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Florence Little, ianitor 49,. $4,000
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
IS ELECTROCUTtD
IN HIS BATHTUB

Butte. MINT. Aug fs--Eyrun X
Whitney, nne nf the eldest and best
known builders and contractors In the
city. Was found dead i'm the bathtuh
of his apartments nn thc third floor
Of the Phoenix building this after
noon by the janitor of the building
Charles Lair. DT- J. Il. Freuud, who
made an examination. stated that it
WAS plain case Of eIectrocution: THAI
Whitney's hand was probably wet
when he turned on the light. and.
holding the bulb Immediately next 10
his heart. the shock had been conn
ptete and death instantaneous nr.
Freund stated his theory was that
Whitney had heea taking some snFt
of electric treatment and had gone
ton far, Lair said that he had heart
Whitney complain at times Of his
heart
The tub was three-quarters filled
with water The body af Whitney lay
face downward, \ ragged scar showed
aver his heart the exact outline of
the bull. which was covered with a
~ire eaec
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
LABOR MEN GATHER
IN BUTTE
MONTANA FEDERATION or La
BoR BEGINS ITS SESSIONS
IN COPPER CITY.

Butte. Mont, Aug. 16.-Nara than
30 representatives. of organized Labor
assembled In Butte today to attend
the annual convention OF the Montana
Federation of Labor. The first ses-
sion of the convention. which LISTS
until neNt saturday. was called Ia or
der at nooR today by President Fair
grieye. Very little business Of Il ma.
trrlal character Was transacted II this
first session. wh5t~h Was at short dura-
ttnn This AFTERNOON the committees
N~r" i'll executive session The COM
Mite an credentials examined the
passports If The delegates and late To-
.Eay the convention resumed It's ses-
sinus in real earnest
During the weeks sessions there will
h~ much business ~ real Importance
transacted In the convention The reg
u2atson of hours q daily Work and
Wages will come in for discussion and
reguHtHve legislation. and special at
tentlon II t. he given II branches of
organized Es.har N5sSauta will I'M
doubtedly be tae meeting place Of the
Montana Federation ot Labor another
year There being a number Of hard
workers "a the ground for the Garden
city ami practically no opposition
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
THREE DEATHS ARE REPORTED
IN SOUTHWEST AND MUCH
SUFFERING RESULTS.
CROPS SUFFER SEVERELY
Hottest Wave That Has Been Ex,erf.
eneed in Middle Southern States for
Eight Years Wtthers Vegetation and
Makes Life Almost unhearahTe to
the Peopie-lce Famine Threatened.

Kansas city. Aug. fG.-TnusualIv
intenS" heat. officially recorded by
the government weather bureau a.
high ns 10 degrees. caused at least
three deaths. numerous prostrattons
and much damage to crops today i'm
Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma.
Throughout tho southwest the day
was the most trying since the devasta-
ti"n and drouth Of 1901. A. the with
cring winds swept across the plains
much vegetation fell.
In Kansas city the heat killed one
and prostratod IA score. some of whorh
ara In a serious condition. The union
depot vas like an oven. babies be
coming seriously i'll and medical at
tcutiou was needed before their moth
ers could resume their journeys. The
distress of party nf immigrants was
great. The likelihood of an ice fam
Inc added To the gravity Of the sltua-
tian here. Dealers reported that the
factories were running night and day.
but the unusual demand had exhaust
ed the supply. Most of the dealers re-
fused In deliver more than 25 pounds
To any residence. and feared they
would have to cut this quota down by
tomorrow.
At Wellington. Kan. the official
temperature was loo. Corn is suffer
ing greatly in that district on account
of the heat and lack of rain. The day
WAS the hottest Topeka had for eight
years, t02 degrees being officially re-
corded
TWO prostratinns resulted there. The
past eight days In Kansas. each with
a maximum temperature above NJ de-
grees and Il minimum which has not
been below 70. Is the hottest period
for that length of time since 1901. In
oklahoma City the government ther-
mometer registered 1a3. while ther-
mometers in the business district
reached liz.
At Muskogee the government ther-
nometer registered 1ia This was the
highest recorded in the three states. \
hot wind blew all day at McAlester.
with tn" temperature at los. Fegeta-
tion there il being killed,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
SOLDIERS COMMENCE
A STRENUOUS
MARCH
FOUR COMPANIES AT FORT mis-
soUlA START ON TRIP TO
FlATHEAD LAKE.

Four companies of infantry sta
toned at Fort Missoula began Il
strenuous test of endurance yesterday
morning. when they started on II
march from the fort to Flathead lake
and return. The soldier boys will walk
every step of the 20 miles to the lake
and back. covering the round trip in
20 days. besides spending some time
at the lake in maneuvering and drill
ins.
1t is the practice of the war depart
ment to send the garrison N each fort
on forced march each year to keep
the soldiers in trim for duty should
the necessity arise. and this year it
was decided by the commander Of the
department to have the boys at the
local post walk to the Flathead lake
and return orders to this effect were
issued and preparations were made
for the journey.
Promptly at 7:30 o'clock yesterday
morning the assembly was sounded
and the boys of Companies /. l., NJ
and X formed i'll heavy marching on
der. Under command of Captain Sim
mons. the recently arrived post com-
mandant. the small army began its
march toward the lake. leaving the
fort at 7:aO a. m. 1t was the inten-
tion of the commander To have ths
boys cover some Il miles during the
first days march. then make camp
for the night. As the soldiers become
more accustomed to the marching the
distance covered per day will be in
creased until the lake is reached. Here
n camp will be established and there
will hc a course of maneuvering in
which the various companies will
strive against each other in n game
Of war ON n small scale. When the
maneuvering is comnlet~' tie return
march will be commence on the
way back the soldiers Will take time
to do further maneuyerinc.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
THE INDIANA METHOD
IS HEARTILY
APPROVED
SCHEME TO PREVENT PROpAGA-
TiON OF CRIMINALS AND
IDIOTS MEETS FAVOR.

Seattle. Aug. 16-The debate in the
American Prison Association congress
today on the Indiana plan for prevent
ing the propagation of criminals am
idiots developed an almost unanimous
sentiment in favor of the plan, ana
was, according to President ]. T. Gil
mour of Toronto Can. the most
profitable discussion the association
has held in years. The feature Of to-
nights session was the report of the
committee on prevention and proha
tion. presented by Judge Ben Lindsey
of the Denver juvenile court, who said
in part:
our criminal law. as it came down
tn Ills through fcudalism. tainted with
its extreme respect for property that
only equalcd its corresponding disre-
spect for human life and feeling. was
an instrumentality of government far
from perfect. even for the purposes
for which it was intended. Admitting
that it was necessary and justifiable
as "A system in that period OF social
development-as we must-yet we must
equally admit it must do more harm
than good as long as it rests alone on
toft"' hthieflt@' vengeance aiih fuiiSh-
ment.
THE time may come. however, far
in the future it may be. or how un-
prepared we may he for 1t now, when
the state will come to deal with
criminal much as we now do with the
insane.
"Eut this treatment Of the criminal
will be as unlike the extreme methods
in vogue. of stripes. iron cells and
other reminders of degradation as il h
i'm the treatment Of the insane"
Mrs J. Ellen Foster Of Washington
spoke on The Harmony Of Progress"
and Eli Brown Of Frankfort, Ky, on
probation in the South"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
WILL VISIT HELENA
THURSDAY
SENATE COMMITTEE ON iRRiGA
TloN COMING TO THE cAPl-
TAI CITY SOON.

Helena. Aug. 16,-Tnited States
Senator Thomas Fl. Carter today tele-
graphed from Hunttey, Mont. that the
senate committee on irrigation. oI
which he is chairman. will reach this
city at 6 O'Clock on Thursday morn
ing. He says the members will
breakfast on the train and start for
an inspection tour of Prickly Pear
valley Immediately after. The visit
tn the valley will be for the purpose
af considering the feasibility of the
Prickty Pear irrigation project. which
IL is intended the government shall
take over. There are 10000 acres ot
land included in the proposed project.
and the scheme is to get the water
supply from the Missouri river
through Hauser lake. Today the conn
mittee has been looking over the
Huntley project near Billings. They
leave tonight for visit tn the Sho-
shone project in Wyoming From
Helena the committee will go To Great
Falls. The personnel of the committee
is as follows: Senators carters Suth-
eriand. Bailey. Smith, Chamberlain.
Jones. Gore. Ne9lanas. Warren.
Briggs, Nixon and Borah.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
MOTION TO oUASH INDFCT.
MENTs IN TOWN LOTS CASE
is FILED IN COURT.
DOCUMENT SENSATIONAL
Allegation Is Made That Foreman of
Grand Jury Conspired to Force In
dictment of Oklahoma Governor
and That Partizan Politicians and
Personal Enemy We're on Jury.

MuSkogee. Okla. Aug. fG.-Attur-
noys Tor Governor Charles y. Haskell
and the five other defendants indicted
in connection with thu alleged MuSko-
gee town lot frauds, today filed mo-
tions in the federal court here To
guash the indictments. setting forth,
number of sensational allegations.
Aside from charges against five
grand jurors and the allegations Of
improper conduct on the part Of Unit
ed States Marshal Grant Victor. the
allegations deal largely with the grand
jury's selection, with especial objec-
tion To the exclusion of Muskogee
county. the home of the defendants
from the territory from which the
jury was chosen. 1t is alleged that
George W, Strawn. j. IL. Dixon. j. e.
Burgess. A. q. Dumas and W. \.
Bailey, members of the grand jury
which indicted the defendants, DELHI
erateiy sought to go on that jury with
a view To returning indictments: that
Strawn. as foreman. Conspired to in
tmdate the other jurors into voting
indictments after they had refused tn
do so. The motion charges that Fore
man Strawn frequently told the jurors
that they would probably lac charged
with perjury If they failed tO indict.
and at one time when the ballot stood
eight to eight, he called for an open
vote, So he would know who should be
prosecuted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
MINE WORKERS MEET
At BUTTE TODAY

Butte. Mont. Aug. 1s.-The seventh
annual convention of district No. -
United Mine Workers al America will
open tomorrow morning ard continue
probably for the next five 1ays. Dis
trict - comprises all af Montana and
Wyoming. and practically every union
will be represented. Last year the
scale Of wages was fixed al the meet
ing with the mine owners and it re-
mains in force until next October.
The executive committee was i'm ses-
sion this morning counting the v"tes
cast at the referendum @ora of Jun"
e0 last. The former Officers IRE all
residents of sheridan. Wvo.. and were
reelected as follows: Thomas Gill
son, president: A q. Morgan. vice
president: James Morgan. secretary
treasurer: NJ. F. Purcell. International
board member.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
DISASTROUS STORM
IN YUMA ARIZONA

Yuma. Ariz.. Aug. 16-Tha most
disastrous rainstorm experienced in
this vicinity since the great flood -
1881. at which time the down town
part Of the city was washed away and
hundreds Of people rendered homeless,
broke over Yuma early taday. For
three hours water fell in torrents,
covering the streets i'm the business
sections to Il depth Of Il foot. Cellars
and Easements were flooded and great
damage was done.
The streets and alleys in the low
est portion nf the city were raging
streams Adobe houses crumhled I kn
sugar. and families compelled ~ tnnve
out. w8ding waist deep in the water
Railroad tracks an both sides nf TOXIN
were washed out.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
FLAG TO BE LOWERED.

London. Aug. 1s,-It is understood
here that the Cretans at last have be
come convinced that the powers are
in earnest and they have promised
that the Greek flag raised by them
viii be lowered permanently tonight
I'm the event that this promise IL not
rarried out the international forces
will tomorrow remove the cause Of the
strife forcibly. and marines and blue
jackets of Great Britain. Italy and
France will again take up the duties
Laid down July =. when the island
Of Crete was evacuated
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
STEEL GANG ON THE BRIDGE
MAKES A GOOD SHOWING
ON sUPERsTRUcTUR
The Heavy Structural Steel Is Swung
Into Place Under the Critical Eye
Are Eminently Satisfactory to

Splendid team work between to great
derricks resulted in getting another
span of steel into place on the south
end of the Higgins avenue bridge.
There were hundreds of Interested
spectators all day watching the work.
and the exhibition was good. The big
derrick on the ground picked up the
heavy pieces Of steel and raised them
to the deck of the bridge with no more
efforts than boy would put forth in
lifting a stick from the ground. With
just as little effort the derrick on the
bridge took up the loads and carried
them tn their places in the structure.
where they were Immediately boited
into place. Yesterday the last of the
short spans which clear the Milwaukee
track on the south side were COM
pleted and today the riveting gang
will rush their work as fast as they
can pound hot iron.
As soon as the short span is riveted,
the work on placing the long girders
over the south channel of the river
win be started. This will probably be
some time today: 1t is expected that
there will be steel all the way across
the south channel tomorrow night.
Yesterdays work showed what can be
done now that all the machinery and
tho material Is here.
There will be plenty of room for
the riveters to work to good advan-
tage now that the upper derrick Is
operating" said Supervising Engineer
White yesterday. by the middle of
viii IA n
gangs at work. and before the end of
the week I expect there will he five OF
them hammering on the bridge. They
will be able TO work fast, and tn"
steel work will progress at Il rate that
will surprise you. Things are working
To splendid advantage today, and there
should be no further delay i'm the work.
And the more you see of it the more
you will realize that you are going to
have fine bridge"
The work on pier No. >, at the north
end of the bridge. was FASTENED FUR
ther yesterday. and the fnotings were
ready last night. The forms will be
erected today and the concrete work
will not take more than another day.
As soon as the footing work is all
done the pumps will be moved across
the channel to pier No. 3. where the
cofferdam Is ready to start the work
on the foundations there. Superlnten-
dent Sweet is confident that he will
have the piers ready by the time the
steel gangs get across to this side OF
the river. At the rate at which the
steel work started yesterday this VIII
take rapid movement on the part of
Foreman Cove and his men. but they
have been doing fine work on pier No.
and they may get No done in
time.
Yesterdays work gave some idea of
how the bridge will look. and those
who inspected it were we'll satisfied
with the way things looked last night.
There is every Indication that the
bridge will be superb piece of work
and that Missoula county will be COM
pensated for the delay when she sees
the completed structure.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
OFFERS REWARD.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 16--Attorney
General AcCarn personally offers to
pay $50 reward for the first prpof
brought to him of violation of the
prohibition law by white man an or
after August ii and before the opru-
ing nf the criminal court ou tho first
Monday in September.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE.

South Haven. Mich. Aug. 16.-~Rich-
ard p Phelps. aged 10. son of a Chi
eago railroad man, Was arrested yes
terday at Covert. charged with four
attempts Ia wreck trains ou the Fruit
Belt railroad. 1t il said the boy. who
was lodged i'm Jail. has confessed.
Phelps father has summer home ar
Covert. where the lad has been spend
ing the summer vacation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
WILL RESUME WORK.

Spokane. Aug. 16.-The Panhandle
Smelling L Refining company snelter
AT Ponderay. Idaho, now in a receivers 5
hands. Is To resume work within So
days under new ownership and with
a doubled capacity. 1t is stated that
the sensational legal battle between
President Anderson and Thomas L.
Greenoush, the Missoula millionaire.
involving six charges of misconduct
on both sides. ends with the reorgan-
iZation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
LUCKY NUMBER GOES
TO A HELENA
ASSAYER

Helena. Aug 1s-allan Newton.
who drew No. in the Spokane rus
erFatinn land drawing at Occur
d'Alene today. is a we'll known resi-
dent of this city. being employed As
first assistant meter In the United
States assay office i'll Helena.
Asked ii he intended taking adyau-
tase of his luck. he said he would
make an investigation of the mat
ter. regarding it as likely that he
would do So.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
CONTRACT AWARDED.

Chattanooga, Tenn Aug. te.-The
Cincinnati southern railroad today
awarded a contract Of sl2a.aoa for the
resnoval at 200. .0ao cubic yards of earth
in preparation for the construction Of
new bridge oyer the Kentucky river
ut HighbrIdge. Ky, The new bridge
viii la Gas feet above 'aw water mark.
ans, If the highest tn the world
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
BALL|NGER -PIACHOT
CONTROVERSY IS
UhWELCOME
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO PRE-
VENT DISCUSSION Or MAT
TER AT DENVER.

Denver. Colo. Aug. 1.-THE BallIn-
ger-Pinchot controversy may not be
carried from Spokane Ito Denver. The
difference between friends Of the two
officials which WAS "a feature of the
National Irrigation congress at Spo-
kane last week would be resumed. it
was expected. at sessions of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial congress,
which will be formally opened here
tomorrow morning.
Many delegates to the congress are
said to lie opposed IL a recurrence
of hostilities and to be making efforts
Ia have discussion "f the controversy
barred from the convention. Ralln-
ger was expected i'm Denver but is nos
coming. There is report among the
delegates that President Taft limited
To his secretary of the interior that
it would be well to absent himself
and let the controversy with pinchot
cool down.
pinchot will he here. Any delegate
may bring up any subject ut any SOS,
sion, and irrigation. reclamation and
conservation of natural resources are
among the most important of the
many to he acted upon.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
Opening Addresses.

Tomorrow morning will be taken
up largely with opening addresses, and
it will not he until afternoon that
subjects OF Importance will be dis
cusSed. The welcome will ba deliv-
cred by Governor Shafroth. United
States Senator Hughes and Congress-
man A. W. Rueker will speak for the
congressional delegation from Colo
radc.
Responses will also be made by
Governors Brooks Of Wyoming, Curry
of New Mexico. Sloan of Arizona.
Hadley of Missouri and Hay of Wash
ingt0n.
In the afternoon President Thomas
F. Walsh of Denver will deliver his
address. John Barrett, head of the
bureau Of American republics, will
speak on Commercial Relations Of
the United States With the Southern
Countries" LaVerne W. Noyes Of
Chicago. president If the National
Business league. will speak on "Thr
Consular Service"
At the night session insurance will
he discussed by Charles RosWorth
Smith of Chattanooga. Tenn. and by
r # A~SaAf&EbFt1 va - i-saA*' itR4ia*Af7
r. Love will explain the Robertson
law Of Texas.
Washington with IFS Columbia river
project and tho Mississippi river
states are enthusiastic for waterways.
while the central western states are
working for larger appropriations for
irrigation. A Denver man. Cornelius
]. Gavin. has the only entirely new
project He will propose that tn"
congress indorse a public highway
from FL Paso. Tex. through YnElaA-
stone park to the Canadian border, 1t
il said tn have been we'll received sn
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17
Personal Enemy.

1t il alleged that out OF eight tales
mcn selected seven were partisan re-
publicans and the eighth Il bitter per
sonai enemy of Governor Haskell.
Governor Haskell IL "A democrat After
pointing out numerous technicalities
In the manner and time of the grand
jury's selection. the motion declares
there was no evidence presented to
show IA conspiracy to defraud. and
that the secretary of the interior and
all of its departments in the Indian
territory were fully aware of how the
lots were scheduled and that no oh
lection was raised
The six defendants were indicted by
the federal grand jury at Tulsa. Okla.
on May - charged with obtaining
titles from the government to town
lots in Muskogee by Illegal methods,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-17

Continued on Page Five,l
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-11
MUFFLING MOTOR BOATS.

Yesterday the Express commented on
the bills before the State and National
Legislatures, the object of which is to
suitably muffle the noisy exhaust on
motor boats. The views expressed in
our editorial evidently met the hearty
approval Of motor boat owners, Judging
from the numerous communications and
telephone messages of congratulation
received here today. One of the leading
local gasoline engine dealers stated tina
he considered under water eXhausts as
impractible on any engine having less
than three cylinders and that it would be
absolutely impossible to make them work
on the average small launch equipped
with single cylinder engine. The
methods of doing away with objection
able noise and odor as set forth in yester-
days editorial are heartily endorsed by
all boat owners, The bill now before the
Maine Legislature providing that all
motor boats be equipped with a life pre-
server for each passenger carried, under
penalty of $40 fine for every violation,
also has flaw in it. Many small yacht
tenders not over 10 or IL feet in length
are equipped with miniature gasoline en-
gines. They frequently carry off from a
yacht club float to the owners yacht,
say, half dozen people. The distance
is generally but a few hundred yards and
every available inch of room is taken up.
Must this little craft be provided with a
life preserver for each passenger, the
same as the big cabin cruiser to which it
belongs? And if so will the lawmakers
tell the yachtsmen where they can put
them? Put some limit on the size Of the
craft, say the boatmen, else the life
preserver law becomes an injustice and
an absurdity. And it looks as if they
have some grounds for complaint. Port
land Express.