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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
Jury to Try Mexicans Accused of Vic.
lating Neutrality Laws Is Sc
cured at Tombstone,
Arizona.
TO INVADE MEXICO
Arizona Rangers Raided Camp of
Junta, Capturing Papers and Com
missions Which Revealed a Plot
Against Sister Republic Overthrow
of Diaz Government Planned.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz.. May 13.-A
jury was secured today in the trial of
Magon, Villareal and Rivera on a
charge Of violating the neutrality laws
and directing an armed invasion into
Mexico.
United States Attorney Alexander in
his opening statement, declared the
government proposed to prove that
the revolutionary conspiracy was
hatched at st. Louis by the defend
ants; that their letters directed in that
city We're subsequently mailed from
points in Canada and the overt act
finally committed at Douglas, in this
county, when instructions were re-
received by one of the Junta members
named Espinosa, directing the move
ments of the proposed invasion
Immigration Inspector General Con-
nell told the history of the famous
raid of the Douglas iunta in Septem-
ber, 1906, by the Arizona rangers and
the immigration officers when papers,
commissions, flagstaffs and parapher-
MALTA of the junta were seized Letters
secured at that time we're unidenti-
fed.
Court Stenographer Michael License
testified to the translations which des-
ignate Espinosa chief of the invasion
forces and treat at length with plans
to invade Cananea and other points in
Mexico and advising that Americans
be not molested as fear of intervention
would be probable. The overthrow
of the Mexican government was plan
ned, it being said that the movement
was bound ito grow in favor and the
letters were enthusiastic of ultimate
triumph of the Liberal party.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
Following Turbulent Session CIemen.
ceau Achieves Another Signal
Victory in French Chamber q
of Deputies.
RIGHT OF STRIKING
Chamber Votes That Government Is
Correct i'm Its Position That Postal
Employees Have no Such Right
France Must Chose Between ReyO-
luton or Progressive Evolution.

PARIS, May 13.-A turbulent ses-
sion of the chamber of deputies today
ended in another signal victory for
Premier Clemenceau when the govern
ment's policy with regard to the pos
tai strike was emphatically endorsed
by vote of 545 to SO, including also
the governments insistence that the
postal employees and other function
aries have no right to strike.
Immediately afterward the chamber
passed vote of general confidence in
the government 365 to 159. The strik-
ers received the chambers rebuke
with shrug of the shoulders, declar-
ing it only served to bind closer their
forces which would soon startle the
country to big increase and a rapid
extension of the general movement.
On the other hand it is intimated
that the government has other plans
in view to offset any serious growth
of the strike.
Up to midnight there was no change
in the situation, if anything it was in
the direction of a weakening of the
strike sentiment.
The general conviction is that if the
movement does not make vast strides
tomorrow it is almost certain of COM
plete failure.
M. Barthou, minister of public
works, posts and telegraphs asserted,
during the debate, that only 1857 out
of 24,205 postal employees in Paris and
the department of the Seine are out
and that conditions in the provinces
were even better.
Premier Clemenceau icely concluded
the exciting session with the diction
that it was case merely where
France must choose between revolu-
tion on the one hand and progressive
evolution on the other or between
work under republican law and order
and a spirit of adventure calculated
to disorganize and rend the republic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
RETURNS.
ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE }

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.)
HELENA, May 13.-P. r. Cunning
ham, commissioner of insurance, has
returned from a somewhat extensive
trip made in the interests of his party
for the purpose Of uneeting and con-
ferring with various eastern bureaus
of like character. Mr.. Cunningham
visited the insurance commissioners
for the District of Columbia at Wash
ington, for Maryland at Baltimore, for
New York at Albany, for Michigan at
Lansing, for Minnesota at St. Paul,
and likewise he conferred with insur-
ance officials at Philadelphia, Newark
and Chicago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
POE BOUND OVER.

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTED
GREAT FALLS, May 13.-A special
to the Tribune from Williston says
that Will T. Poe, former city auditor,
yesterday arrested in connection with
a shortage of the city funds, was to-
day bound over for the embezzlement
of $4,000. He gave bond in the sum
of $1,000.
Suspicion was directed toward Poe
through mutilation of the records in
an apparent effort to hime something.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
POISONED BY
BLACK HAND
Cincinnati Italian Fruit Dealer Dies
Suddenly After Receiving
Threatening Letters.
EXCITEMENT IS GREAT
During Funeral Ceremonies Candle
Upsets and Coffin Is Set Afire.-
MOurners Believe Black Hand Pur-
sued Victim Even After His Death.

CINCINNATI, o., May 13.-Salvator
Rizzo, a fruit dealer, who died sud-
denly at his home here Tuesday, after
having received threatening letters
from the Black Hand, is believed to
have been poisoned. Rizzo was warn
ed that if he did not send several
thousand dollars to certain persons in
Pittsburg, his life would be forfeited.
He turned the letter over to the po-
lice.
Much excitement was caused in the
Italian quarter here today, when the
ceremonies over the body of Rizzo, a
candle was overturned and the coffin
set afire.
The blaze was extinguished. Word
went around that the Black Hand was
pursuing RfzzO even after death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
MYSTERY IN RICH
WOMAN'S DEATH
Body Unearthed by WOrkmen Clearing
Lot in New Westminster, B.
C., Suburb.
VIAL LAY BY Her SIDE
Wearing Apparel Partly Burned Found
in Pile of Ashes Nearby.-Knights
of Pythias Pin ON Her Breast.-Has
Been Dead About Six Months.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., May
13.-While clearing lot in Burnaby,
suburb last evening, workmen found
the body of a woman in an advanced
stage of decomposition. death having
occurred at least six months ago.
Beside the body was found bottle
and glass vial, containing a reddish
liquid. Close by, some articles of
wearing apparel were found in a pile
of ashes, having been partly burned.
The woman had been richly clad,
and apparently was about 80 years old.
On the breast was Knights of Pyth-
las pin and nearby several dress suit
case keys. No clue to the woman's
identity has been discovered.
An inquest will be held.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
CANNOT VERIFY
TALE OF CAPTURE
Report That Captain and Crew Are
Held Prisoners i'm Venezuelan
Jail Unsubstantiated.

. CARACAS, May 13.-It has been
impossible to verify the story coming
from the island of st. Vincent that the
captain and crew of the American
whaling vessel, Carrie B. D. Knowles
of ProVincetown, Mass., have been
languishing in a Venezuelan jail for
five years. There is nothing in the
records of the American legation or
the foreign office to substantiate the
story brought to St. Vincent by the
sailor, Ellis A. Payne. w. w. Russell,
the American minister, has no knowl-
edge of the alleged captivity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
ANIMAL FREAK.
ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE }

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.)
MILES CITY, May 13.-This seems
TO be good year for freaks in the
animal kingdom, in this locality a
tive-legged steer, four-legged chick
en-, five-legged sheep and now a
seven-legged lamb having come to no
tice. The lamb fell into a mud hole
and died otherwise it might have lived
The pelt will be sent to a taxidermist
at Livingston for preservation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
A SMALL BLAZE.
Fire of Unknown Origin Threatens
Business Section.

A small fire, of unknown origin,
but probably resulting from a match
or cigarette, was discovered in the
office of Dr. Allen in the Stapleton
block at about 1890 Wednesday night.
The fire department was summoned,
but the blaze, which was confined to
a couch in the room, was extinguished
without the use of chemicals Or a
hose. The blaze was discovered by a
member of the Billings club who was
leaving the building, and had it been
allowed to gain headway the building
as we'll as the business portion of the
city would have been threatened.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
EAGLES TO GATHER.
Arrangements for Gathering mt Butte
COMPLETED.

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE,
BUTTE, May 13.-Fire Chief Sang
er, in charge of the committee which
has in charge the entertainment OF
the Eagles of Montana, who will as
semble here in state convention June
%, today announced the features of
the program which include the great
est electrical display in Montana his
tory. Four thousand colored electric
lights will be strung about the prin-
cipal streets. The parade, in which
5000 men are expected to march, will
many novelties.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
SEDGERLY SUCCEEDS KERR.
ESPECIAL TO THE GAzETTE.)

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.)
KANSAS CITY, Kas., May 13.-It
was announced at Fort Riley today
that Maj. Gen. Winfield Edgerly will
succeed Gen. John B. Kerr as COM
mandant of the fort on the latter's
retirement. General Edgerly is now
in command of the department of the
Dakotas at St. Paul.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
KANSAS TOWN RuRNS.

PHILLIPsBURG, Kas., May 13.-
Fire at midnight last night at Long
Island, Kas., small town 20 miles
north of here, destroyed five business
buildings, causing a loss estimated at
100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
LUMBER JACKS STRIKE.
ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.

lSPECIAL TO THE GAAETTE.)
BUTTE, May ia Missoula dis
patch to the Inter Mountain says
that $50 lumber jacks in the Baker
camps near Eureka, Mont, all affil-
lated with the Industrial Workers of
the World, have gone on strike for
higher wages. The lockout began
Monday and there is no indication of
a settlement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
FIRES STILL RAGING.
ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE.)
WINNIPEG, May 13.-Only the
heavy rain falling throughout the Ca
madam northwest will check the dis
astrous prairie fires that have been
raging throughout the southern Sas-
katchewan for the last week. Loss of
life, it is feared. will be startling and
the property loss will be heavy
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
KILLED HIS WIFE.
Seattle Man Angered Because Wife
Refused Him Money.

ESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTEl
SEATTLE, Wash, May 13-Arthur
George, clerk, aged 40, shot and kill
ed his wife, Elizabeth at her home
in Brighton Beach, near Seattle, to-
day and then went to police headquar-
ters where he surrendered. Mrs.
George left her husband two years
ago and because of his bad habits
and because of her refusal to give
him money has had trouble with him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
House Discusses Tariff Bill and Hot
Words Are Exchanged Over
Free Trade i'm Philip
pines.
BREAK PARTY LINES
In Vote ON Iron Ore Schedules Par
ties Split, Seventeen Democrats
Voting With Republicans, While
Twelve of the Latter Vote With the
DemOcrats.-Se1fish Exploitation.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-In the
house today Chairman Payne called
up the Philippine tariff bill.
Mr.. Payne explained that the most
important reason for the legislation
was that the insular government un-
der the general tariff bill would be
deprived of about $1,O0O,000 in revenue
because OF the free trade relations
proposd between the United States
and the Philippines.
Mr.. Robinson criticized what he
termed the indefinite policy of the
government toward the Filipinos and
claimed the Filipinos were fully ca
pable of self-government.
''Is the negro capable of self-gov-
ernment?" Mr.. Payne inquired
Mr.. Robinson retorted that the ne
gro was capable of self-government,
but was not capable of governing the
world, and, he added, 81 don't intend
he shall be-"
Opposing the Philippine tariff, Mr.
Harrison of New York said that
measure should have been drafted by
the Philippine assembly and claimed
it was drawn for the selfish exploita-
tfon of the islands. Mr.. Underwood
of Alabama. maintained that the Fill
ipinos were being better treated in
the matter of tariff concessions than
were the people at home.
Mr.. Clark (MissourD objected to
immediate consideration of bill
amending the organic act of Porto
Rico in accordance with the presi-
dents suggestion in his recent mes
sage and the bill went over.
Speaker Cannon's policy of not ap-
pointing committees was upheld by a
substantial majority after Mr.. Garrett
(Tennessee) had sought to have him
directed to name the committee on in
sular affairs.
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HUNDRED MILLION MORT.
... GAGE.

PIERRE, S. D., May 13.-The
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railroad company filed
with the secretary of state a
mortgage for $1OO,OOO,OOO to
the United States Trust COM
pany of New York, to cover an
issue of 4 per cent bonds run
ming 80 years from January 1,
last.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
LIFE SAVED BY A RAT.

JACKSON Mich, May ia large rat" in
life of Mrs Richard Frost automobile accident
collded with telephone
harpins driven
geons being
crushed The baby injured the head.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14
HORRIBLE DEED OF MANIAC.

ELY, Nevr May 13.-J. Allen is in a hospital here
became suddenly insane today broke
throat with the glass; also hacking body in score of places
Then securing stick of wood with
himself the head with it, sinking in nearly an inch
Notwithstanding his recover He
old and here recently from Pueblo Col
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-05-14

After a day devoted to discussing
the duty on iron ore, the senate adopt
ed by vote of 81 to "a the recon-
mendation from the committee on
finance for duty of 25 cents per ton.
The house had placed that article on
the free list. The Dingley duty is 40
cents per ton. Party lines were an
initiated in the vote today, as II
Democrats voted AYE with the Re-
publicans, and 10 Republicans voted
''no" with the Democrats.
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24

the oil An area equal to 1,O1O,56O
square yards was oiled. The cost of
oillng per square yard was slightly
more than | cent. representing the oil,
labor and supplies The oil subdued
dust. Had the same area been sprin-
Killed. with water to prevent dust the
cost would have been "a cents per
square yard. Mr.. Dunn estimated
that the cost of sprinkling the area
oiled last summer would have been
$16,2O1.32 The expense of oiling
this area was $lO.GT1.44 The direct
saving in using oil was $553S.SS, or "a
per cent. The indirect bcGefit follow
ed in marked saving in the cost Of
maintaining the boulcvards and the
uniform excellence of their condition.
Good roads naturally are a rural
problem In the cities no progress can
be made unless the thoroughfares used
for business and pleasure are paved
and maintained in good condition.
Country towns are concerned as much
with good roads as are the farmers
who use them. In country towns buSi-
ness practically IS at standstill In
rainy seasons. Bad roads keep the
farmers at home. If the farmer had
fit thOroughfare to the village he could
do his trading on days when he could
do no tasks in the fields. 1t Is far
more desirable that the farmer should
visit his nearest town in the rainy
season than at any other time, as the
commodities he has to sell command
the highest prices when rain keeps him
at home.
The regents of the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college were among the first
of the governors of agricultural col
leGes in the United States to realize
the vital concern which good roads are
to farmers. Not only was there the
feature of poor roads following rain,
but there was the every day feature
of ruts, pools and poor rOadbed gen
orally.
The college board of regents named
Albert Dickens to take charge Of cX-
perimental road work in Kansas, Mr.
Dickens selected one fourth of n mile
of road west Of the rcformatOry at
Hutchinson to use In the first expert
ment lie reported upon the test as
follows:
The soil was fair sample OF the sandy
loam of the Arkansas valley. At the dato
OF It's selection no rain had fallen for ten
DAYS. The sand was several inches deep
Loads CONSISTING nf fifty bushels of grain
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24
w HOLE NrMnrn, 1855

made an exceedingly heavy load for a
strong draft team. A good carriage team
required much urging to pull the carriage
faster than a walk.
After the grading was completed and
the roadbed was well formed where fills
were required the entire road. one-fourth
mile in length and thirty feet wide,
plowed to a depth of about four and one
half inches and thoroughly pulverized
with harrow and disk. A disk set
straight. was run before the oil sprin-
king tank to open small furrows, and a
harrow followed the oil spruklinG tank to
thoroughly mix the soil and oil.
The oiling done the first days OF
October. The oil was not heated. The
tank of 500 gallons would cover about
$500 square yards once. The harrow fol
lowed each application. When one gallon
to each square yard had been applied
the soil seemed nearly saturated to the
depth of the plowing, four and one-halt
inches After narrowing the last time
heavy float was used to smooth the sur
face. In a week the road sufficiently
firm to allow rolling. A twelve ton roller
was used, going over the road several
times until it seemed to be thoroughly
firm. After week the road was used by
NIL kinds of traffic. 1t was firm, but not
hard. a sharp shod horse left the calk
marks plainly outlined, but did not tear
up the soil even when driven at a quick
trot.
one reason for building the road in the
fall was to note the effect of freezing
weather. The road was not seriously af-
feCted. 1t seemed that the coating of
oiled soil kept the underlying soil sutii-
ciently dry to prevent serious heaving by
frost.
Mr. Dickens ended the report by
saying that the road is in good condi-
tion. Under his direction roads also
were built near the Agricultural col
lcge in black loan; at Maple Hill, in
the Mill creek valley, in soil known as
"gumbo;" at Garden City, in "as bad
a stretch of road as can be found any
where" being of sand. which absorbed
the oil in places to Il depth of sixteen
inches, and the race track at Man
haitian. which was said to have been
improved so much that n widely
known trainer of horses, c. b. Mi
chael, terms it first class training
track"
The cost of the roads varied from
500 to ST 300 a mile, Mr.. Dickens re-
ported. The average cost of Il road
eighteen feet wide, three miles from
the railroad delivering the oil, is
placed by Mr.. Dickens at $GG0.
The oil used for roadmaking pur-
poses embodes quantity of asphalt,
The California oil is best for the pur-
pose. Texas oil ranks next, with Kan
sas third. The eastern oils have n
Lasc largely parattin. They must be
treated and asphalt added to make
them useful in roadmaking.
With proper construction and the
use of oil as a binder for dirt and mac
adam roads the farmers virtually may
have asphalt roads past their homes,
declare advocates of this method Of
road ConStruction.-K Kansas City Star.
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24
HpeS Stle.

Il went to the Gaiety to see The
Knight of the burning Pestle' and
was struck by the pronunciation of the
word peStle,' the t being sounded
quite distinctly. Mentioning my sur
prise to a friend, his establishment was
greater than mine, but at my lgno-
rance. He had always heard it pro
nounced so; all scientific men sounded
the t. l felt somewhat taken aback,
but turned up my dictionary-goo
faithful friend at home. There it was,
quite plainly, pestl.' Is there any
doubt about the pronunciation"
AS usual, there is no right and
wrong in the case-either pronuncia-
tion is correct-and we should have
thought our correspondents pes"
was the more common. The original
pronunciation would be ''pestl' or
"pcstel." and no doubt the author of
the play pronounced it so. The spell
Ing, of course, is no guide, rs Is shown
ny the analogy Of "wrrstle" and tres
tie" I'm both of which the ST. Is silent.
london Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24
A Sample of His Nerve.

Buck Taylor the Snowman, was a
great friend of Captain William
O'NciIl, the rough rider who was killed
at Las GuasimaS, Cuba, in the Spanish
American war. O'Ncill was sheriff of
Tucson, Ariz., when Taylor became ac
quantcd with him, and on more than
one occasion the cowboy rendered the
eaStcrncr Il service.
Did O'Neill deserve the reputation
he held for nerve?' Taylor was once
asked.
"Wen," he said and then hcsitatcd,
as if careful to choose the right words,
81 don't think there was anything that
Bucky O'NcilI was afraid of. Once he
went into a den where ten of the pals
of a murderer and train robber he was
after were gathered, laid his hand on
the mans shoulder and walked him
out. He had not Il friend or ally within
sight or hearing Was that nerve"
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24
Road lmprovement In Cuba.

One of the beneficial results Of the
American occupation of Cuba has been
the establishment Of an adequate sys-
TEN of roads and the beginning Of
construction. These roads are built
primarily for the marketing of crops,
but they are used extensively by au-
tomoblles as well. They are made uni
formly thlrty-four feet wide, with six
teen feet of macadam in the center.
The surface finishing Is placed on a
foundation of ten inches of broken
rock, and they have no grades greater
than per cent, Bridges are of steel,
culvcrts of concrete. bitches are dug
In the low places, and the roadway is
generally elevated above the level Of
the contiguous land The main road Is
complete from Havana to San Girls
tobal and from Pinar del Rio to Es-
peranza, besides numerous short
branches.
Frostburg mining journal., 1909-04-24
ROADMAK|NC WITHO|L
Method of Construction Valuable
For Dirt and MaGadam.
PRACTICALLY SELF HEALING.

Oiled Highways Are Not Only Dustless,
prove With Use-OI Makes Roads
Firm, but Not Hard.
In the opinion of IL. Il. Smell, who
nas made a study of city and country
roads in twenty states in the last year,
more good roads will be built in Kan
kaS during the next twelve months
than in any other state in the Union.
Mr.. Smell investigated road conditions
for the Standard Oil company. The
big trust is seeking n market for It's
surplus of oil left after the more vll-
uablc products have been taken from
it, The surplus oil is now sold chiefly
for fuel
The company expects to build a
mile of good road near the State Agri-
cultural college at Manhattan, Kan.,"
Mr. Smell said. I'VE expect to show
by the experiment that an oiled road,
whether built with earth or crushed
rock, IS not only the most durable, but
in the end is the most economical.
III every Sldlt liltlc lS 'llllIllIlS
spent millions of dollars in building
new roads. In few cases is any con
siderable sum spent on the roads to
preserve them. Oiled roads are not
only dustlcSS, mudlcSs and nOiscIeSS,
but they are practically self healing
that is, they improve with use. The
dirt and oil roads give horses good
footing while the tires of the vehicles
iron out the hoof marks"
Experiments made on Kansas City
boulcvards and on roads In Jackson
county, which were coated with oil,
have been watched by men and or
ganlZations interested in good roads.
The Use of oil on boulevards and roads
in Jackson county was among the ear
lier experiments in its use. Adopted
for use to prevent dust it was found
that oil also is Il prcScrvative. In his
report TO the board Of park commits
siOncrS on the use of oils on Kansas
City boucvardS, W. II. Dunn superin-
tendcnt of parks, said the results were
remarkable"
The city paid an average of 77I2
cents a barrel Of forty-two gallons for