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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
M|SSOULA SECURES
NEXT ANNUAL
MEETING
MONTANA SUNDAY SCHOOL AS
ISOLATION CONCLUDES ITS
SESSIONS AT HELENA.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian
Helena, May 6.-Missoula will have
the privilege of entertaining the con-
day School association, that city hav-
ing been selected today. There was
one competitor for the honor-Boze-
man. The convention concluded it's
labors at a session tonight.
This afternoon the following officers
were elected: ]. e. Noftsinger Butte,
president; D. S. Bayley, Missoula, vice
president; Mrs. F. B. Price, Butte
recording secretary; j. w. Kemper,
Butte, treasurer.
The following were elected members
of the executive committee for the
three year term: j. W. Passmore,
VIM. J. Lutri and w. S. Shields of
Butte, and p J. Condor of Helena. J..
w. Curtis of Helena was elected men,
ber Of the executive committee for
the two year term to succeed Paul H.
Castle. The executive committee
recommended that J. A. Afford be
elected general secretary for another
year.
Superintendents were elected as fol-
lows: Elementary work, Mrs. j. M
Rows, Bozeman; home department.
Mrs. A. T. Mccullough, Butte; teacher
training, Rev. w. M. Jordon, Butte;
organization Of adult Bible class. Mrs
M. H. Lee, Bozeman: temperance,
Mrs. w. e. Currah.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
CAPTAIN FORMERLY STATIONED
AT WEST POINT SAID TO BE
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS.
TO Be COURT -MAR7|ALED
Captain Thomas Franklin Is Accused
Of sappropriating Hundreds of
Thousands Of Dollars While Admin
stering Affairs of Quartermaster
and Comssary Departments.

Ell Pasco, Texas, May Ga special
dispatch from Washington to the Ell
Paso Morning Times, says:
Captain Thomas Franklin, q. s. A,
has been ordered to report to Major
General Leonard Wood at Governors S
island New York, to face court mar
tial on charges growing out of his ad
mlnistration of affairs in the quarter
masters and commissary departments
at West Point from 1902 to 1908.
The nature of the charges and speciti-
cations, it is said, will make this the
most important army court martial
since Oberlin NJ Carter was tried.
Captain Franklin was treasurer OF
the United States military academy at
West Point 1902 1905 a,ad during that
period $2,000,000 in government funds
passed through his hands. He was
known as the "army's best business
man." and until recently was at work
perfecting plans for the army and
navy club at Manila.
The exact amount which it is al
legged Captain Franklin is short is not
known, but it is said it will run into
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Franklin is 3S years of age, a ma
tive Of Maryland. His wife is an FL
postmaster at Eel Paso, and republic
can leader in Texas.
Mr. Smith received a letter today
from Franklin in which he says he
will be able to prove his innocence.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
M|SS0ULA BREWERY
TO RESUME At ONCE

AS far as the Missoula field is con-
cerned, the strike of the brewers is
at an end and the men or the Garden
City brewery will return to their work
either today or tomorrow. An agree
ment was reached late last night, after
representatives of the local trades
council had returned from Butte,
where conference had been held with
state and local leaders The result
of the Butte conference was that the
Missoula situation was made clear and
the return of the Missoula brewery
workers was sanctioned under a pro-
visiopal agreement which is satisfac-
tory to all concerned. AS a matter of
fact there has been no difference in
Missoula; conditions here have been
satisfactory and the men were ordered
out on account of differences which
had arisen elsewhere Yesterday there
were notices circulated here, declaring
the Garden City brewery unfair. These
notices We're unauthorized and the
Missoula trades council wishes it un-
derstood that they We're not sanctioned
here and were put out without local
authority.
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Mr.. AND MRS. JAMES P. LEE ARE
ARRESTED ON TRAIN HERE
FOR KIDNAPPING.
ARE GRANTED FREEDOM
After Telling Story to Officials of the
Sheriff's Office, Accused Man and
Woman Are Permitted to Go to Ho-
teI-Indications Are That Mysteries
Started Apparent Sensation.

James P. Lee was surprised when
Under Sheriff Miller arrested himon a
Northern Pacific train here yesterday
and told him that he was charged with
kidna ping the 6-year child of Mr..
and Mrs. Peabody of Marysville. 10
say that Mr.. Lee was surprised is only
half expressing the situation, for he
and his wife, who was also on the
train and subjected to arrest, thought
that they were taking the child to their
new home in st. Regis with the full
consent of it's parents. Under Sheriff
Miller was also surprised, a little later
on in the day. when he called up the
father of the supposedly kidnapped
child in Marysville and found out that
the Lees were right when they thought
they were right in taking the child
to the Occur d'Alene town. The sher-
ifs office acted on telegraph1c war
rant from Helena. The Helena end of a
rather peculiar story is told in the fol-
lowing Associated Press dispatch:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07

THE TALE OF A NEW STORY

And this is another story-another
story on the Grand Pacific hotel which
will be reality in a very short time.
Charles A. Schrage, the man who tells
the story of the story is the man who
conducts the hotel: he doesn't require
an introduction to the people of Mis-
soula, and there are not many of the
regular travellers who come to thi,
city who need to be told who he is
He has been in Missoula for a long
time for young man, and he has
learned the hotel business by careful
study during his experience in cater
ing to the wants of the people
amongst whom he has lived so long.
He knows it from the kitchen to the
office and from the ground floor to
the sky parlor. When Mr.. Schrage
took hold of the Grand Pacific hote
he embarked quietly and modestly in
the business; he took advantage of the
opportunity of his location and he ap-
Piled his knowledge of the details of
the management of hostelry until he
had a bigger business on his hands
than the capacity of the building
would accommodate. And that was
where the early spring found him
Then began the expansion which is
now going on, which has crowded the
hotel all over the ground floor of the
building to the exclusion of the mer-
camille establishment which shared it,
and has forced the roof upward until
1t is the story of another story that
Mr., Schrage has to tell friends and
patrons. These are troublesome times
at the Grand Pacific, and there is 2
scramble for the few rooms that are
available while the place is in posses
sion of the builders, but the tale of
the new story explains the confusion
and the promise of better things soon
silences the complaints. For Mine
Host Schrage is a great jollier; he
has the right idea of the boosting
game and he is the most optimistic
man ever seen in the hotel business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
RESERVATION WILL OPEN
IN JULY OR AUGUST
SAYS BALLINGER

United States Marshal Merrifield,
who has been in town for two or
three days, yesterday received a tel
egram from Secretary of the In
terror Ballinger regarding the
opening of the Flathead reservation,
Mr.. Merrifield had asked positive
information from the secretary, who
is a personal friend, and the reply
which came yesterday was positive
enough to satisfy the most exacting
questioner. The secretary, over his
personal signature. stated that the
reservation will surely open in July
or August and that the dates for
entry will be announced soon,
"There has been so much uncer-
tainty regarding this matter" said
Mr., Merrifield, and there have been
so many assertions that the state
ment made By Senator Dixon was
a mistaken estimate, that took up
the matter ditectly with the sec
retary This telegram is the result
and 1t should satisfy all concerned"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
COURT ORDERS BOY
RETURNED
LAD TAKEN TO CALIFORNIA BY
RUNAWAY MOTHER WILL NOT
GO BACK TO BOSTON.

Santa Barbara, Cal, May Ell
bridge Shaw, the lad brought out here
by his mother, when she came to Cali
fornia in company with her family
chauffeur, Keno Marble, was ordered
returned to the custody of his father,
James F. Shaw of Boston, a Massachu-
setts state senator, by Superior Judge
Crow today The boy will go back to
Boston under the guardianship of his
grandfather, II. Fisher Eldridge, who
arrived here last night from New
York
This outcome is the result of COM
promise which the attorneys repre-
senting father and mother admit was
effected. Mr.. Eldridge testified in
court today. The story he told caused
Judge Crow to hesitate before order
ing the boy back to Boston.
I'm case the father is not able prop
erly to care for the boy, are you able
to do So " asked the court
That l am Mr.. Eldridge replied,
and he added that he love the boy
and he added that he loved the boy
erly care for
Mrs. Shaw appeared in court with
her father. Little Eldridge was in
care of Chief of Police Ross.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
MONEY TRANSFERRED
TO DENVER
MILLIONS IN GOLD AND SILVER
TAKEN FROM FRISCO TO
INLAND CITY.

San Francisco, May 6-Owing to
the overcroWded condition of the
vaults of the United States mint here
and for the further reason that this
is seaport, and therefore a more OK
posed place at which to store the gov
ernments wealth than an interior city,
the government has just completed the
transfer Of $50000,000 in newly minted
gold and silver to the vaults Of the
Denver mint The treasure was han
died in transit by the Wells Fargo Ex-
press company and guarded by mes
sengers sworn in as deputy United
States marshals.
The transfer was made in several
shipments which went east during the
last month. The last previous ship
ment of coin to Denver was made in
August, 1908, and reached the enor-
nous total of s210O0O,oOO. Many mil
lions still remain in the vaults of the
San Francisco mint but will not be
moved, as large number is necessary
for the transaction of business on the
coast.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
JUDGE MCPHERSON is DETER
MINED TO HAVE HIS RE-
STREAMING ORDER oBEYED.
CONTINUES IT IN FORCE
Jurist Declares That His Decision Is
Law Until 1t Is Reversed by
Higher Tribunal and Gives Warning
That It Must Not Be Ignored or
TrampIed Upon by Any Person.

Kansas City, May 6.-Judge Smith
today, continued in force the tempor-
airy injunction recently granted by
Judge John f. Phillips restraining Sic
bert Jones, circuit attorney of ST
Louis, from prosecuting the suit filed
by him in the circuit court of that city,
seeking to restrain the railroads of
Missouri from charging a three
passenger rate. No other state Of
ficers are included in the injunctve
order which is to remain in force "un-
til differently ordered by this court"
The order contained the reservation,
however, that supplemental orders
might be issued against other persons
should subsequent events demand such
action.
Judge Mcpherson said that he did
not include Attorney General Major
and the members of the state railroad
and warehouse commission in the in
junction, because they had stated un-
der oath that they had not inspired
or encouraged the ST. Louis suit and
did not intend to have anything to do
with it in the future.
Judge Mcpherson based his decision
today on the belief that the purpose
of the ST. Louis suit was to re-
litigate the questions settled by him
in his final decree in the Missouri rate
case issued March 8, 1909.
"That decree is the law until it is
reversed" said he, "and it must stand
until it is reversed by an appellate
court 1t must not be trampled upon
either"
Judge Mcpherson referred to the
quo warranto suit filed in the supreme
court asking that the railroads be
ousted from the state, and said:
"This court is entirely willing to al
low the supreme court to dispose of
that case"
Judge Mcpherson prefaced his de-
cision with statement referring di-
rectly to Mr.. Murphy's resolution in
congress. He said he knew year
ago that the trial of the Missouri rate
cases would be a source of annoyance
to him and that they would do him
no personal good.
Il could see at that time" he said,
that whatever my decision might be,
I would get few compliments, no
thanks, but great criticism accom-
panied by abuse. But I have never
had the slightest thought of running
away from this litigation because it
proved unpleasant and l don't intend
to run away now"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
ARE INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
BALCONY RAILING AT ARMORY
GIVES WAY AND PEOPLE
PLUNGE OVER.

Seattle, May 6.-Thirty persons were
injured, many seriously, when a sec
tion Of the railing in the east bal
cony at the new state armory gave
way during the indoor track meet of
the Seattle Athletic club tonight. The
accident occurred at the close of the
meet, just as the runners in the 10
mile race We're crossing the tape. The
crowd which filled the balcony WAS
pressing against the rail in it's eager
ness to see the finish, when a section
of the rail in the center of the east
balcony gave way, throwing the
spectators headforemost to the floor,
Is feet below.
Many were stunned bv the fall. an
lay as if dead. The injured We're
rushed to the various hospitals of the
city
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
ATTEMPT TO HANG
WOMAN
MYSTERIOUS THUG ATTACKS
MRS. WILSON, SEVERELY
BEATING HER.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Spokane, May 6.-Two extraordinary
attacks on Mrs. Tom Wilson, who re-
sides near Fraser, a small town near
Lewiston, Idaho, are reported TO
Sheriff Walker at Lewiston, who came
in from Orofino today. Saturday a
masked man went to the homestead
during Wilson's absence and beat the
woman into insensibility, in which
condition she was found by her hus-
band.
Monday the mysterious thug paid a
second visit to Wilson's home, and
left Mrs Wilson suspended by rope
looped around her neck, from which
precarious condition she was rescued
by her husband. No cause for these
attacks are known and the neighbor-
hood is excited.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
INTRODUCES BILL.

Washington, May 6.-Close upon the
decision of the supreme court of the
United States in the commodities
clause case, Senator Bailey today in
troduced a bill amending the interstate
commerce act so as to apply the pro-
visions for the commodities clause to
any corporation or joint stock COM
pany which controls directly, or indi-
rectly." such subsidiary corporations
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
.GO7CH VICTORIOUS
OVER HIS OPPONENT 7

Denver, May 6.-Erank Gotch de-
feated Fred Beell in straight falls in
a wrestling match before 1000 per-
sons in the Auditorium tonight. The
match, which was regarded in the
in the first fall, Gotch permitting
Beell to take any hold he chose, which
the big fellow broke at his pleasure.
The first fall was in "a minutes. Sc
seconds. In the second fall Gotch
lifted Beell clear off the match and
placed him on his shoulders after 80
seconds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
WILL INCREASE STOCK.

Wallace, May 6.-At a special meet
ing of the stockholders of the Mon
tana- Standard Mining company held at
the office of A.. H. Featherstone this
afternoon it was voted to increase t:he
capital stock of the company from $1,-
100000 of the par value Of 81 per share
to $1500,000 of the same par value. The
additional shares will be sold under
the direction of the board of directors
and it is the intention of the manage
ment to erect mill for the handling
of the ores.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
ROBBERY AT CLINTON.

Special to The Daily MissouIan
Drummond, May 6.-Wednesday
night, after closing hours, the saloon
of Tom Cook at Clinton was entered
by burglars, who stole several guns
and lot of liquor and cigars. They
were traced to this place by Sheriff
Dave Graham, where they were ar
rested. The names of the burglars
could not be ascertained and the pris-
oners will be taken to Missoua
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
REPORT is CONFIRMED.

Washington, May 6-Advices from,
Sitka, Alaska, received here today con
firm the seizure by a United States
deputy marshal Of the japanese seal
ing schooner Kaisel Maru, with a
crew of 80 men for unlawfully killing
fur seals. The crew will be tried be-
fore United States federal court and
If found guilty the vessel probably will
be confiscated.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
BASEBALL BARRED.

Vancouver, B. c., May 6.--The police
commissioners of this city have decided
to enforce the Lords day law, prevent
ing any further baseball games being
played on Sunday. Umpire, managers
and players of last Sundays game will
be prosecuted in the city police court.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
LEAVES SMALL LEGACY.

Washington, May 6.-The will of
former United States Senator William
NJ Stewart of Nevada was filed for
probate today 1t discloses that he
owned no real estate and his personal
property did not exceed $500 in
value. This amount is devised to his,
widow.
Mr.. Stewards debts are said to ag-
gregate $4,000.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
COMING TO M|SS0ULA
TO INSPECT PROPERTY
special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, May 6.-The trial of the
condemnation suit in which the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail-
way company is the plaintiff and
Maria Higgins OF Missoula the defen-
dant, was started this morning in the
district court before Judge Clements,
who is sitting in place of Judge j.
Miller Smith, who is disqualified.
After the jury was empanelled coun-
sci for the plaintiff moved that the
jurymen were taken to Missoula to in
spect the property involved. This mo-
ton was granted, and this afternoon
at o'clock the jurymen accompanied
by Frank l.. Reece, clerk of the dis
trict court; Marshall & Stiff of Mis-
soula, attorneys for the plaintiff, and
Clayberg & Horsky of Helena, attor-
neys for the defendant, departed for
the Garden city.
The members of the jury and those
accompanying them arrived in Mis-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
The Other Side.

After Under Sheriff Miller had dis
covered the evident mistake in the
case. he permitted the Lees to go to
the shapard hotel. There Mr.. Lee
make the following statement, after
being shown the message printed
above:
Nothing is further from the truth"
said he, ethan that story where 1t pur-
ports to accuse us of kidnapping this little
lad. either in thought or deed. lie
child accompanied us according to an
agreement between it's parents and
ourselves, and the fuss at the train was
all caused by the lads mother who
became excited at the last minute
when parting with her boy.
"I am a section foreman in the en-
ploy of the Northern Pacific and am
on my way to st. Regis to locate, hav-
ing been in Marysville for number
of years We have reared that boy
from the time he was three months
old and he was years old on Feb
ruary Is last During the whole of
that time his mother has had him per-
haps for four months. AS far as there
having been any settlement for his
care is concerned, while Mr.. Peabody
has paid us some money, it has not
amounted to nearly what we have ex-
pended for the lad. We have not asked
it and do not want the money, and
raised the boy because we became at
tached to him and he to us.
yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Peabody
and my wife and myself talked the
matter over of what should be done
with Charles when we left. It was
then decided that if he fretted and
grieved at parting with us that we
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
TEMPERATuRE DROPPED.

Norfolk, Neb., May 6.-The tempera-
ture dropped Al degrees in 10 hours,
falling from Sc Wednesday afternoon
to 39 this morning, Yesterday was
by far the hottest of the year
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
REPORT Is DENIED.

Chicago May 6.-Reports that
James A. Patten, the bull leader in
wheat, had returned to his home after
his vacation in the west We're denied
today by his brothers, George and
Harry
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
WILL RETURN TO WORK.

Bonne Terre, Mo-. May "a break in
the lead mines strike occurred today,
when it became evident that half the
strikers will return to work Friday
without increase in wages.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
BERNSToRFF is GUEST.

Milwaukee, May 6.-Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, was the guest of honor at
banquet given by the Citizens Bush
less hague. He responded to the
toast, Social Reform in Germany"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07
HOUSES DESTROYED.

Dennson, Texas. May "a tornado
struck Kentucky, Towles county, last
night The Baptist church and school
house We're destroyed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-07

How man can run a hotel and keep
happy is a mystery that not many
people solve, but Charlie Schrage has
discovered the secret, and he uses it to
good advantage. He mas a houseful
of babies up at his comfortable home
on East Pine street, and perhaps it j.
the fact that he spends a good deal of
his time there that accounts for his
continued good nature. Incidentally