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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-24
Army officer Found Dead.

MANILA. April 2S--With his throat
cut from ear to ear. Lieut. Albert N.
Brunzell. OF the United States marine
corps. was found dead today Near the
rear door of his quarters In Olangapo.
The authorities are unable TO deter
mine whether il is . case of murder
or suicide
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-24
Light Underwear

Women's ribbed summer Pants. lace
trimmed. worth CSC. lOn
saturday ALL. 1900. wv
Women's summer weight Combina-
tion suits, lace trimmed. ne
worth 55c. Saturday at. kJ6
Wonsn'S Lisle Vests. ribbed with
fancy crochet yoke. no sleeves
worth sec. Saturday 9C~
at .......... ...........- .SStf
boys Combination Suits. light blue
or ecru. sizes TO IA years
worth s9c. saturday Efla
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-24

Job Printing doue right. Times Print
ing Co. 10 John R.-st. Phone itsS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
CHE ERRY' DISASTER
RANKS SECOND
TEcHNoLoclc DEPARTMENT FIG.
uREs SHOW MoNoNeAA Elk.
PLoSloN KILLED MOST.

Washington. Nov. 16.-According tC
records kept by the technologic depart
ment. the Cherry disaster will rank
as the second greatest in this county
Only, one other. that ut Monongah. W
Va. in which $50 miners lost t2st:
lives, can furnish IA greater death list
AT Monongah. when the mine was pen
etratea. the bodies of some whD had
probably lived As hours We're found
Reseuers equipped with helmets and
resuseitation apparatus might have
saved them, il is declared.
Every rescuer is now equipped with
enough oxygen to keep him alive in a
gaseous mine for two hours. The oxy-
gen is carried in two cylinders or the
back and is fed into the helmet
through rubber tubes. Carbon dioxide
thrown out in the breath is caught
UP in two tanks of potassium hydrox-
ide. Each rescuer carries tank of
oxygen and an apparatus for resusci-
tating the victims. At the govern
ment station at Pittsburg and at its
branches ut Crbana. ILL.,. and Knoxville,
Tenn. 500 miners have been instructed
in a week in the use of the apparatus.
The three largest coal companies i'm
Pennsylvania have established stations
with oxygen equipment of their own.
All coal companies are being urged by
the government To do so.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
A. r. OF L. NAMES SPECIAL CON-
MlrTEE TO LOOK INTO THE
STEEL TRUST S SYSTEM.
NAY LEVY ASSESSMENTS
Sunday Preceding Labor Day to Be
Set Apart for Discussion Of Indus.
trial Topics in Churches Of America
Hays Removal Recommended
Philadelphia Plan Condemned.

Toronto. Ont. Nov 16.-Congres-
sional investigation of the steel indus
try as it relates 10 labor was indorscd
today by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor. 1t was
decided to petition congress to appoint
a special committee to Investigate
methods employed by all great steel
corporations, and. If it is found that
the tariff is being used to maintain
corporation profits rather than to i'm
prove industrial conditions, the fed
GRAFTON viii recommend that the tariff
on steel be suspended.
The council was also authorized to
levy assessments when necessary to
provide for assisting in strikes against
the United States Steel corporation. II
was decided to designate the Sunday
preceding Labor day as Labor Sunday
and to request churches Of America to
consider labor questions on that day
The federation today went on record
as favoring the organization or ems
ployes of the shipbuilding industry
along the Atlantic coast. A resolution
expressing dissatisfaction with the
work of Organizer Arthur A. Hay in
southern California and recommending
his removal was referred to the exec
utive council ior investigation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
BALL|NGER REPORTS
WITHDRAWALS
INTERIOR SECRETARY SEGRE.
GATES OIL LANDS AND
POWER SITES.

Washington. Nov. l6.-In line with
his policy of waiting for legislation
affecting the disposition of public
lands containing power sites and pc
troleum deposits, Secretary Bailinger
today announced the withdrawal from
settlement of lands in different parts
of the west. These included 46. 1oi
acres in Oregon and are believed To
contain water site possibilities.
Secretary Ballinger also announced
the withdrawal of 2,635 acres in Cali
fornia containing petroleum deposits
There are now 3.62l.062 acres i'm this
class of Withdrawals. Because Of the
uncertainty regarding results sought
the interior department has aban-
doned the proposed construction OF
the Walker river reclamation project
in California and Nevada. Secretary
Ballinger today announced that lands
withdrawn from settlement in 1904 and
1905 in connection with that project
have been restored To the public do
main. with the exception of those
sites thought to contain water power
possibilities.
Notice is given that probably 40 per
cent. are embraced within pending
segregations. and that intending set
tiers should bear in mind that irri-
CATION must depend on their individual
efforts or be obtained through private
enterprises.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
GReWSoME EXHIBITS IN caliFoR.
MA MURDER TRIAL CAUSE
A WILD CONNECTION.
ALMA BELL MURDtRtSS2
Girl Charged With Staying Her Sweet
heart Receives Many Letters Con-
veyins Money and Words of Cheer
Members Of Dead Boys Family Are
Threatened by Blaekhand.

Auburn. Cal. Nov i6-with q
heart rending scream, Alma Bell, ac-
cused of the murder of Joseph Armes
fell into a violent outburst of sobs IN
the courtroom today when the blood
stained garments of her dead lover
were introduced as evidence and iden-
titled by Frank Armes. brother of
the dead man. The grewsome exhibits
moved Mrs. Mary +. Armes, his
mother TO tears, and for several min
utes court proceedings stopped while
the two women sought to control their
emotions.
Charges OF misconduct were made
almost at the start OF the trial, against
Assistant Prosecutor George w. HAM
ilton by Attorney l.. l.. Chamberlain
Tor the defense. when the prosecutor
in his opening address announced that,
If any matter tending to discredit Al
ma Bells moral character We're intro
duced ii would have To come from the
defense.
Judge Arnold promptly instructed
Hamilton to confine his address to
" hs's ht NSHttt'h w ptbhe.
Frank Armes, n brother of the slain
man, was the first witness. and iden-
titled the gore stained shirt which the
prosecutor exhibited as that which his
brother had worn when he left the
cabin with Alma Bell.
Alma Bell today received many let
ters from men and women. some OF
them containing money, and almost all
expressed the hope that she wsuld be
acquitted. Letters of quite another
tone were received by the Rev. j. W.
Waniley and members of the Armes
family. Some of these had Black Hand
signatures and said. in substance. that
unless the Armes family ceased their
zeal for her prosecution that the writ
ers would come to Auburn and kin
them. Other letters asked money and
promised To prevent the vengeance
of the Black Hand" from falling upon
the family If the money We're paid at
once.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
MRS. READ NOT SANE
WHEN ATTACKING
MRS. PH|PPS
so TESTlFiES HER PHYSICIAN IN
TRIAL AT DENvER-All
RIGHT NOW.

Denver. Nov. 16.--After a searching
cross-examination by District Attnr-
ney Elliott. DIR. L. o. Butterfield. per-
sonal physician of Mrs. Allen Read. on
trial for attempting to cxtort money
from Mrs. Generieve Chandler Phipps.
stated today that in his opinion Mrs.
Read was insane at the time of her at :
tack upon Mrs. Phipps, but that she
is now sane. DIR. Butterfield told of a
visit to Mrs. Read in Jail Immediately
after her arrest. when she told him
she had just killed man with six
motherless children whom she will have
to support. He also described the raw
ings of the drug victim when nor
phine had been denied her.
The prosecution is attempting to
force the defense to put Mrs. Read on
the stand, but thus far the effort has
proved unsuccessful. The lawyers for
the defense assert she could not stand
the strain.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
I twenty-five ARE
SUSPECTED IN THE
SUGAR FRAUDS
COMMERCE COMMISSION EMpAA.
SlZES POINT IN STATEMENT
MADE TO THE PRESS.

Washington. Nov. 16.-Twcnty two
assistant weighers In the New York
customs house are known to have been
implicated. or are under suspicion, in
the so-called sugar trust frauds. This
Is set forth in statement tonight by
Chairman Black and Messrs. McIlheny
and Washburn of the civil service
commission. in answer to charges that
appointments and removals in the New
York customs house Mere at the die
tnm of the trust. The statement of
the commissioners is largely argu-
mentative, designed to show the care
taken in the preparation and rating
of examination papers and how, by
reasons of methods in vogue, il is
practically impossible for the commits
sion. examiners in Washington to show
favoritism in rating. Authority is
given to appoint officers to examine
into antecedents of eligibles and to re-
move place holders whenever the pub
lie interest so requires.
Statement by Commerce Commission.
The INFORMATION regarding the %
assistant weighers came from the New
York customs house. Two of the as
sistant weiGhers were appointed with
out certification by the commission.
the remaining 90 having been appoint
ed by certification from 1885 to 1907.
There are now employed at New York
126 assistant weighers. Examination
by which these assistant weighers have
been chosen in the last Il years, says
the commission, have h,va prepared
and rated at Washington. The exam
nations themselves are conducted by
local boards at New York OF elsewhere.
The statement of the commission
concludes: What the commission de-
sires To emphasize to the press is that
il has used not only all of the pre-
cautions possible in the selection of its
eligibles, but it has left in the ds-
partment unimpaired power of sitting
such appointments. when once made.
to the bottom and exercising the power
of removal at any time that the in
terests of the public service requires"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
Postal Nav Go In

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. ls.-The an
nouncement today that the American
Telephone & Telegraph company. con-
trolling force in the Bell Telephone
company. had obtained control af tha
Western Union company makes ii Ger
tam TO Columbus independent tele-
phonemen that il is the Postal Tele-
graph company for which James Brai-
ley purchased the United States rele-
phone company. the Cuyahaga Tele-
phone company and the New Long Dis.
tance Telephone company of Indiana.
AS the Bell concern has announced
that a large holding company is 10 bs
formed To merge the telegraph and
telephone companies. il is believed here
that similar announcement Will bs
made by the Postal
The purchase of the indspenient
long distance companies gives the
Postal thousands of miles Of new line
in Ohio and Indiana and would make
II formidable competitor Of the Bell
company.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
BUTTE EASY MARKS
TO GO TO PORTLAND

Butte, Nov. 16 fSpeciaD.-Three resi-
dents of Butte. William +. Veale.
Richard Veale and X. O. Garder. leave
for Portland. Ore. i'm the morning tn
testify in the alleged grating case
of the United States against the Pa
cific Realty association. The trial be
gins Monday.
The men named and about 100 others
i'm Butte fell for the promise of easy
money that the land promoters held
forth and paid out an average of $500
each. only to find after the lapse Of
year that they had absolutely moth
ing to show for it.
One Butte man who was bitten
states he has reason TO believe the
company took close To 100000 from
people of the northwest before the
scheme was exposed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
Philadelphia Plan Condemned. !.

New York, Nov. l5.-The strike of
the 100000 members of the American
Federation of Labor should the United
States supreme court decide the con-
tempt cases against Messrs. Gompers.
Mitchell and Morrison proposed by
the Central Federation of Philadelphia
is not approved by local labor lead
ers. Presidents and other officials of
the largest unions in this city declare
that the plan would violate all pending
agreements with employers, which
would be fatal tn the labor organiza-
tions. and, therefore. the calling of
such a strike would be the hardest
blow the American Federation of La
Dor could give itself
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17

New York, Nov. 16.-Announced in
Boston and confirmed in New York.
another billion dollar merger became
n reality with the practical absorption
or the Western Union company by
the American Telephone & Telegraph
company. The Western Union. one of
the pet properties of the late Jay
Gould. has been in the Gould family
Tor generation. and it was by the
sale OF Gould stock today that the
merger was accomplished.
While the report has been current
that the Mackay companies. eontroll-
ing the Postal Telegraph company,
ultimately will be included in the plan
of reorganization. no confirmation OF
this could be obtained in New York.
OFFICIALS of the Postal were emphatic
that the company would remain in
dependent
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
GIRL DECLARES SHE
KILLED R. D. CANNON

oklahoma City. Okla. Nov. IA
letter Was received BY the authorities
today signed Ruth" in which the
writer declares that when she is found
the police will have the ''one who
killed K. ID. Cannon
I killed him because he wronsed
me-" the letter continues.
Ruth" gives her age as 10 years.
Pending an investigation the police
have declined To make public the post
mark on the letter. The body of Can
non, real estate dealer. was found
on the roof of an office building here
two weeks ago.
Maud Geek is under arrest charged
with being an acenmpiiee.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
SLAYER OF HUSBAND
FIGHTS FOR REMAINS

Reno. Nev., Nov. ls.-The spectacle
of husband slayer fighting for pos
session of the body of the man she
killed was brought To notice of the
courts here to-day. when Lieutenant
Colonel Talbot of the Canadian pariia-
ment was granted an injunction pre-
venting Mrs Mae Talbot from shipping
the remains OF her late husband 10 san
Francisco for cremation.
Mrs. Talbot shot her husband in the
office of a local attorney October aS
the victim dying 10 days later The
petition for the injunction, obtained by
the dead mans brother. MAS based IN
the ground that The deceased desired
1" he brried according To- the rites sf
his religion.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
MExlcANS WARNED.

Mexico City. NOV. LIE Courier
du MeNique. n French paper. referring
TO the proposed copper combine, says:
"The public should keep on guard. Il
the present owners of the big copper
mines feel the necessity Of transfer
ring their rights just on the eve of
an expected rise in the price of the
first industrial metal. they certainly
must have excellent reasons for SO
doing.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
BOURNE TO SUBMIT REPORT.

Washington. Nov. Ex-senator Jona-
than Bourne of Oregon. chairman of a
subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on public expenditures. soon will
submit report upon which he has
been working since congress adjourned.
Senator Bourne believes that the pur-
chasing power OF the government dol
lar can Ee increased from ) TO 10 per
cent by the substitution of modern
business methods and that a saving of
from so To 100 million dollars a year
will result
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
DiAz TO RETIRE,

FL Paso, Texas. Nov. 16.-The FL
Paso Herald today prints what il
claims To be reliable information that
Enrique Creel will enter the Diaz cab
met in short time as chief adviser.
representing President Diaz, and that
President Corral will assume active
charge of the government. leaving Diaz
IN rest and virtually retire.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
SEVERAL VESSELS WRECKED.

Kingston, Jamaica. Nov. 16,-Offi-
cials today declared material damage
by the flood. principally 10 mountain
roads, bridges. the irrigation dam and
railroad stock is sl,256.060. Among
vessels wrecked were the fruit steam
ers Roundhrook. Avalon. Amanda.
Bradford and Rosario di Giorgio. Only
the Avalon is a total loss. The Brit
ish bark carpathian and the Norwe-
gian BARK westland also were driven
ashore.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
THEATRICAL MAN DEAD.

Portland. Ore. Nov. l6.-James II.
Erickson. theatrical man, died here
today after a few hours illness. Mr.
Erickson was the manager of a local
theater and prior to coming to Port
land several years ago was connected
with eastern theatrical enterprises
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
coRRiGAN A BANKRUPT.

Lexington, Ky, Nov. 1s.-Edward
Corrigan. the tarfman. has flied peti-
ri0n in bankruptcy in the United States
court AZ Frankfort. His assets are
given At SIs,esS and liabilities AT STA
zoe. In his petition Corrisan says he
has nu real estate and has only few
notes Is assets. The unsecured claims
amount To SfhfsSS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
ALASKAN coALiNe STATION.

Seattle. Nov. 16.-United States en-
giheers are making surveys and pre-
pairing machinery for a naval coaling
station at the head of orca bay, Alas
ka. There is an abundant supply of
coal within convenient distance of the
hay. and it is equal in steam making
quality 10 any in the werld.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
BIG CAR ORDER.

PHILADELPHIA. NOV. 1s-By orders
placed today the Pennsylvania railroad
VIII add le.ooe freight cars In its roll
ing stock These are in addition IL the
order for the Regular replacement On
the 1909 and iaio schedules. for which
l6,o9o cars had already been ordered.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
FRESH AIR FOR INSANE.

cleveland. Nov IA plan for fresh
AIR treatment of the city.s insane at
the municipal farm colony was an
nounced today. The city viii place
persons suffering from curable de-
mentia in fruit orchards and vegetable
gardens NJ the Warrensville farm.
Similar treatment has proved effective
With drink victims.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
MRS. STETSON BOWS
TO JUDGMENT Of
CHURCH
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST READER
ACCUSED OF MALPRACTICE
ISSUES A STATEMENT.

Boston. Nov. slG.-For 20 hours. II
yesterday and 10 today, Mrs. Augusta
Stotson of New York, accused oi
mental malpractice. was in secret con-
ference with the board of directors oi
the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
in the inner council room of the moth
er church. While the deliberations
We're secret, their result was apparen,
tonight, when Mrs. Ststson issued a
statement in which she asserts that
she bows to the Judgment of the
mother church directors against her
and. furthermore, that she will obey
my leader by uniting with those
who felt IL was right to condemn her
in their testimony. Mrs. Stetson's
statement follows:
Mrs. Stetson's Statement.
"Our beloved leader, Mary Baker
Eddy, has requested US all to unite
with those in our church who are sup
porting the mother church directors.
Today l have received n copy of her
letter addressed to the trustees of
our church. For % years l have gladly
obeyed her leading in every question.
l have always found that by doing
this l drew nearer to God. Ny stu
dents know that l have taught them
to do likewise. without questioning
her wisdom: therefore. they do not
need any word from me i'm adding To
what our beloved leader has said to
guide them ut this hour
They will know that il is right for
them to unite with those who sup
ported the mother church directors T.
the judgment rendered against me.
/. myself. have been obeying that
judgment. and | shall continue to do
SO. l shall. Furthermore, obey my
leader by uniting with those who felt
it was right to condemn me in their
testimony. My leaders letter induces
me to believe that / may have been
wrong. where l felt that / was abso-
lutely right.
For % years have watched and
prayed for guidance and strength in
correcting every error revealed 10 ME
by God and by my leader or by any
of my brethren
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
REACHES HUNDRED
~ YEARS AND
DIES

Richmond. Ind. Nov. I6.-At the
close of big celebration in honor
of his Tooth birthday. John Fletcher
Medaris of Green's Fork. a small
town near here. died late today.
Medaris almost collapsed sooner, but
lived until the program i'm his
honor had been carried out. Ii was
his expressed wish To live for the
celebration. which the entire popu-
lation of Green's Fork and s5s reia-
tives attended.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
LARGEST TELEGRAPH SYSTEM IN
COUNTRY ABSORBED BY THE
AMERICAN r. ct. CO.
ONE VAST CORPORATION
Wire Communication Lines of Country
to Be Placed Under Single Manage.
nnent-capital to Be Put at Enor.
nous Sum Of Billion DoIIars-con.
Germs included in Merger.

Boston. Nov. ia long stride
toward the complete control by one
corporation of all wire communica-
tion in the United States was made
I today in the acquisition by the Amer
lean Telephone 4 Telegraph company
of the control OF the Western Union
Telegraph company. To make the
absorption complete the incorporation
OF new billion dollar company. 1t il
said. will be necessary. To include the
$5sa, ,iI5. 400 of bonds and stocks OF the
American Telephone * Telegraph
company, known as the Eel company.
and the outstanding sIs5. .80o. 900 OF
bonds and stocks of the Western
Union Telegraph company.
The acquisition of the Western
Union company by the telephone COM
pany has been in order for six months
and only sufficient amount to in
sure control, said to be 81 per cent,
was taken over. Officers of the tele-
phone company believe that the merg-
er viii save the Bell company s15.O00.-
600 in new construction, which il will
avoid by the utilization of wires for
both telegraph and telephone.
Concerns Merged.
Some associated corporations en-
gagged in the telephone business. n
majority of whose stocks rests i'm the
treasury of the parent concern, are:
New York Telephone company. $50. .ooO.-
900: New England Telephone & Teia-
graph company, 31,100o0o: Bell Tele-
phone company of Pennsylvania. SAL
10000: New York < New Jersey Tele-
phone company. SIS, 400. goo: Southern
Bell Telephone company. 81. 400. 900:
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
graph company. $4,000. 900. Chicago
Telephone company. sl7. 800 900; west
ern Telephone & Telegraph company.
si6.oooo0o. Bell Telephone company Of
Canada. s12.500,000
The telephone system annually
transmits 5.s56. 100000 messages. while
the Western Union handles 6s.b5s. 600.
The telephone system has s.esss7s
miles of wire and the Western Union
i .3s2.5os. The total property value of
the telephone company is s54a0+5 600
and that of the Western Union si2i.-
os6.92o.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17

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THE WEATHER

Toiay-Fair.
Tonlorrow-Fair: warmer.