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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Convicted of Manslaughter in
First Degree for Killing
w. E. Annis.
NEW TRIAL WILL Be DEMANDED
Defense Charges That Jury Was Not
Properly Guarded-Father and
Brother Weep.

Flushing. N. Y, May 13.-Capt. Pc
ter c. Hams, Jr., L. S. A., faces a
prison term of from one to twenty
years. Despite testimony submitted
by the defense as tending to show in
sanity. he was convicted late yester-
day OF m~anslaughter in tie first de-
gree for killing William f. .Annis at
the BaysiGe Yacht club last August.
Quickly following the army officers
conviction. his counsel announced
that the jury had not been properly
guarded in the trial. and upon this
allegation will urge that a new trial
be granted. These afidavits will be
submitted on Monday. the time set for
passing sentence and for any motions
that the defendants counsel desires
TO make.
Jurors Roam About at Will.
Daniel O'Leary of counsel for the
defense said:
There was no evidence in this case
to warrant a verdict of granddaughter.
1t should either have been murder in
the first degree or acQuittal on the
S'NhiiN ~ insanity. II u u "SIt
permitted to roam about the country
in an automobile and go right to the
verge of the scene of the homicide.
which is clearly against the law. We
will have afidavits to prove that such
is the case and also that the jurors
were permitted to leave the iurisdic.
ton of the county and have been on
government property at Fort Totten.
all of which will be urged as a ground
for setting aside the verdict
Unlike the scene attending the trial
of Thornton Hams. the defendants
brother. who was acquitted of com
plicity in the same crime, there was
no demonstration in court when the
verdict was rendered.
Captain Is Dazed.
AS he heard the decision of the
jurors, Capt. Hams face was as white
as chalk. He stood for a few mo-
ments motionless, staring at the jury,
after he heard the verdict. Then one
of his lawyers touched him and he
quietly sat down.
In striking contrast to the demean-
or of the prisoner was the grief of
his aged father, Gen. Peter c. Hams,
and his brother, Maj. John Power
Hams. For a momen they sat as if
dazed, then broke down and wept.
The captains aged mother was not in
court. This precautiOn was taken to
shield her from the shock.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21

Fourteen Men Sentenced to Ten Days
and Fined $500 for Whippinu a Man.,

Waverly, Tenn, May ia verdict
of guilty was returned yesterday in
the case of the fourteen men charged
with being members of the night rid
ers' organization and with whipping
Esquire J. NJ. Reece or Oct. Is, 1903.
The punishment was fixed at ten days
in Jail and a fine of $500 each. They
were remanded to Jail under a strong
military guard to reappear in court
today, when a motion for a new trial
will be made.
After the verdict was announced
the defendants shook hands with
each other and last night they played
the banjo and danced in their cells.
The indictment on which they were
tried charged going masked through
towns and villages with unlawful pur-
pose in view, going in disguise upon
the premises of others with intention
to do harm, assault with a deadly
weapon while wearing a disguise and
assault and battery while masked.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
SENATORS ON THE CARPET.
Lyon Tells Of Getting 500 From
Central Committee.

Madison, Wis, May 14.-State Sen
ator Edward H. Lyons testified before
the senatorial investigation commit
tee yesterday that, while he told the
Republican state central committee he
did not want any money, a check was
sent to him for 500 by L. w. Thayer,
treasurer of the committee. The rea-
son for sending him the check was
that he had done much work and was
entitled to some compensation.
Winess did not support Senator Ste
phenson in the campaign, but said he
thought it his duty to uphold the pri-
mary election law and support the
nominee Of the Republican parry.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
EXPERTS TIRE JURORS OUT.
Koch Malpractice Case at Bemidjl
Nav End BY Friday,

Bemidji, Mimi, May 1.-THE Koch
damage suit will be finished Friday,
according to a statement made yester-
day by E. E. Mcdonald, attorney for
DR.. Koch, to Judge Stanton. The trial
has been dragging through medical
lore for ten days past. Most of the
jury are farmers, and medical terms
have caused wrinkles or trows of
the jurymen, who are beginning to
realize they have a difficult task be-
fore them to ascertain if Dr.. Koch
was guilty Of neglect and did not prop
erly diagnose the case of Oscar John
son of Blackjack, who died of diph-
iberia in March, 1908.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
UNITE ALL CHRISTIAN FAITHS
Consolidation of Protestant and Catholic
Churches Urged by
DR.. DreeS.

New York, May Identification of
all Christian faiths a consolidation
of the Protestant and Catholic church
eS as a more effectual means of
spreading Christianity-was the plea
sounded by the Rev. DR.. Charles w.
Drees, who has done mission work in
Mexico, South America and Porto Ri
CO., in an address before the American
Tract society at its eighty-fourth an
nual meeting, held here yesterday.
There ought no longer be such a
thing as Romanist or Protestant in
any country" he said. I'VE Shall be
all one in Christ"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Col. Manchester. a veteran Of the
Mackenzie rebellion of 1887, died at
Winnipeg, aged ninety-two.
Andrew Devine. former official re-
porter of the house of representa-
tives. died at his home in Brooklyn.
He was sixty-seven years old.
Hammond La Mont, editor of The
ing an operation. He was at one time
managing editor of the New York
Evening Post.
Peter Wells, who was the first I'm
dertaker at Elwood, Ind, and who
made by hand. by actual account,
1874 collins. from measurements fur
nished him by families of the district,
Is dead.
Levi T. bennington, a student at
Earlham college of Indiana, won che
third interstate intercollegiate orator
ical contest at the university of Chi
cago. Earl P. Flint Of Illinois Yves.
leyan university was second.
The countess of Oxford, who was
Miss Louise Malissa Corbin, daush-
ter of D. C. Corbin of New York, died
suddenly in London. She was mar
ried to the eighth earl Of Oxford in
1888
More than 100000 is given to
charity in the will of Thomas A..
Sprague. late president OF Sprasue,
Warner & Co., of Chicago, who died
at Pasadena. Cal. Feb. 90. Under
contain conditions this sun will be
increased to 81, 900, 900.
The sudden departure of Count
S~zechenyi for Hungary from New
York. after the coun 2.Hd the count
ess had but hardly arrived to visit
Mrs. Vanderbilt. was due to cable in.
portfolio in the new Hungarian cab.
net.
Mrs. Margaret L. Young, widow Of
Caesar Young. the bookmaker for
whose death Nan Patterson was tried
for murder. was married at New York
to George w. Langdon of ~Sheepshead
Bay. Mr.. Langdon has managed the
Young racing stable for Mrs. Young
since her husbands death.
George ]. Owens is dead at the CITY
hospital in st. Louis of a maladv
diagnosed by physicians as the sleep.
ing sickness. Ovens has been in tho
tropics and physicians can account for
the disease OILY on the theory that
he was bitten by some insect and ca
i%nocu.ated with the germ.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Postal Service in Paris and
Throughout Provinces Is in
Normal Condition.
US AG|TATORS DISMISSED
French Government Takes Prompt Ac.
ton in Hope Of Crushing
Out Movement.

Paris, May 14.-The firstday of the
postal strike passed peacefully. No
disturbances were reported and the
movement appears not to have gained
ground. The services in Paris and
throughout the provinces last night,
with the exception of that of the rail-
way mail clerks, are normal, and as a
result there has been no need to take
advantage of the preparations made
by the various business organizations
and commercial bodies to carry On a
private service.
Fire 228 Strikers.
The cabinet last night summari!y
dismissed 22S men under the decree
issued on March IS, w';th authorized
the discharge of strikers from the
state service. and made other provi-
sions for dealing with recalcitrants.
The ministers are very confident that
the removal of the principal fomenters
of the agitation will have the effect of
crushing the movement.
The leaders of the strike expert
enced another Encouragement in the
ldlluIe Vi tuC hunters congress at lens
to vote a sympathetic strike, and up to
the present none Of the trades unions
has made a sign of joining the move
ment. At the same time the govern
ment is hurrying the preparation Of
it's promised bill regulating the status
of state employees, which will be pre-
scented to a committee of the chamber
of deputies Monday.
Outgoing Mails Stranded.
Official figures issued last night
place the number of strikers in Paris
at 465, out of 1000. Owing to the
detection of a majority of the mail
clerks, the cntaoing mails are more
or less stranded. The hotbed of the
previous revolt. Ghe central telegraph
bureau. is very quiet, the night shift
reporting for duty as usual.
Reports from the provinces show
the movement has not made much
Roadway.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Only nine REACH THE SHORE:
Boat CvercrOwded With Workneu
Goes Down in Middle of
Ohio River

Plttsburg, May 10. Twenty-one
men We're drowned when a gasoline
launc sank in the middle of the Ohio
river near S%choenville, four miles be.
low Plttsburg. last night. OF the thir.
~ occupants of the boat only nine
are known to have escaped. Both
sides of the river have been patrolled
for miles and no indication has been
found that any of the missing men
reached the shore.
All the missing men were employees
of the Pressed Steel company at the
Mckees Rocks plant. The men had
been working overtime until 8 O'Clock
and left the works to cross the river
in the launch.
Boat Was O~vercrowded.
The boat is said to have been in
tended for not more than twenty per-
sons. and it is said it was dangerous
to attempt to carry as many as
twenty-five. But thirty men crowded
in. Albert Graham. the pilot, one of
o who is missing. is said to have
stated that it was safe. as he had had
tWenty-seven persons in it last Mon.
day night. When the boat reached
the middle Of the stream where the
water is twenty feet deep, the boat
suddenly sank.
There was no explosion, no leak
was sprung. but the boat simply sank
beneath the weight. AS it sank it
caused a suction which took many Of
the men down with it.
Saves Eight Lives.
John Deer. who lived on the banA
of the river and heard cries for helm.
went out in a skiff and saved eieh;
lives. Part Of that number of mes
he put into his boat. while others hel-
TO the side of it and were rowed
ashore. One maj swan to the bank
and was saved. For several houra
boats have been patroling both sidea
Of the river for miles and no indica,
ton has been found that any one be
side those saved by Deer and the ono
swimmer had reached the shore.
Word has been sem down the rivev
tor some distance to have a close
watch kept for the bodies.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
FINDS NEW FIBROUS PLANT.
Minnesota Man Thinks Discovery Will
SuppIant Flax and Jute.

Washington, May 14.-F. J. Ekwald
of Erie, Mimi, has discovered a new
fbrous plant, which he believes will
become an important article of com
merce, s%upplanting largely cotton, flax
and jute in the manufacture of rope,
Irvine, bagging, etc. Yesterday sam
pies of this fiber We're sent to the bu-
reau of paint industry by Representa-
tive Steenerson. Mr.. Ekwald has suf-
fcient seed to plant several acres Of
his new plant and proposes to intro
duce it generally among Minnesota
farmers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
SALVADOR AGAIN DISAPPEARS.
Publication Of Story Causes Him to
Hurry Away.


Chicago, May 1.-THE Journal yes
terday devoted its entire front page to
the elaboration of an unequivocal
statement that it has discovered 1.-The
lost John Ortiz" otherwise Archduke
Johann Salvador of Austria, prince OF
the house of Hapsburg, who disap.
peared nineteen years ago, after mar.
rying Ludmill Stubel, an opera singer.
The Journal says:
John Ortiz" was discovered at
gainesville, Ohio, working as a ma
chinist at SIS per week. His reason
for making his identity known at this
time, the Journal states, was due to
his advancing age and his desire that
he might be buried in Austria.
Wife Persisted in Disaster.
John Salvador" as the alleged
archduke has always been known
since he left the court at Vienna, was
married in London, and he and his
wife afterwards sailed to South Ameri-
ca in the Santa Margarita, a schooner
which he had chartered. 1t has al
ways been believed that the archduke
lost his life when the schooner sank
off the coast of Chile.
According to the story of the Paines.
vile machinist, he and his beautiful
wife were not aboard the ship, as was
generally thought to have been the
case.
The romantic couple drifted all over
the world, finally taking up a planta-
ton on the Island of Martinique,
where Salvatore wife and children
lost their lives in the Mont Pelee dis
aster.
Salvador, according to the Journals
story, was rescued by a French gun
GOAT and came to the Unied States.
Disappears Again.
P~ainesvil!e, Ohio, May 13.-As sud
denly as he came into public notice,
when he proclaimed himself the
missing Archduke Johann Salvador Of
Austria, John Salvador, a machinist
who has been working here in a foun-
dry for the last five weeks, disap-
peared last night. Finding, upon his
return to his boarding house, the pub
lished story Of his alleged noble
birth, his remuneration of his imperial
title for the love of Ludmill Stubel,
the opera singer, and his subsequent
fall into poverty and ~obscurity, Sal
vator, supperless and dressed in his
working clothes, hurried away.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
DREW SENTENCE STAYED.
Bail During Tendency Of Proceedings
Fixed at 81, 1000,

St. Paul. May 14.-Arthur Y. Drew,
having received a deposit IL. the bank
which he knew to be i%nsOlvent, will
not be sentenced before May %. A
motion for a stay of proceedings pend
ing a motion for retrial was granted
by Judge Olin B. Lewis of the district
court yesterday.
Bail during the tendency of the ac-
ton was fixed at $1,000 and was fur
nished.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
CLAIMS BIG ESTATE.
Aged Veteran Arrives at Mason City
to Fiuht for Riches,

Mason City, Iowa, May IA. - The
claimant of the estate of Francis Nc
Mullen, who died some tine ago at
his home at Rockwell cad icft an es-
tate valued at s1OO,O 00, arrived in the
city yesterday, and the case will be
argued in the district court soon.
John McMullen, an old soldier, is
the claimant, and from appearances
he is almost eighty years I'D.
The brothers. if they were brothers,
separated when they were very small
children.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Militia Guards Negroes Homes.

Frankfort, Ky, May ia guard of
three militiamen. under a non-com-
missioner officer, was placed last
night over homes of negroes employ
ed at the quarries at Benson, below
this city, following the finding of sew
eral sticks of dynamite near the ne
groes' home yesterday morning.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
ROB VOLUNTEER FlREMEN.
Four Men Enter Saloon While Pro.
prietor F!uhts Flames.

Kimball, Mimi, May 13.-While ia
cob Brick, a local ~saloonkeeper, was
helping to fight a fire that was con-
Stunning Elmer Burr's smok house,
four men entered the saloon, and, 1t
is alleged, We're in the act OF robb!ng
it when they were apprehended by
the proprietor and we're arrested. 1t
is charged that the fire was part Of Q
plot TO Job the saloon.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Alleged Robber Captured.

Phoenix, Ariz. May IA. Deputy
sheriffs yesterday captured Henry
Starr, an alleged Kansas and Colo
RADIO bank robber, in the p%ostoffice at
Boise. He is charged with robbing
the bank at Tyro, Kan, on March 10,
1908, and the bank at Amity, Colo,
July 6, 1908.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21

Coroner's Jury in Case of Blacksmith
Hands Hard Problem to Police.

Duluth, May IA coroner's jury
at Virginia decided that Nelson Han
ley, aged sixty-five yna's, a black
smith, whose body Yes t>und Oh Sat
urday in a badly dccom. osed condi-
ton thirty miles moth of there, was
murdered. A cash iound in the neck
led to the murder theory.
The authorities are in the dark how
to proceed further in the case.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Grief Causes Suicide.

st. Paul, May 14.-Grief-stricken be-
cause of the separation from his moth
err and sister, who a week ago sailed
for Austria, their native land, and de-
spondent over the life he had led
since their departure in his effort to
overcome his sorrow, John P. Brenick
of st. Cloud, Mimi, a travelling sales
man, committed suicide in this city.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Girl Dies; Doctor Is Accused.

Clinton, Iowa, May IA. - Charged
with murder in the second degree, DR..
]. D. Hullinger, a prominent physi-
clan, was arrested yesterday in con-
nection with the death of Alice Kra-
mer of Wellington, S. D., an autopsy
revealing that death was due to the
effects of a criminal operation.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
"Wets" Win Legal Battle.

Milbank, S. D., May 14.-Judge Nc
Nulty in the circuit court decided the
liquor question trial in favor of the
"wets'' at the April election. Owing
to technicalities regarding the ballots
the "drys' claimed the victory.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Child Burned to Death.

Sleepy Eye, Mimi, May 13.-While
jumping through the smoke of a bon
fire Mary Guldan. an eleven-year-old
girl, was so severely burned by rea-
son of her dress catching fire that she
died after several hours of intense
suffering.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
HELD FOR ENLIGHTENMENT.
Auditor of Williston, N. D., Charged
With Anproprjatjnu $4,000.

Minot, N. d., May 14.-City Auditor
Hoe of Winston, county seat of Will
liams county, was arres ID yesterday,
charged with embezz';ng $4,000 of the
city's funds. Several days ago many
of the city records were found in an
ash heap at the edge Of the town
and an investigation was started.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Kills Wife and Self.

Chicago, Ill.,, May IA. B. HIM, a
laborer, shot and killed his wife last
night after a quarrel. He then ran
from the house to the surface tracks
of the Metropolitan Elevated railroad
and lay down with his head across a
rail. The first train that came along
killed him.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
Dies on Fathers Grave.

Maquoketa, Iowa, May 13.-Char,es
Rich of Grand Forks, n. d., shot him.
Yesterday. His body was found by
the sexton.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-05-21
CRITICALLY
Three Men Hurt by Explosion Of Mol
ten Iron.

tcn TTO!.
Duluth. Mimi, May 14.-Frightfully
burned about the head by molten iron
as a result Of an explosion yesterday
morning at the Zenith "'Lrnace COM
pany at Duluth, Fred Witt was taken
to a local hospital in a very critical
condition. Two other men were injur-
ed, although not so badly as Witt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-03
THE INDEPENDENTS
OPPOSE MERGER
At. T.co. SAID TO HAVE GAIN.
ED MAJORITY CONTROL
OF SHARES.
IN MIDDLE WEST PHONE DEAL
Minority Stockholders Up In Arms
and Institute Injunction Pro-
ceedings To Maintain
independence.

ST. Louis, Nov ga determined
effort of minority stockholders Of the
United States Telephone Company and
similar concerns in Toledo Indianapo-
lis and Cleveland to prevent what they
believe to be an attempt by the
American Telegraph & Telephone COM
pany to gain control of these so-called
independent lines was presaged by an
announcement made here by Sam B..
Jeffries, an attorney.
According to Mr.. Jeffries, the
American Telegraph G. Telephone Com
pany probably has obtained control of
a majority of the shares of the other
corporations. But under voting trust
agreement, he says, the Independent
companies are prohibited from merg-
ing with any other corporation, unless
80 per cent Of the holders of trust
certificates vote of the contrary.
The certificates are held by trust
companies Of st. Louis and Cleveland
and these latter concerns have been
joined as defendants in injunction
suits instituted by the minority stock
holders in the two cities. The object
Of these suits is to prevent the dissolu.
ton of the trust agreement.
Mr.. Jeffries announced that he will
apply to the St. Louis circuit court
for the appointment of a commits.
sioner.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-03
TO PROBE STATE OFFICES.
Grand Jury Called to Investigate
Charges in North Dakota.

Bismarck, Nov. 26.-Judge Winches.
ter of the Sixth judicial district, has
called special session of the grand
fury, to investigate charges made in
a report of the state examiner on con.
ditions In the offices of the county
auditor and the county commissioners.
The session was called at the request
OF Attorney General Miller. to. whom
Governor Burke turned over the exam.
iner's report for action.
The report shows that the commits
sioners have allowed unitemized and
unverified bills. have bought goods for
the county without advertising for
bids and have in several ways abused
their authority. The auditor has been
retaining the transfer fees paid into
his offices and there are some war.
rants that have been cashed for which
no receipts can be found, are some OF
the allegations.
The report calls attention to careless
methods of the former treasurer and
commends the present incumbent for
the way he has kept the records.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-12-03
100000 WANT
ASSISTANCE
PORTO RIcANs BEG TAFT TO
RELIEVE DEPLoRABLE CON-
DlTIONS ON ISLAND.
SEND COMMITTEE TO SEE TAFT
Farm and Industrial Workers Said to
be at Mercy Of Sugar TRUST
Committee of Workingmen
Calls Upon President.

Washington, Nov. 28.-With more
than 100000 agricultural and indus.
trial workers, including men, women
and children, in Porto Rico described
as being in an economical and socially
deplorable condition, representatives
of organized labor in that island ap.
pealed to President Taft for the am.
elioration of the condition Of the la
boring people there.
Headed by Santiago Iglesias, dele
gate from the free federation of work.
ingmen of Porto Rico, committee
representing that organization called
upon President Taft at the White
House and laid before him a volumin-
Gus petition setting forth the alleged
conditions. A somewhat similar rep
resentation was made by delegation
from Porto Rico to President Roose-
welt about two years ago, when, it Is
set forth, Mr.. Roosevelt promised to
do what he could to cause change
for the better. No improvement has
been brought about, however, it is de-
clared.
u0 oeSh OH 1uCl cast III
the wage scale, relief from the "mer-
cilessness" of the so-called sugar
trust, increased educational facilities
for the children of workingmen, an
improvement of the extremely bad
sanitary conditions, the inspection OF
factories and workshops, the abolition
of convict labor, prohibition of the
employment of children under Ia
years of age in factories, the applica
ton of the eight-hour and the en-
ployers' liability act and citizenship
for Porto Ricans.
The charge is made that the legisla
tive assembly, dominated by the
Unioist party, has committed itself
against the enactment of labor laws
to better the conditions of working
men in that island while capital is
afforded every opportunity to utilize
it's resources and encroaching power
to the detriment and injury to the
laboring classes.