaskan -Yukon-P Pacific ex-
position of the trophies of his South
African hunt next year. In reply to
formal request sent two weeks ago,
Secretary Loeb, for the president, has
replied that it will be impossible to
comply.
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BANK sUsPENDs.

COLOGNE, Nov. 23.-The CONNER
cial and Industrial Bank Of Bonne,
capitalized at $75O,OOO today Temporal
rily suspended payment as result Of
the general dullness in trade. Ar
rangements are going on with other
banks to prevent creditors from suf-
fering loss.
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OFFICIAL LOUISIANA VOTE.

BATON RoUGR, La, Nov q. The
secretary OF state has given the offi-
cial vote of the state OF Louisiana In
the presidential election as follows:
Bryan ss,5es, Taft s.s5s. Debs 2,53s.
Hisgen 732.
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791
MYSTIC SHRINE.
Handsome Programs to BE Provided
tho Mobiles.
Especial to The Gazette.)

- i -
Especial to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Mont, Nov. 23.-Hand-
some indeed are the programs which
have been prepared for the twentieth
annual session of Algeria temple, An
Client Arabic Order, Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine, to be held in this city,
December 8. They have been printed
on splendid grade of linen paper and
contain as well numerous illustrations
picturing the path OF the novices, who
to the number of more than half a
hundred will be conducted across the
burning sands to the shrine of the IL
lustrious potentate.
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REBELS PUT TO FLIGHT
Mutiny in Marking is Suppressed BY
Gunboat-Rebeliious Natives Are
.Bombarded, and Break for the Back
Country.

PEKIN, Nov. .23.-The first trustwor-
thy report Of the mutiny at Marking
was received here today. For q time
the mutineers put up resistance. but
a gunboat was brought to the scene
and bombarded their position, where
upon they fed.
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CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Edith Potter Meets Death in Strange
Manner.
Especial to The Gazette,

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 23-Edith Pot
ter, aged 6, daughter of a rancher
near Virginia City, Mont, sat upon a
red hot horseshoer's forge Saturday
and was burned to death before her
elders noticed her plight.
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BAT NELSON JAILED.
He Was Caught Running Away from !
Doq Fight.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2ss.-Battling Nell
son, the prizefighter, was arrested in
Burnham today on warrants charging
disorderly conduct and resisting an Of
fcer The charges come as 9 sequel
to dog fight which was raided at
the village OF Burnham near Chicago
last night. Nelson, 1t is said. was one
Of the spectators who escaped when
other arrests were being made.
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CONTINUED on Fifth Page.)