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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
SEVEN MEN INVOLVED IN UN-
DERWElGHING OF IMPORTS
MUST FACE COURT.
RESULT OF RECENT TR|AL|
Disc losures Made During Hearing Of
Government Suit Against Bio Cor
poration for Defraudins Former of
Customs Duties Bring About Action
Against Agents of the Concern.

New York, May Indictments for
conspiracy were returned today
against Oliver Splitter, who was super
intendent of the docks of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company in
Brooklyn, and six other employees of
the company, alleged to have been i'm
plicated In the sugar underweighing
frauds charged by the government in
its recent suit.
Henry Burke Closson of counsel for
the American Sugar Refining company
expressed the attitude of the company
as follows:
The officers of the American Sugar
Refining company have no comment
to make in regard to the new indict-
ments found against oliver Splitter
and certain of the men formerly en-
ployed under him beyond this that
they are as anxious as the United
States attorney can be that these men
and any others shall be punished if
they are guilty and that they have
been CO. operating to that end with the
United States attorney None of the
men concerned are now in the en-
pioy of the company. Splitter was dis
missed Immediately after the recent
trial before Judge Holt and the 9TH
ers mentioned on Thursday of this
week p"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
.ENDEAVORS TO TRACE
THE MONEY
PROSECUTION TRIES TO SHOW
THAT FUNDS WENT TO
SUPERVISORS.

San Francisco, May 1.-THE prose-
cution in the case of Patrick Calhoun,
president of the United Railroads. on
trial for offering a bribe continued to-
day its painstaking effort to trace the
s2O0,000 in currency paid to Tirey L.
Ford at the mint on Calhoun's order
in 1906, to the hands of the supervis-
ors or rather of their alleged agent,
Abraham Ruef from the office of Ford,
where the last positive evidence on the
subject left it, A. M. Dollar, the act
ing treasurer of the company, through
whose hands all moneys either received
or paid out must pass, was, perhaps,
the most important witness of the day,
since he showed that this large sum
had not been handled in the ordinary
course of business, or, In fact, passed
through his office at all. From this
statement and the previous testimony
of other witnesses as to the visits of
Ruef to Ford's office somewhere
around the time the money was con-
Eeyed there by Ford and Abbott, it is
the hope of the prosecution to con-
vince the jury that no other deduction
is possible but that the money was paid
to Ruef and by him disbureed to the
supervisors.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
SUIT IS COMMENCED
FOR DAMAGES
HARRlETT ORCUTT AND Chill
THE GREAT NORTHERN.

Helena, May Through counsel,
Harriet Orcutt, and children, resi-
dents of California, today filed suit
in the United States circuit court
here against the Great Northern rail-
road company of Minnesota, seeking to
recover $4,000 damages for the death
of q. Q. Orcutt, husband and father,
who was killed at a grade crossing
in Dodson, Valley county, October %,
1908.
Two other suits We're also filed with
the clerk today, these being trans
ferred to the federal court from the
Yellowstone county district court In
each instance it is sought TO recover
s762S.75 on promissory notes, Yegen
Brothers, the bankers, being the COM
plainants and William Dallas and
others the defendants. In the COM
plaint it is stated that loans were
made that the defendants might per-
form certain contracts, and an injunc-
ton is sought to prevent further pay
ment by the government to the con-
tractors until the account has been
satisfied.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
ACTION OF GOVERNMENT EN-
pLoYES IN FRANCE ARousEs
STRONG OPPOSITION,
DEEP LAID PLAN SCENTED
I'm preston Is That Federal Labor Or
aanzation Schemes to Gain Upper
Hand Of the Government and Latter
is Urged to Use Radical Means to
Crush the Insurrection

Paris, May Both public sym
pathy and the law seem today to be
clearly against the Posts, Telegraphs
and Telephones Employees association,
which yesterday threw down the
gauntlet of battle to the government
by transforming itself into a syndicate
under the laws of 1884 The action
placed the association on the same
footing as the workmen's unions and
was calculated to give it the right to
strike against its employer, the state
The newspapers this morning, with
the exception of the extreme socialist
organs are unsparing in their denun-
citation of the stand taken by the as
sociation as an act of rebellion and
they urge the government to proceed
with energy and crush the insurrec-
tion, before the movement engulfs the
other categories of state employees.
Evidence accumulated today that the
formation of this union yesterday was
only the first step in far reaching
plan of the General Federation of La
Dor to place the entire machinery CT
the government at its mercy
The law of 1884 limits unions to
professions and trades engaged in
competitive industry" and the attor-
ney general Of the republic is expected
to decide summarily that the situation
is illegal and order it's dissolution.
AS soon as this Is done the organi-
zers of the movement will be subject
to heavy fines and Imprisonment if
they persist in meeting.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
HE HAS A RIGHT TO SMILE

II there is any man in Missoula
that man is Carl Greenhood, president
and manager of the Garden City
Brewery company, After a strike
which suspended operations at his
established for several days. the
men returned to work yesterday and
things We're normal at the institution.
1t was queer strike; the men in the
Missoula brewery had no grievance
and there was no condition in connec-
ton with their work which was not
satisfactory; wages and hours and
relations with emnloyers-all these
We're all right and things at the brew
cry We're moving as smoothly as an
icehoat over a frozen lake when the
orders came for the men to strike.
There was grief somewhere between
somebody and somebody else and on
that account the Missoula brewery
nRn had to Quit their good jobs and
remain idle, not many of them. as a
matter of fact being able to give a
clear statement of what was going on,
1t was a queer mess: the men wanted
to go to work and the company want
ed them to go to work; all that was
keeping them idle was an order from
somewhere which commanded them to
quit Until that order was revoked by
competent authority, not man could
labor at the brewery as far as the
Brewers union was concerned. And,
strange as it may seem, it was an ex-
tremely difficult matter to adjust the
situation so that these men who want
ed to work could go to work for the
company that wanted them to work
Yesterday the magic word was spoken
and the strike was over. 1t does not
fall to the lot of many employers to
go through such an experience as this
end 1t is not to be wondered at that
Mr.. Greenhood smiles this morning
There was no time during the walk
out of his men that he was not anx-
ious to have them back: he did all
that he could do to get them to come
back; but there was nothing that they
wanted that they didn't have and on
this account there was no concession
that he could make. He was helpless
and simply had to wait until a certain
of red tape could be unwound;
when enough had been reeled Off Mr.
Greenhood was informed that his men
would be permitted to work at the jobs
which they had left And that is rea-
son enough for a smile. But Mr.
GREENWOOD has further reason to smile;
aside from his business interests at
the brewery of which he is the active
manager and personal director, Mr..
Greenhood has extensive investments
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
MUST co TO PRISON
FOR CRIME
PROMINENT LUMBERMAN CON-
VIcTED OF PEoNAGE TO DO
TIME IN JAIL.

Pensacola, Fla. May Manager w.
S. Harlan of the Jackson Lumber
company of Lockhart, Ala, Robert
Gallagher, assistant superintendent
and three of the company's foremen
will have to serve terms in the At
lanta federal prison, to which they
were sentenced in the United States
circuit court here three years ago on
the charge of conspiracy to commit
peonage.
The United States supreme court
according to kilograms received here
today by local court officials, has de-
MED writ of certiorari in the case.
Harlan is nephew of Justice Har-
Ian of the supreme court of the United
States, He is one of the most prom
inent lumbermen of the south The
mills at Lockhart, where it was al
legged foreigners were held as poems,
are the largest in this section
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
MRS. BOYLE SAYS SHE WILL KILL
HERSELF RATHER THAN GO
TO PENITENTlARY.
WOMAN is NOW ON TRIAL
Alleged Accompice in the kidnapping of
"BIly" Whitla Declares That There
Is More to the Story Yet to Be Told
but Insists That She Has Not Been
Allowed to Tell It,

Mercer, Pa, May 7.-Relying entire
ly upon the contention that the Penn
sylvania courts hove no jurisdiction
in her case, counsel for Mrs. James H.
Boyle, charged with aiding and abet-
ting in the kidnapping of Billy
Whatla, today refused to offer any
evidence in her behalf. Arguments
will be made tomorrow.
The prosecution claims that Mrs.
Boyle participated in this state in a
conspiracy to kidnap the boy, which is
combatted by the defense, which will
endeavor to have her turned over to
the authorities at Cleveland.
The states testimony was mainly
the same as that given yesterday in
the trial Of James H. Boyle, but some
additional witnesses testified. One of
the Cleveland policemen testified that
she said when arrested:
IT am the frail woman who planned
the whole thing"
The finding of the ransom money
secreted in her clothing was also tes-
titled to. The proprietor of the Gran
ger apartments in Cleveland identified
who rented an apartment from her
under the name of Walters.
Throughout the proceedings Boyle
and his wife apparently desired to
bring out the name of another party
said to have been connected with the
case. Boyle at one point said:
IT will tell the whole truth about
this case now. I want the whole thing
cleared up. The whole blame was on
someone else.''
Tonight Mrs. Boyle said: Both
Jimmy and myself have tried to tell
the whole story. We have not been
permitted to do so. 1t is not Justice.
Everything should be heard and
threshed out. AS for myself, I will
commit suicide before 1 go to the PEN
itentiary.''
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
CHANGES HIS STORY
TO THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY
ALLEGED kIDNAPER SAYS HE
COULD NOT BEAR TO
PART WITH BOY.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulan
Helena, May THE story that
James Lee told in Missoula yesterday
TO the. effect that he had taken the e.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Peabody away with him With their
consent, he changed today in an in
terview with County Attorney Hep
ner. In the custody of Sheriff Higgins
and with the boy he arrived here this
afternoon and was Immediately taken
to Jail. Mr., Hepner interviewed him,
and afterwards gave out the follow
ing:
THAT Lee is technically, at least,
guilty of kidnapping there is no ques-
ton. 1 have gotten into communca-
tion with the father of the boy and
he denied that he consented to the
taking of the boy by the Lees. Lee
has himself acknowledged that so
strong was his affection for the boy
that when it came to parting with
him he could not give him up, and he
took the child from the mother. Lee
has been released on his own recog-
nizance, and the child will be given
into the possession of the mother.
What action 1 will take I have not
yet decided. The child is still with
Lee, and both are in the custody of
the sheriff. There is no question as
to the strong affection between the
boy and the the Lees, but that gives
Lee no rights paramount to those of
the parents.'
At the Jail the boy cried heart
brokenly for Mamma Lee" and it
was to pacfy him that Lee was allowed
to keep him until the county attorney
decides what to do.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
IN EXCITING
RIOT
SYMPATHIZERS WITH STRIKING
BAKERS THROW MISSILES
AT POLICEMEN.

New York, May 7.--Women figured
conspicuously today in street rioting
incident to the bakers strike. Most
of the trouble occurred on the upper
east side. A woman customer leaving
a bakery was attacked by women. A
policeman, who arrested one of her
assailants, was attacked by mob of
women and men, who threw bottles,
bricks and clubs at him. The mob ran
when he drew his revolver.
Another policeman had a similar ex-
perience with a crowd of SO women.
who had attacked and slightly injured
the daughter of a bakery proprietor.
The women followed him into a bak-
cry shop and attacked him viciously
They were driven out by other police
men.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
CON VENTION ENDS.

Butte, May THE annual conven-
ton of the Northwestern Association
of Plumbers, which has been in scs-
sion in this city since last Monday
came to an end this morning, when
Vancouver, r. c.. was selected as the
next place of meeting. Delegate Will
Hanson of Portland was elected presi-
dent for the ensuing year r. T. Lueb-
ben of Butte was elected secretary and
Delegate Murray of Great Falls was
chosen vice president of the irganiza :
ton for Montana.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
DUTY ON LEAD ORES
is FIXED BY SENATE

Washington, May THE senate
voted today to fix the duty on lead
contained in lead ore at IL cents a
pound, which is the rate of the Ding
ley law and of the impending bill
as it was passed by the house. Fifty
three senators, including all republi-
cans present, and Senator Hughes of
Colorado, McEnery of Louisiana, de-
ocrats, voted for the duty, and 1a
democrats voted against it. The vote
was not significant. During the day
Senator Clapp spoke at length in fa-
vor of lowering the duties and Sena-
tor owen upheld the consfitutionality
of an income tax
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
MACEDONIAN SOLDIERS
GUARDING THE SCHOOLS

Adana, Asiatic Turkey, Wednesday,
May 5.-Via Constantnople, May T.
Macedonian soldiers sent here by the
authorities are today faithfully guard
ing the American schools and mission
residences, but otherwise the city is
demoralized.
The grain on the Adana plain is
ripe for the harvest, but no Armenian
refugees dare go back to their farms
as the surrounding country is still
dangerous for any man not a Turk
The relief work is being carried or
systematically in Adana. Special
camps have been established for per.
sons suffering from contagious di.
seases such as typhoid and smallpox
1t is costing s1,25O a day to run
these places.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
ASSOCIATION
BEGINS ITS SESSIONS

Butte, May IA Miner special from
Havre says:
The first session of the ANNUAL meet
ing of the North Montana Roundup
association convened this afternoon
A. j. Davidson of Helena, retiring
president, presided. The following Of
ficers were chosen for the ensuing
year: e. L. Broadwater, president;
DR. j. V. Carroll, Fort Benton, vice
president; Thomas A. Cummings,
Fort Benton, secretary trea surer; ex-
ecutive committee, M. e, Miner,
chairman, Jessie /. Phelps D. G.
Browne, Joseph Townsend, Norville
Wallace, John Harris, Simon Peppin,
L. a. Cummins. d. c.. Kyle. C. w.
Price, William Coburn, j. 7. Murphy,
G. Fl. Austin, A. N, Davidson, A. W,
kingsbury Thomas Couch, Jr., ). B.
Carroll G. n. Green and j. It. Mar
cum.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
FRED SEWARD HANGED
FOR KILLING GIRL

Boise, May FIRED Seward was
hanged today at the Idaho peniten-
tiary here for the murder of Clara
O'Nea] at Moscow, Idaho, in October,
1908. Seward met death bravely
DO a good job, boys" he said to
the executioner, just before the cap
was pulled over his head. His mack
Vas broken by the fall.
Angered because Clara ONeal, with
whom he was infatuated would not
accept his counsel to reform her life,
Seward went to her apartments, and,
holding her with one hand by the
neck, shot her dead. He made an un-
successful attempt to commit suicide
He was convicted and sentenced to
be hanged, but was twice reprieved.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
NO JAP QUESTION,

New York. May 7.-Tokutaro Sakai,
one of the imperial commissioners of
the grand exposition Of Japan. returned
to New York today after month
passed in the west. "There is no Jap
anese question in the western part
of your country, any more than there
is in the east" he said. Everywhere
I went I was made to understand that
the friendship between the United
States and Japan has not been in the
least impaired by the misinformed and
unfounded jingoism of a few men"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
BETTER THE SALOONS
THAN THE "CLUBS"

Jefferson City, MO, May7.-"It is
better that the law providing for the
closing of saloons on Sunday should
be repealed and the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors should be transferred from
unlicensed and unregulated lid clubs
to the licensed and regulated saloon,
than that present conditions should
continue"
This was the expression used by
Governor Hadley in special message
TO the legislature today in an effort
to obtain the enactment of law re-
quiring a state licd dpse for the sale
of Intoxicating liquoas in social clubs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
BANNER DELIVERED
AT THE CATHEDRAL

Orleans, France, May Ito the ac-
compartment of cannon and the peal
ing of great chimes, the ceremony OF
turning over to the cathedral and the
clergy the banner of Joan Of Arc was
performed by the mayor tonight
Forty two bishops with mitre and
crozier We're massed in front of the
cathedral to receive the oriflamme.
The troops and the garrison bands
formed torchlight parade and es-
corted the mayor to the cathedral
More than 100000 spectators, many of
them pilgrims from various parts of
the republic, witnessed the procession
and the presentation.
The fetes will continue tomorrow
and Sunday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
SITUATION IN FRANCE
DECLARED PERILOUS

New York May John Bigelow,
the veteran author and diplomat, who
represented the United States in
France during the war, was passen-
ger today on the passenger La Prov
ence. Mr.. Bigelow said he regarded
the present labor troubles in France
as one of the most perilous situations
which that country has faced in mod
ern times.
The governments weak position in
the settlement Of the previous strike" /"
he said, has melted the workers in
all other departments to push outrage
GUS demands and the whole battle
which might have been fought and
won at the time of the postal strike
must be gone over again"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
DISASTROUS FIRE
COSTS HUMAN LIVES

Winnipeg, Man, May Further re-
ports of lives being lost in prairie
fires In southern Saskatchewan have
reached here. Forty miles north of
Swift Current, one child was burned
to death and four other members of
the family are dying.
South of Swift Current, 35 miles,
a whole township was burned over and
only 5000 acres OF pasture left. The
fire started from German village,
Johannes Hadick, a Hollander, aged
81. fighting the flames, perished The
fires were started by careless new
settlers
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
RENDERS AN OPINION
RELATIVE TO FEES

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, May I'm response to a
query from the state veterinarian the
attorney generals office has rendered
an opinion on the question as fees for
stock inspection by sheriffs who in
spect cattle and horses offered for
shipment to railroad companies in this
state 1t is held that such officials
and the deputies may charge So a day
for inspection, and in addition. the
actual expenses incurred. AS to coll
lecting fees for the inspection of cat
tie offered for shipment, it is held that
no per diem charge can be collected
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
PATTEN Is REPORTED
ON WAY TO CHICAGO

Trinidad. Colo, May lit was re-
ported from reliable sources tonight
that James A Patten, the Chicago
wheat operator, who has been resting
at the ranch of his partner, W. H.
Bartlett, passed through Trinidad this
afternoon on his way to Chicago Mr.
Patten arrived here at 5: AS o'clock this
afternoon and left over the Santa Fe
at $50 o'clock tonight, after pledging
all who knew him to secrecy. It was
stated at the ranch tonight that Mr.
Patten was still there, but later w. IT.
Partlett, Jr, notified the telephone OPP
orator that he refused to talk to news
paper men.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
WESTON AT PERRY.

Topeka, Kan, May 7.-EdWard Pay
son Weston, who is walking from New
York to the Pacific coast, reached
Perry, 16 miles east of here, Where he
passed the night. He expected to reach
Topeka this evening, but could not be-
cause of his late start from Kansas
City
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR rUTY COLLECTION

Washington, May 7.-Postmasters
hereafter will be held strictly to ac-
count if they deliver in person pack
ages of foreign origin containing du-
table articles without first submit
ting them to the nearest customs of
ficer or without collecting the duty
assessed upon each package as the re-
suit of an order issued by the post
office department Numerous in
stances Of failure on the part of post
masters to do this have been reported
by the secretary of the treasury
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
BRlGANDS ARE ACTIVE.

Constantinople, May There is
considerable disturbance in the coun-
try surrounding Constantinople and
brgands are active. This condition of
affairs is a reyult of rapid changes
in government land undoubtedly can
be laid to the dopns of deserters from
the former Con- stantnople garrison
and political fugtives, who have un-
dertaken to live ION the country
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
BOUT is POSTPONED.

New York, May 7.---The six round
bout between Stanley Ketchel and
Hugh McGann. which was to have
been pulled off in Pittsburg tonight,
has been postponed to May Is, in or
der to give the men more time for
training Ketchel, who has begun
long course of training for his fight
next october with Jack Johnson at
Culma, Cal, has taken to golf as one
means of getting into condition.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
CRUISER DEPARTS.

Gibraltar. May 1.-THE American
cruiser North Carolina, left here to-
day for AleXandretta. The Montana
is still coaling. but she will follow
the North Carolina probably this aft
ernoon. These two vessels are on
their way to Turkish waters for the
protection of American interests.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
ANDERSON ACQUITTED
AT PRELIMINARY
HEARING

Spokane, May ii. Herbert An
derson, late president of the PAN
handle Smelling company at Pom
deray, near Standpoint, Idaho, was
acquitted at a preliminary hear
ing today of the charge of embez-
zling $1,750 of the company's
money. It was shown in the testi-
mony that Anderson's personal ac-
count and that of the smelling
company We're combined
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08

in real estate in the city. He is at
present engaged in the erection of
modern four story business building
on Higgins avenue and on West Main
street is remodelng the old bank
building into a block that will be up
to date In all of it's details He is one
Of the working members of the cham
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-08
Bair Recommended.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
washington, May I'm response to
the urgent request of the treasury de-
partment that a collector of customs
at Great Falls be named Immediately
TO succeed Charles M. Webster, de-
ceased, the Montana senators today
recommended the appointment of John
G. Bair of Teton county