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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
AN APPALLING S

When one reads the list of workmen
who were killed or injured during the
past year, one is appalled,. It is hard
to believe, that more lives were lost
in industrial pursuits, and more men
were injured, in the twelve months
just closing, than the army and navy
recorded losses in the entire Spanish
American war.
This calls to mind the fact that leg
islation is necessary to at least min
imize the number Of accidents.
The quickest way to accomplish this.
Of course, is to make the employer re-
sponsible in a name that attaches q
very heavy penalty.
Under present conditions the bur
den falls on the workman.
According to a bulletin on accidents
issued by the national bureau of labor
$4,000 workmen were killed and 200,
900 injured in the past twelve months
In the railroad world, 7.46 deaths pei
thousand occur annually.
The men are compelled to maintain
a pace that robs their work Of the
very element of safety which the fam,
lily has every right to demand, and
that the employer should be required
to provide.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
TO OUR clTRoN.FLAvoREp
FRIENDS.

II those fellows up in Butte put up
a job to beat Paul Mccormick out of
the messengership they will be lock-
ing up q jack-in-the-box that will pop
,ut at the next election just IN time
TO brighten their ambition to the hard
path Of political defeat.
Eastern Montana elects the Repub-
lican tickets-withoul it there can be
no victory. If they do not believe it,
there is no more certain way of dem
onstrating the fact than by ignoring
the rights Of this section of the state.
Were the case exactly reversed, we
have an oil painting of the d%enizens of
Silver Box shaking hands with them
selves and passing the lemon basket
to the balance of the state.
In this regard, however, we hold
Jumps.
And while Silver Bow may possess
many a lemon, full large and juicy, we
again remind the ~overzealous of that
section that it requires the united Re
publican vote of Eastern Montana to
overcome the citron favored Republi-
can politics of Silver Bow county.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
TAFT AT WHITE HOUSE.
Held a Conference with Presiden III
Roosevelt Yesterday.

Held a Conference with President
Roosevelt Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-At the re,
quest of President Roosevelt, Presi.
dent-elect Taft came to Washington
today from New York and passed two
hours in conference with the president
at the White House. The president
sent word to Mr.. Taft that he earnest.
ly desired to see him and wished him
to stop off in Washington long enough
to take lunch at the White House in
order that some matters in which the
president wanted Mr.. Taft's advice
might be discussed. With the presi.
dent-elect came his brother, Charles p.
Taft, and on the train he met Score
tary Straus, with whom he talked for
some time. Mr.. Taft arrived at the
White House at the presidents regu-
lar luncheon hour. AS this was the
last opportunity the president will
have to discuss with Mr.. Taft his Pa
mama trip, 1t is believed that subject
occupied most Of their time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
POLICE COURT.

S. T. McAllester, a hanger on of the
redlight district of Billings was up be
fore Judge Mann yesterday morning
He was given the option OF paying 9
fine of $25 or leaving town. He left
]. Mckinley and w. A. Douglass
were before his honor again. This il
the fiftieth time, or whereabouts. The
Judge stated that he would like to sen
tence them both for life, but satisfied
himself by remanding them to the Gus
tody of the jailor, where they will
remain until they sober up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

CRIMINALS AND THE FARM.
Place criminals on farms, not in
jail" says Prot. G.. R. Henderson, Of
Chicago University.
We heartily agree with the learned
gentleman.
Penitentiaries, as he says, are the
breeding places for crime.
Locked up behind barred doors, in
the company Of thieves and the hard
Sened element, the scum Of the earth,
wicked through choice, it is not to
be wondered that men are contami-
mated.
Work for the convict is not possible.
because the labor unions will not per-
init III, and thus the prisoner whites
away his hours playing cards, or
gaining information about crime, and
accommodating knowledge that in any
event will injure more than uplift
him.
The professor cites the experience
Of Switzerland and Holland, which
countries have utilized the farm.
The man is given employment, out
In the open, and because of his occu-
patton, he develops into a better man
docs not degenerate.
Even In the jails, he advocates
placing windows in such a manner
that the sun may shine in and each
man may occupy a room by himself.
It is q fact, borne out by statistics,
that In the dark corridors of the jails,
tuberculosis stalks with dreadful
rapidity.
For ON reason or other we Of this
day and age Knowing full well the
penalty that comes from dark holes,
locate our jails in the cellars of build
tngs, underground, in the worst posi-
BILE place In the event Of fire, where
men die like rats in a trap-but
worse, far worse a hundred times, is
the cyclone of diseases that whirl
about them in the dark recesses of
these modern prisons, where men of
all ages and conditions Of health are
permitted to mingle, and the healthy
man Is pulled down to the level Of
the sick. Not only that, but keepers
carry out the germs that cost the
country a terrible annual toll in hui
man life.
The other method Is SO simple, the
results SO beneficial, that the mere
suggestion should be Sufficient to
bring about the much needed change.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
RESENTMENT OF CONGRESS-.

Just what will develop from the in.
quiry of the senate into the employ.
ment of the secret service, particular.
ly as it applies to congress, viii be in
teresting.
Whatever the president had in
mind when he wrote the special mes.
sage will doubles be revealed as a
result of the resolution adopted by
the senate.
If we have men in congress who
will bear watching, the sooner it is
known the better.
On the other hand, il the entire
membership has been placed in a
shadow because of the action of some
men in the past. that fact should be
made plain.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
THE NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT.


The bill to create another federal
judicial district for Montana would be
all right. if it divided the state in such
q amer that court would be held in
the eastern portion.
AS we read the dispatches from
Washington, however, it, proposes to
leave the court Of one district in He
lena, where it is located at the pres
ent time, and establish the headquar-
tiers of the new district in Butte.
All of which is very nice-for Hele-
ma and Butte. But how about the liti-
giants in the eastern portion of the
state, who are thereby compelled to
travel a distance equal to that be-
tween Chicago and st. Louis, to reach
either Helena or Butte in order to
attend court? VII
If it is proposed to do that, in order
to benefit the eastern portion of the
state-for as We understand it, the
bill is introduced in response to the
WFWL Iii III 49, FEFfN
demand of the citizens of Eastern
Montana-then the district had better
remain as at present constituted for
the good reason that the new court,
located in Butte will not benefit, in
point of convenience, Eastern Mon
tana.
II a new district is created-and 1T
should be-the court should be located
in Eastern Montana-not necessarily
in Billings, but in any event in the
eastern part of the state which is
growing SO rapidly.
There is no good reason for locating
it in Butte, for that place shows a
positive loss-the vote in the last cleo
ton is the barometer. To locate the
court in Butte-or any other place
west of Bozeman would be to shame
fully disregard the best interests OF
that section of the state that is not
only growing faster than any other,
but that bids fair in a few years to
have the preponderance Of population.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
THE WORLDS GREATEST LIAR.

Castro is the biggest liar on earth.
II Ananias were alive, he would go
bowling to the desert-yea, verify, his
occupation would be amputated.
With the gravity Of an owl, the Ven
euelan Dictator that was, says there
have been no disturbances in his
land. He knows.
Also he doubts the stories about the
Dutch selling his ships, because that
would make pirates OF the Holland
ers.
For cool effrontery, this fellow GER
tainly makes all the bunco men, finn
fam artists, s%urething workers and
grafters look like a half a peck Of
very cheap skates.
Whatever may be said about him,
be has a system that is strikingly
original, and as successful as it is
novel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
MRS. j. c. SCHWARTZ BURIED.

The funeral of Mrs. j. c. Schwartz
who died at her home is North TWEEN.
ty-ifth street Tuesday night, took
place yesterday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock from the Settler undertaking
parlors, Rev. luke Of the Episcopal
church, officiating. Mrs. Schwartz
was a pioneer Of Billings having come
here in 1886 with, her mother, Mrs
M. y. Fulmer. She is survived by a
husband, J.. C. Schwartz, two children
Lee and Willie and two brothers and
two sisters.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
APPENDICITIS THREATENED.

Robert Leavens. ia confined at his
some ct 921 North T%hirty-1rst street,
lutte seriously i'll. It is understood
hat the doctors who have diagnosed
lis case say he is threatened with ap-
rend1citis. MI. Leavens is q coal oper-
tor at Bear Creek and is we'll known
nd has many friends in the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
WHEN DEFEAT IS THE STEPPING
STONE TO SUCCESS.

The nomination of Charles u. Har-
ris, to be register Of the land office
in this city. will meet with the ap.
proval of not only the Republicans,
but men of all political faith in East
ern Montana.
Nj. Harris is we'll known. He is a
splendid attorney, and hence is pc
culiarly equipped for the duties Of
the Office.
AS a public officers he has been
tried, and has given an excellent &C.
count Of himself.
G.. Z. Harris won public approval
and the gratitude of his party during
the campaign just ended. He was a
candidate for the nomination Of couu.
ty attorney. He made a fair and
square, open and above board fight
and lost the nomination.
Then, In a ringing speech that sent
the convention into a storm of ID.
plause and aroused the greatest en-.
thusiasm, he arose, and moved to
make unanimous the nomination of
his successful oppoent, concluding
with the statement that he would sup
port the ticket from top to bottom,
particularly the worthy gentleman
who secured the nomination.
That speech a as brilliant as it
WAS IT. oora 4rono
the mans heart.
Then came the campaign, and Char
lie Harris vas found in the thick OF
the hght-he seemed to be e
where-and always at the most D
tune moment.
He vas a factor in the campaign.
His work and enthusiasm won hun
dreds Of friends. and after it was over,
the question naturally arose:
What can we do for Harris?"
Lets recommend him for register
OF the land ONCE"
And almost before he knew It. the
petition had been drawn up, and he
was swept in on a tidal wave Of pop.
uiarity. This, In brief, is the record
OF the new register, whose loyalty
never wavered and, who showed him.
self 70 be great in defeat, and hence
the better qualified for success
which he has attained without effort
on his part.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS.

WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-THE ques-
ton Of the entry Of large tracts OF
phosphate lands in Idaho. Wyoming
and Utah was taken up BY the house
committee IN public lands today. Sec
rotary Of the Interior GARFIELD was be-
fore the committee to explain the rea-
son which prompted him recently to
withdraw 100000 Of this kind
of land from entry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SIMON ELECTED.

PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. n.-Gen-
eral Simon the leader OF the late eve
luton in Hayti that resulted in the *
pulsion Of Nord Alexis. who made his
'trfumphal entry into Port Au Prince
ten days ago. was today unanimously
elected president Of the republic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SALARY OF PRESIDENT
Senator Bourne Introduces a Sill to
Increase it from $4,000 to 100000
Per Year, and Raising That Of Vice
President to $4,000.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-senator
Bourne today introduced a bill proyid-
ing for an increase in the salary Of
the president Of the United States
from $4,000 to 100000. and in the
salary of the vice president from $12,-
900 to $4,000. The bill is. intended to
take effect at the beginning of the
next administration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

a RICH BEGGAR GOES TO JAIL.
A New York peggar, who flys under
the title Of Mr.. William Abbott Eos
ter, has just been sent to Jail for six
months. He was convicted of vag-
rancy.
MI. William Abbott Foster occupied
the royal suite at n Of the principal
hotels. That means that he had to
advance $3.50 per day for the apart.
ments-just the rooms, mind you.
Board, tips to walters, and so on were
extra.
You see, William Abbott Foster
knows q thing or two. He might stand
out on the street corner with an Il
am blind" sign on his precious back,
and thereby rake in the shekels-but
he sought bigger game. Besides, the
cold OF New York is biting at the
present season, and he desires the
same comforts royal beggars enjoy.
He would be in the de Castellane and
de Sagan class.
So he rented swell apartments, and,
with engraved stationery, proceeded
to write to a number Of rich men.
Some OF them visited him. They
we're stunned by the splendor in
which he lived, admired his gall, and
came through with the coin.
It was easy.
He reached higher, and sought for
larger sums, for success made him
greedy.
Then he made a mistake. He tack
led an almost unheard of man, a men,
dicant by the name Of John D. Rock
%efeller, who might have died unknown
to fame had it not been for this beg
gar. He sought money from this man
Rockefeller, and the letter was
promptly turned over to the police.
They unearthed similar missives to
Carnegie, Schwab. Morgan and others
who are struggling to get along in
the world, and who need all the ready
cash they have to pay their coal
bills. III s-i~s
Then a thick necked, ~low-browed
man from the Central Office called
at the hotel, and had a chat with
Mr.. William Abbott Foster. This fell
low, q coarse individual who lives a
life devoid Of romance, smoked big
black cigars and smiled under cover
of a red face. He talked to Mr.. Eos
ter-and then locked him in a cell.
Notwithstanding the fact that he
had accumulated 100000 through the
medium of his begging letters, he was
declared by the unfeeling courts of
Manhattan, to be a vagrant. and was
sentenced to serve six months on
Blackwell's island. "Ain't it awful?"
Now. If Mr.. William Abbott Foster
had taken that money down on Wall
street and lost it, his sentence would
not have been ore severe II ne
had managed to tear a chunk out Of
The street, and in the process robbed
widows and orphans, the New York
yolice would salam every time he
passed.
Instead they put him in jail-and
slammed the door.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
consvLrs WITH PRECEDENT.

WASHINGTON, nlec. 17.-Herbert
Janyrtn Browne. the detective upon
whose report the presidents recent
message to congress on the Browns
vile incident was based, conferred
with the president today, Secretary
Wright also saw the president and
they discussed the answer that will be
made to the Foraker resolution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Race track gambling, in which you
bet on something you cannot e at
odds set by the other man, has all
other forms of separating one from
his money beaten to a %standstil.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

a baltimore man is giving trading
stamps, which entities one to a fun
eral hrst class In every respect. Now,
~ the same individual has the temer.
tty to sell rain checks for a certain
unmentionable, but inevitable. place,
be vim do q land ONCE business,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Roosevelt says he will prosecute Pu-
liter and Pulitzer bids him get busy.
Thus we are to have strenuous times,
even unto the end Of the present adj
ministration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Up to the hour of going to press we
have not heard that any member OF
the city government favors changing
the present primitive streets to the
nice paved avenues that other progress
sive cities boast.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Whatever the outcome of the
Brownsville affair, the chances are
even that cull'ed regiments will new
ar try that trick again.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

At any rate. Bryan polled more
votes than Parker, even if he did not
get rs many ballots as he did eight
years ago. To Texas, Billie, to Texas.
where the cactus grows tall, and the
longhorn dwells in his pristine glory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Now it is proposed to ship 10000
unemployed men from New York to
the west. In this respect the western
states following the example Of Texas
in the Coxey army case. should compel
the railroads to keep them moving. II
the east does not want to a for the
paupers, it's a cinch that we do not
want to be burdened with them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
CONN or THE PRESS.

COMM EMIT OF THE PRESS.
Over in England some master mind
has conceived a machine for manu-
featuring ice and the agency through
which his invention becomes produc-
tive is sulphuric acid. Herein lies a
possible solution of the celebrated
Smoke nuisance which has been a
bone Of contention for a good many
years between the owners Of the
tWashoe smelter at Anaconda and the
ranch owners of the Deer Lodge val
ley. This controversy has now as
sumed national proportions for it. has
been carried up to the president of
the United States, although just what
that parsonage could do is not appar-
ent except to make The government
a party to che suit, on behalf Of the
timber lands. which is being waged
against the smelter people.-Helena
Independent.
The dinner at the Inn last night
brought together a large number of
earnest men. 1t is to be hoped that
the idea originated here VIII spreau
to other parts of the state and that
permanent Organizations will be
formed to the8end that a better and
more satisfactory set Of game laws
will be framed and when perfected
and passed that they will not be mo-
Tested at every session, and chopped
to pieces by members who simply
want to be doing something.-Sheri-
dan, (Wyo.) Enterprise.
b press news made mention of
the fact that Congressman Sherman
received a hearty welcome when he
appeared IN the floor of the house for
the opening day Of the session Of con-
gress. Rightfully, Mr.. Sherman was
the star of the occasion. His last for
mer appearance in the house was on
the last day of the first session of this
Sixtieth congress.-Anaconda Stand
ard.
There is no dearth of talk in the
principal towns of Montana favoring
a state baseball league for 1909. From
present indications there are easily
enough members in sight for a six
team league, and perhaps eight
Helena Independent
Racetrack gambling fiaunts itself
before the general public. 1t comes
more or less under the direct observa-
ton OF women and children, and is.
therefore, more enticing and more
vicious than the ordinary gambling re-
sort. The legislature will be remiss
in it's duty and will lay itself open to
severe and just criticism If the ap-
preaching session should fail to brand
racetrack gambling a felony.-spokane
|lSpokesman-Review.
Mr.. Bryan has purchased a large
tract Of land In Texas and will en-
bark in the fruit raising business. He
has been phenomenally successful in
raising lemons and the new venture
should prove prosperous.-Daily Mis-
soulian.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

Any gentle rain fall in Billings will
convert the avenues into a quagmire.
We are still spending money to keep
our streets in a primitive condition.
The same sum would maintain fine
pavements. How do the taxpayers,
Who foot the bills, like 1t?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18

In granting a hunting permit in
the Congo, the announcement will
probably be made that there is q per-
manently closed season on gorillas.
Otherwise, a lot Of King Leopold's
army officers in that region might
turn up missing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
ADAM AND EVE Al o NJ
located a the Billings Chamber .
Commerce.

The Modern Adam and Eve" In the
harden Of Eden, Eastern Montana, the
dcture which created SO much favora-
lie comment at the Spokane apple
how, Is now ; permanent fixture in
he Chamber Of Commerce. The pic
ure which IL n Of merit, has been
dewed by the citizens of Billings and
pronounced . real novelty and a work
Il Art.
Mrs. G. 1. Gardner executed the pic
IRE and her husband conducted the
xhibdt At the apple show. +