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The Billings gazette., 1909-06-01

the Ladies of the G. A. R., composed
of patriotic women. God bless them,
They recall to mind the nurses of
the war, and they can do much to-
ward perpetuating the memory of the
men who lost their lives in it's en-
gagements.
Comrades, We are sometimes called
the "old veterans" and 1T is true, for
many OF us are showing our age, and
our ranks are thinning rapidly. The
estimate now is that 100 of the SOL
diers of the Civil war are dying every
day, and each year the ratio of these
deaths will increase. In 1890 the mem
bership of the Grand Army of the Re-
public was 409,500, this year 1t is
225,OO0, showing decrease of 40 per
cent in the past is years. 1t is true,
however, that all of these may not
have been by death, for some few have
dropped out of the organization. But
Is years from now there will not be
a corporal's guard left Of that once
grand army of 100000 men. But Me-
mortal day will be observed as long
as there is single survivor of the
war and the deeds of those men will
always have paramount page in the
history of this country.
Comrades, we may have this as
surance, the handful of survivors of
the war may die and pass away, but
the Woman's Relief corps, an organ
iZation which will add new blood and
which will live for ages, will always
see to it that your grave and my
grave will not be forgotten, and that
fInUnrc o19t;fg11 hrih ih11ho ~
and remembrance, will always bios
som on our graves"
Strew Sweet
Flowers.
Following the address by Depart
ment Commander Pease the graves of
the old soldiers were decorated By
school children, and the riflemen of
Co. K. fired the salute to the dead.
In the afternoon the scene shifted
to the court house where the citizens
of Billings had assembled to listen to
the Memorial day address of Hon. f.
B. Reynolds and to witness the un-
yelling of the Webb memorial foun-
tain. Jean P. Decker, custodian of
the Webb memorial fund, presided at
the meeting, and in in his opening ad-
dress stated that McFl lnley post of the
G. A r. had been the father of the
movement and hae made the first cash
contribution.
The afternoon program was opened
by prayer by Rev. B. 2. Mccullough,
and the muSic for the occasion was
furnished by the Arion male quartet
and the Second Regiment band. Hon.
F. r REYNOLDS delivered the annual
Memorial day address, which was as
follows:
Reynolds
Address.
"Since coming to the west I have
been greatly impressed with the spirit
Of this state of Montana 1t is spirit
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wenty-six Innings
to Decide the Game
Most Remarkable Professional Base
ball Game in History of the
National Sport.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 81.
Bloomington and Decatur of
the Three "I' league broke the
worlds professional record for
long baseball games in a con-
test that went 26 innings to-
day, Decatur winning to 1.
The first 10 innings were play
ed in a steady drizzle. The
grounds were muddy and slip
perry, but the fielding on both
; sides was sensational and the
pitching of both Burns. and
> Clark was phenomenal. De-
catur won in the twenty-sixth
; when Fisher was hit by
pitched ball and Burtell made
a three-base hit. The actual
playing time was four hours
> and 20 minutes.
> Score: r. HE.
Bloomington -. .....1 Is l
Decatur ........ ......2 IL z
Batteries: Clark and Lang
don; Burns and Fisher.
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Great Northern Train Robbers
Are Identified by Trainmen

SPOKANE, March 81. - Charged
with holding up the Great Northern
train at Colbert, Wash, May 10. Ban
ton J. Cofer and Bert Cofer have
been bound over to the United States
court after a preliminary hearing be-
fore Commissioner J. w. Marshall.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 each, and the
men were remanded to Jail.
Engineer w. D. Miller identified
Banton Cofer as the man who covered
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Notable Gathering at
Craze of Seuenteenth
resident
GREAT COMMONER
Speaker of Day Predicted That Day
Would Come When Country Would
BE Proud to Honor Memory of
Tennessee's Son. Spot Is Now q
National Cemetery.

NREENEVILLE, Tenn, May
In 31.-Scattered over the green
sward in and surrounding
the National cemetery, which for
the past 81 years has served
as the resting place for the body
of Andrew Jackson, the seven
teenth president of the United
States, thousands of descendants
of his old-time neighbors and
friends in East Tennessee today
took advantage Of the first me-
mortal celebration since the trans
formation of the private cemetery
into a national institution to do
honor to the memory of the for
mer distinguished citizen by or.
ganizing the Andrew johnson
Memorial association.
The people came from all portions
of the vast and picturesque east Ten
nesee country, and while most of
them were of the present day gener-
alton, there were some old timers
who boasted of having known the
Tennessee Commoner in his day, and
who spoke of the fact with much
pride. The orator of the occasion,
Martin w. Littleton, came all the
way from New York to speak in
terms of highest eulogy of the one
president who, during his term of Of
fee, was tried on impeachment
charges.
Mr.. Littleton is a native of east
Tennessee, and he expressed high ap-
probation of the honor conferred
upon him in making him the orator of
the occasion. He reviewed at great
length the life of the distinguished
men in whose honor the people had
assembled, and predicted that the day
would come when the entire country
would be pleased to do homage to
the memory of Andrew Johnson.
The place at which the celebration
was held was on the edge of the city
burial place, which, a year of two
ago, was purchased by the govern
a national cemetery. It is beauti-
full spot just outside of the town in
which, for several years in his early
life, Mr. Johnson worked as a tailor.
1t is splendidly cared for and COM
mands fine view of the mountain
range which separates Mr.. Johnson's
adopted state from North Carolina,
the state in which he was born. Many
visitors came from the outside, and
the residents found especial pleasure
in pointing out the still preserved
sign, Andrew Johnson, Tailor"
which continues to decorate one of
the humblest buildings here The
people also manifested much pride in
the fact, that Notwithstanding the al
most successful effort to forcibly
eject Mr.. Johnson from the white
house, the private cemetery, in which
he is buried, is the first of such GEM
eteries to be given a national charac-
ter by the congress.
Among those present and partici-
pating in the proceedings was Hon.
Walter P. Brownlow, member of con-
gress from this district, himself a
near relative of the late Parson
Brownlow, Mr.. Johnson's most dis
tinguished compeer Mr.. Brownlow
was largely responsible for the crea-
tiOn of the national cemetery, and
while he occupied no assigned part on
today's program, was by common con-
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Casket Exploded on Board a
7rain---Body is Hastily Buried

Ell Paso the trainmen discovered in
dications that something was wrong
with the box and as they reached Ala
mogordo, Texas, the casket exploded
from the accumulation of gases due
to the rapid decomposition of the
body The casket was taken from
the train, accompanied by Mrs. Will
mott and her infant, at midnight and
in hastily made grave the body was
deposited by the light of lanterns.
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LOCKED UP BOSS,

MILES CITY, May 31.-A bunch of
Italians employed at Terry raised
disturbance last night and locked
their boss up in box car. They
were arraigned at Terry, and fined
and in default of payment shipped to
Miles City for incarceration in the
Jail. They came through with the
ransom this morning, however. of
about $26 for each one of their num-
ber, $3.50 in all, and were discharged
from custody.
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CETT YSBURG, Penn, May
In 3D. This was the day of
tardy honor to the "Regu.
lar" at Gettysburg. An inpos-
ing shaft of granite erected by
congress, to the memory of those
of the regular army who fell in
the three e-days battle, was unveil-
ed by the presidents daughter,
Miss Helen II. Taft, while the
president paid tribute to officers
and men of the United States
army, past and present.
The president put himself squarely
on record as opposed to any reduction
in the standing army. He told of the
protest that often has arisen against
the possible aggressions of regular
army and professional soldiery and
of the corresponding difficulty in
arousing that love and pride of the
army which expressed itself today
and has frequently expressed itself in
the past IN behalf of the army and
navy. The president asserted that
the services of the regular army have
never been commemorated adequately
by congress or the nation.
THE profession of arms always has
been an honorable one," he declared.
"All honor to the regular army of the
United States. Never in its history
has 1t had a stain upon it's escut-
cheon."
10 xTToXr IN 4kt
Pittsburg, the presidents car was
sidetracked at York for two hours
and during his stay he made a brief
address In which he declared again
his hope for the early enactment of a.
tariff law "if the Lord will only be
good and send some real hot weather
Four regiments of the regular army
were here to participate in the exer-
cises. There also was a personal es-
cort to the president composed of
veterans Of the regular army who
fought in the Gettysburg campaign.
The president arrived shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock and was taken for a
drive over the battlefield At several
points he alighted and stood on the
prominences overlooking the valley
below with the mountains in the far
distance.
Returning to his private car for lun-
'cheon, he remained in his car until
his daughter from Washington came.
Among the party from Washington
were also many distinguished officers
of the army The ceremonies of the
unveiling were simple Miss Taft
pulled the silken cord that released
the flags draped about the monument,
and in falling one of the flags caught
on bronze eagle decorating one of
the inscribed tablets A trooper gave
the flag tug, but it could not be re-
leased until a large hole had been
torn in the folds of the stripes. Af-
ter the presidents speech, Secretary
Dickinson presented the monument to
the battlefield commission. Following
the unveillng the president reviewed
the troops. In the martial column
were the Fifth infantry from Platts-
burg, N. Y, the Fifteenth cavalry and
the Third field artillery from Fort
Myer, Va, and provisional regiment
of the coast artillery gathered from
different POSTS and marching as in
fS,ltry.
IA mountain battery of artillery
which recently served in Cuba, was a
source of much interest.
When the review was concluded the
president hurried to his train. He
was escorted by troop of cavalry,
which had to go at full gallop to
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JNJURED TN HOSPITAL.

than score of persons injured in the
tornado at Zephyr, were brought here
today and are being cared for in the
Santa F'e hospital. Reports from
Zephyr today stated that up to day
light 80 bodies had been recovered.
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NOT ENOUGH COFFINS.

BROWNWOOD, Texas, May 81
Late reports from Zephyr today,
where thirty to forty persons were
killed by tornado, state there are
not enough coffins in the town to bury
the dead. The bodies of Mrs. Hycks,
Gertie Houston, Eva Ware and Ruth
Campbell are lying unburied in the
morgue today. The relief fund has
reached $4,000.
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VENERABLE SUICIDE.
(By Associated Press.1

HONOLULU, May 91.-Starr Hoyt
Nichols of New York, committed sui
eide today by taking chloroform in his
apartments at the Royal Hawaiian
hotel. Nichols, who was "a years old,
had been troubled with insomnia and
his suicide is attributed to his ner-
vous condition and lack of sleep.
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(B1 Associated Press.)

Ell CENTRIC, Cal, May 30.-Dis-
tressing was the experience of Mrs.
Wallace Wilmott, whose husband
died recently at Holtsville, Cal. Mrs.
Wilmott started with her infant child
and the body of her husband for their
former home at Draftwood, Okla.
where interment was to take place.
Wilmotts body was embalmed At
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Back at washington.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-Returning
from his three-days' trip to Pittsburg
and Gettysburg, President Taft reach
ed Washington tonight at 8:15 p. m.
Mrs. Taft, who was unable to make
the western trip on account of ner-
vous breakdown, is said to be stead
lily improving.
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CONVICTED OF MURDER.
(By Associated Press.l

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 31.-CaI-
vim Johnson, a negro, was convicted
this evening of numbering Walter F.
Schultz, Chicago artist, on March
last
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him with a revolver and Fireman Hall
declared he was covered by another
gunt with Bert Cofer behind it.
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keep up with the presidential party
The president left at 3:45 p. nj. for
Washington.
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EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.
(By Associated Press.)

ATHENS, Greece, May 31.-An
earthquake was experienced this
morning on the Mora peninsula.
The damage was slight.
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LIMA is QUIET.
(By Associated Press. }

LIMA, Peru, May 31.-Lima is quiet
today and the abortive revolutionary
movement of Saturday has not been
followed by any further disorders.
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RECOGNITION FOR
REGULAR SOLDIER
Nom lln1ent UnueiLed
o, 4 the Field of
Gettysburg
PLEADS FOR ARMY

President Places Himself SquareIy ON
Record as Opposed to Reduction of
Standing Army.-HOnOrs the Regu-
lars.-Miss Taft Pulls Cord Which
Unveils Monument to VaIOr,
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Continued From Page Three.)
embodies the adopted resolution Of the
national Congress, Is.
Joint resolution, ratifying An
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed as Article is in
joint resolution adopted at the first
session of the Sixty-first Congress of
the United States OF America:
Whereas. the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America In Congress assembled at the
first session OF the Sixty first Congress.
adopted the following joint resolution,
to wit:
Joint resolution, proposing an
United States.
"SResolved. by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
OF America In Congress assembled
(two-thirds Of each House concurring
therein) that the following article Is
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. which,
when ratified by the legislatures Of
three-fourths of the several States
shall be valid to all intents and pur-
poses as q part OF the Constitution:
Article 1e. That Congress shall
have the power to lay and collect taxes
on incomes, from whatever source de-
rived, without apportionment among
the several States. without regard to
census or enumeration
Therefore, be 1t resolved, by the
Legislature of the State Of Alabama
(the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives concurring therein) that the
amendment to the Constitution OF the
United States proposed at the first ses-
sion Of the Sixty-first Congress Of the
United States of America by a resolu-
ton OF the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled to the
several State Legislaturee, be and the
same is hereby ratified by the Legis-
lature Of Alabama and made a part Of
the Constitution of the United States OF
America, which said amendment IL In
the following language
Article 1e. The Congress shall have
the power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes. from whatever source de-
rived. without apportionment among
the several States, and without regard
to any census or enumeration
The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Constitution and Consti-
tutional Revision, and will probably be
reported back during the week.
The measure bids fair to meet little
or no opposition in the Legislature of
this State.
"It is Democratic measure" said
Senator Reese, zone to which the DEM
ocratic Congressman at Washington
were, in a way, pledged. 1t occupied q
place In the party platform, and there
seems no reason why fits ratification by
this State will not ensue."
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STRICT REGULATION
OF THE STATE BANKS

Providing for q more strict regula-
tion Of banks. bills were introduced
In the Senate yesterday by Senator
Hammer. More frequent examinations
are to be made. II the bills, pass. the
bank examiners force Is to be eniarg-
ed. and the banks themselves required
to pay for the examinations. as well
as to make reports more often each
year.
AZ the present code, Section s54s.
provides, one examination each year.
and two II possible. must be made OF
the State banks by the state Exam
liner: the proposed amendment to Sec
ton 354s seeks to make the two an
nual examinations imperative.
The bank examiner. at salary Of
$4,000, shall have four assistants. to
be named by the Governor. at a salary
Of 1880 each so that the two yearly
examinations will be made possible,
according to the proposes amendment.
The banks must make four reports a
year. IL the amendment 60 Section sSas
is carried. Two reports . year are
required at present.
Another change which IL sought IL
that affecting the capital. Twenty Ave
thousand dollars capital for towns
over $500 population, ana $4,000 for
towns OF less than $500 stili remains
the minimum. as before. but the new
bill provides that each branch OF a
State bank must be capitalized an IL
the matn bank.
One OF the bills OF Senator Hammer
provides that the State. banks them-
selves be assessed fees for each Az
animation fees proportionate to the
capitalization. ana ranging from SIS
to $50.
The hills werc referred 70 the Com
mittee on Banking and Insurance. and
VIII be reported this week, It IL be.
lieved
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BILL INTRODUCED TO
PROTECT THE LANDLORD

Senator Perry Thomas has come to
the rescue of the landlord, with two
bills which he introduced in the Sem
ate yesterday, both of which went to
the Judiciary Committee. When a
landlord advances TO tenant any feed
stun or any fertilizer. with which to
make a crop, and holds a lien on the
prospective crop by reason OF such ad-
vancement. II should constitute q
crime. II the tenant sells or barters
this advancement. he thinks, and so
seeks In Senate bill 45, to define and
to punish such action. It also consti-
tutes an offense to buy the advanced
material.
His second bill is along the same
lines 1t Is to define and punish and
prevent frauds in tho sale, removal or
concealment by tenants of cotton or
seed raised on the rented premises, and
upon which the landlord has a lien.
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FIGHT FOR PETTUS
BEssEMEE CROWD Is ALREADY ON
THE SCENE.
Are Making strenueus Efforts to See
the New County . Reality and
Bessemer the County
Seat.

In both the House and the Senate, the
friends OF the movement to establish
q new county to be known as "Pettus. /"
to be carxad from Bibb. Jefferson. Tus-
caloosa and Shelby Counties. are or
ganixing forces rapidly and 10 put on
more than the soft pedal there landed
in the city yesterday q big delegation
from Bessemer and environs. the main
benefciaries Of the bill. which will be
well championed. according to rumors
| OF yesterday.
The Bessemer crowd who went about
their work Of solicitation yesterday.
were T. T. Huey. w. T. Kennedy. judge
william jackson, DR.. McNeiIl. p. H.
O'Brien, B. g. Perry, Gardner Good.
wyn. In the Senate. It is understood
that Senator @. b. Wimberly OF Pick
ems County, IL slated for the leader In
espousal of the measure. Seemingly
In the House the fate will rest largely
with the skill and energy OF Mr.. Rags
dale. OF Jefferson. who was the champ
ion Of the new county amendment 10
the Constitution. which was defeateo
during the last general election, and
who Tuesday introduced the "Pettus"
county bill In the House.
A meeting Of the Committee on
Boundaries is to be held, 1t Is UNDER
stood. this afternoon At 3 o'clock In
the Capitol. such being the opinion Lass
night Of Chairman s. c. Jenkins OF
Baldwin.
The advocates of this local bill are
encounterinR most Of their opposition
In the shape OF Senators and Repre-
sentatives. who seem unafterably op-
posed to any local legislation Of this
character, because they fear disturb
ance OF the boundaries Of their constit-
uent counties. They say that to handle
such a fire brand might at this ses-
sion turn 1t into q boomerang. But
there were unquestionabIy some few
trades made by the Bessemer people
yesterday which got them good votes.
the promise being that there would be
resistance to initiation movements re-
specttng the formation of other new
counties.
It L. recalled that last year at the
general election, the backbone Of the
fight In favor of the new county con.
stitutional, amendment was furnished
by the ardent workers OF Bessemer.
and 1t was principally due to the tre~
mendous majority against the propo-
sition in Birmingham proper. that II
was defeated on the final summing up
Of the votes.
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Continued From Page Three.)
nent of such an unwise and drastic
measure, am anxious for the fight to
begin at any time. / would say that
the prohibition leaders face a gloomy
situation and they are afraid of the
fight until some more work can be
done.
Constitutional prohibition is the chief
center of interest in the proceedings
of the extra session. Senators and
Representatives say as a matter of
fact, the proposed constitutional amend
ment is the only one that hasa chance
to live-it being taken for granted
that the biennial sessions amendment
and the new counties amendment. will
be beaten. And all three proposed
amendments will be more or less link
ed together for final adjudication.
1t is possible that a bill declaring
for constitutional prohibition will be
introduced today in the House. But
II will hardly be the bill favored by
the Anti-Saloon League leaders. Rep
resentative F. o. HOFFMAN OF Mobile
said that II nobody introduced such a
bill. he would do 1t himself. He says
that the principal work of the session
and the principal fight OF the session
will hinge around a bill proposing an
amendment to put prohibition in the
constitution. He said yesterday that
the sooner the fight was over the bet
ter II would be for all hands.
While Superintendent Brooks Law
renee, who is leading the fight for
constitutional prohibition. was not seen
last night. advocates Of the measure
declared that the bill would be intro
duced next week early. 1t was said
that at the time all three proposed
amendments to the constitution would
be put in. Still no official program
of the constitutional prohibitionists
has been announced.
There Is much comment because of
the delay in the presentation Of the
prohibition measure.
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Senate Asked to Assist to
Undoing Work Of Prohibition

Three bills. introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Senator Hamburger bear
evidence that Mobiles school system
has been sadly disarranged by prohibi-
ton times. and that . new provision
for school funds In Mobile County Is
necessary.
Since 1854 until the momentous nrst
OF January. 1908. the funds derived
from the sale of liquor licenses were
used for the support Of the. Mobile
County schools. But now the day OF
liquor IL no more. and Senator Ham,
burger seeks permission for a new
financial scheme.
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One bill. supplementary to the 1884
act. provides that tax Of not more
than one-tenth OF per cent be levied,
the proceeds to 60 to the support OF the
schools; the second bill authorizes that
the City Council make an appropria-
ton out Of the. city funds to the sup
port OF the schools. provided the ap-
preparation IL not greater than % per
capita for the school children between
the ages Of Z and 81: the third that the
County Commissioners be allowed to
appropriate a sum for the support Of
the schools. with the same limit per
capita AZ attaches 20 the city appro-
priation.