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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
WILLIAM LOEB, JR., APPROVES
CLAIM OF DEPUTY coLLEc-
TOR IN NEW YORK.
SHARE Of SUGAR FINE
Frauds In Customs Weighing Will
486 Paid Into National Treasury as
Restitution by Trust.

New York. Dec. 1s.-Wil!iam Loeb
Jr.. collector of the port Of New York
has approved the claim To ii moiety
by Richard Parr, deputy collector and
original informcr in the sugar frauds.
of the sa,l35,is6 paid into the United
States treasury by the American Sugar
Refining company as restitution for
duties evaded by underweighing
According to the statutes regulating
such awards, Parr will receive mot
exceeding i'm amount one half Of the
net proceeds" which will mean in this
case, if the claim IL approved by the
treasury. department. Approximately
$1,000, 900.
Mr.. Loeb approved the claim only
after thorough investigation by Har-
rison Osborne. solicitor Of the Gus
toms. He had said that the claim was
valid in that Parr on November 20,
1907. discovered steel spring used
by the eompany's checkers to in
fluence the weight of draughts or sugar
adversely. This laid bare the scheme
TO defraud and IL was due to evidence
obtained as the consequence of the
events of November 20 that the Jury
in the civil suit against the company
last spring gave IL verdict of guilty
which was followed by the paying of
the penalty. s135.4Ss. and the restitu-
ton of S2.000.000.
Mr.. Loeb could not be seen tonight
II was said at his house that he had
retired early and would not be dis
turbed.
A Rival.
Parr Is not the only claimant for
the award. He has a Serious rival in
EDWARD L. Anderson. customs en-
piose, but the inference is that Parr
VIII win, for the treasury department
mas rhtified practically every move of
Mr.. Loeb in the sugar scandals There
ls some conflict of statutes concerning
payment of this character, but IL Is
SAID In any event Parr will receive 80
per cent of the amount named, or an
proximately 100000.
Parr tonight confirmed the report
that Mr.. Osborne has acted fayorably
on his claim and that Mr.. Loeb had
ratified the decision.
Il do not know exactly how much I
Will receive" said Parr. In excep-
tional cases the government awards 10
per cent, but more usually 30 or 81
per cent. All the other claims wer.
before the solicitor but the fact that
mine was upheld speaks for itself"
Explains Word.
"Moiety." as used i'm connection with
the claim. denotes part or portion of.
as the definition of the word indicates
The statutes prescribe:
That whenever any officer of the
customs or other person shall detect
and seize goods. wares or merchandise.
In the act Of being smuggled, or which
Continued on Page Eight
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
MANY SUSPECTS.

East st. Louis. ILL.,. Dec Is.-Three
hundred negroes. each answering in
some particular the description of the
highwayman who shot and killed Mo-
,orman Eugene Y. Goudey and per-
haps fatally wounded Conductor NJ. p.
0Rrien on street car last night. are
being held tonight. They obtained $40
from O'Brien. The car. after the negro
left il. ran uncontrolled for four miles
into the center of East ST. Louis
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
EASTERN LEGISLATOR
MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH

Media. Pa. Dec. 19.-Thomas VAL
entine Cooper. member of tha
Pennsylvania Legislature from. Dala :,
ware county, and formerly col
ledor of the port of Philadelphia.
was burned to death at his home
today. While smoking cigar In
the sitting room of his home. lie
either fell asleep or suffered a par
als,ic stroke. His bathrobe caught
fire and he was dead before
the flames were discovered by his
family.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
BAD ON ATLANTIC.

London. Dee. l9-lncoming trans
Atlantic liners report terrific weather
The carmania. New York and Amerika
arriving at Queenstown and Plymouth.
respectively. today. We're all greatly
delayed. Four days out they met hur-
ricanes from the eastward with noun
famous seas. which continued until
Saturday night.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
CARDINAL IMPROVES.

Rome, Dec. 1a.-cardinal SatolIi, who
recently suffered a relapse from ne
phritis. was slightly improved this
morning and insisted upon a chaplain
celebrating mass in the sick room.. He
also took communion. This afternoon
his condition was much worse. Alarm
ing symptoms developed and there was
some delirium
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
IS CHARGED
WITH ROBBERY
LESLIE HARRIS. BROTHER OF
THiEF-SUiciDE, is ACCUSED
OF STEALING.

Los Angeles. Dee. i9.-Leslse Harris.
aged .. an attorney and brother Of
Lamar A. Harris. whose sensational
attempt ta rob bank in Highland
Park, Ill, and subsequent suicide
caused Il sensation two months ago.
was arrested here to-day charged With
having robbed the SAFE in a store
where he formerly was employed. Ae-
cording 10 the police. s-nn was taken
and $500 was found. the police say,
where Harris had hidden it, Harris re-
fused to make II statement regarding
the affair. He VAS the sole support
of his mother. who formerly was
Wealthy and a leader in society.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
HEARING CLOSES,

Washington. Dec. fas-Hearings on
estimates submitted for the agrieul-
tarai department for the next fiscal
year have been closed by the house
committee on agriculture. and when
congress reassembles. early In January,
the actual work of framing the agri-
cultural appropriation bill will begin.
The bill will carry approximately sls.-
100000, exclusive of permanent appro-
priations.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
TWO MEN ARE DEAD
IN L|M|TED'S
WRECK
GOLDEN STATE ON SOUTHERN
PACIFIC TAKES CURVE AT
roo HIGH SPEED.

Tucson. Arz.. Dec. 19.-Ensineer
Tom Walker and Fireman p. w. Bauer.
both of Tucson, We're killed, 13 per-
sons We're seriously injured and 80 9TH
ers cut and bruised when Southern
Pacific train No. 4. formerly known
as the Golden State limited. was
wrecked three miles west of Benson
at 4: OIL O'Clock this morning. The most
seriously injured We're brought in a
hospital train to st. Mary's hospital
at Tucson. They ara:
The Injured.
Willard NJ Knight. Los Angeles mail
clerk, may die. John Lawrence. Sol
diers' home. Los Angeles: w. r.
Walker. mail clerk. Los Angeles: Mrs
l.. A. Bellows. Boston. Mass; A. H.
Foster mail clerk, Los Angeles: Will
liam Collins. Oakland; James A. Will
son. Ontario. Cal; Mrs. James A. Will
son: Colonel William Fife, Cananea,
Mexico: Mrs. Helen Morton. Los An
ge,es; Miss Nellie Corbett: Edward G.
Eamunds. mail clerk. Los Angeles;
Conductor Edward Tenn, FL Paso.
At the time Of the accident the train
was running 30 miles an hour. South
ern Pacific officials ascrihe the wrec TX
To striking curve at tea "'sh speed.
The engine. baggage ear. mail ear and
two tourist sleepers tonried from the
rails, the engine and the mail ear roll
ing 40 feet down into a culvert. The
other ears turned over as they cleared
the rails. but did not go into the ditch
Two Pullmans and an observation car
remained on the rails and the momen-
tum carried them 500 feet beyond the
Wreckage.
Instant Death.
Engineer Walker and Fireman Bauer
met instant death in the cab of their
engine. The injured We're nearly All
in the tourist sleapers and the mali
car. Great difficulty was experienced
in getting two of the injured mail
clerks out of their car. while only
prompt work on the part Of the train
crew prevented fire from breaking out
in the wreckage.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
FLYING FAST.

st. Joseph. Mo. Dec 1s-Gharias X.
Hamilton. who has just concluded q
series of flights in his curtiss hiplane
here. today made flight OF 1. min
utes. in which he circled Lake Com
trary eight times and covered approx
imafeis IL niles
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
B. OF r. r. WILL SERVE NOTICE
TODAY ON EASTERN RAIL
ROAD COMPANIES.
ACTION FOLLOWS VOTE
Employees Demanding Increased PAY
Act After Referendum-Roads Al
fscted Hold Conference and Nav
Arbitrate-6is Four Teieeraphers
Probably viii Go Out on Strike.

Pittsburg. Dee. ls--The Brother
hood of Railway Trainm.n tomorrow
will serve notice on 10 railroad COM
panies east of the Mississippi river
that an increase i'm wages viii be de-
manded. the increase TO be from )
per cent to 40 per cent. w q. Lee.
national president ~ the brotherhood.
tonight refused to say what action
would be taken in case the demand
Is refused. The recent referendum
vote taken by the trainmen on the de-
mand resulted practically In its favor.
about $1,000 members of the brother
hood are employed on the railroads
affected.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20

Louisville. Dec. 19.-F +. kelIner.
Jr.. father of Alma keilner, the missing
Louisville girl. at Washington. Ind. to-
day failed to identify the child taken
into custody early this morning there
as his daughter.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
KEEP OFF THE GRASS.

Washington. Dec. 10. Facing a
sharp wind. President Taft. without
companion. spent more than two hours
this afternoon i'm walking through
parks south of the White House
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
Operators May Strike.

Cincinnati. Dec. 19.-With the ref
erendum vote Of teiegraphers in the
employ of the Big Four Railroad
company tonight. J. ]. Dermody.
fourth vice president of the Order OF
Railway Teiegraphers, announced that
" per cent Of the members have
voted In favor Of a strike. MIR. Der
mody said that while the vote was
practically unanimous the result did
not necessarily mean there would be
a strike. He admitted there was lit
tie probability of future conferences
with officials of the Big Four. who
nave definitely rejected the demands.
but says the question OF strike was
now up To the committee of seven.
which. with the national body Of the
organization. will settle the matter.
About 1000 men are involved
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
CORPSE OF LEOPOLD LIES IN
STATE, WHILE PRIESTS AND
NUNS PRAY
SCENE IS IMPRESSIVE
For Three Hours Subjects Of Dead
Monarch Pass Through Room OF
Death-eeisiun Episccpate Euio-
gizes Career of Ruler as Promoter of
Christian Civilization.

brussels. Dee. lg.-Tha body q,
King Leonaid lay i'm state in the roya
palace today while thousands filed
silently before the catafalaue and paid
| homage to their late sovereign. i'm the
presence Of Prince Albert and officers
and dignitaries of the court and of the
government. The coffin had been borne
tn the morttiary chamber. while priests
chant.d the "Miscrere" and a process
sion of nuns told the rosary for the
dead. Passing through the garden ano
court and UP the broad marble stair
case and across the vast reception hall.
those who had come to the palac.
found themselves i'm a room of state,
the draperies of which were black with
silver and fringe. The room was bright
with the glare of electric globes and
the soft glow of hundreds of candles.
The mahogany easket. I'm which the
king lay. was half draped with the
colors of the old grenadfer regiment
and surmounted by his daughters
floral wreaths. 1t was guarded on
either side by three officers i'm uni
forms glittering with gold and with
swords brought up to the royal
salute.
Church EuIosizes.
Against the walls and between the
tall palms other officers held the
standards of the kingdom. In front
of the coffi. were knesling nuns ara
priests. For three hours people passed
through the palace. witnesses of the
impressive scene. The Belgian episco-
pate today issued pastoral eulogizinr
II rfy,fp 7
and justice, the glorifier of the
Catholic church and the promoter of
Christian civilization through the
founding and development of the
Congo Independent state.
On the other hand. the generap
socialist organization has issued
proclamation i'm favor of republic
and condemning Leopold for imposing
upon the country the costly burden
of the Congo. The proclamation ADDS
that the socialists decline to swear
allegiance to Albert. who. as monarch,
is bound to represent the oppression
of those who labor by those who fat
ten on the fruits of labor"
Daughters Pardonsd.
Princess Louise. who has COM
menced legal battle for the estates
of King Leopold and of Earones.
has not arrived. It is report
ed that new complications have arisen
which will result in her refusal to come
to Belgium alone. Cornty Lonyay,
husband of Princess Stephanie. is here.
The Soir publishes a dispatch from
Rome stating that ii is confirmed n,
the vatican that King Leopold and
Baroness Vaughan were married both
by civil ceremony and religion.
ceremony at San Reno. and that the
king pardoned his daughter. otherwise
he could not have been ahsolved.
Accord 'ng tn newspapers. the "~-Fnr
press Charlotte. widow of the late
of Mexico. has not been
Informed nf her brother Leonold's !
death.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
COLD IN NORFOLK.

Norfolk. Nab., Dec. i9.-The coldest
weather of the winter was experienced
here this morning. when the govern
ment thermometer registered Il de-
grees below zero
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20

Pretty little Alma kellner. daughter
of Fred II. Kellner Of Louisville. dis
appeared while on her way to church
as mysteriously as though she had
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
Roads Prepare.

New York. Dec. 1s.-The action Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. az
announced in Pittsburg tonight. was
not unexpected in New York Know
ing that the referendum vote was be-
ing taken. railroad heads were pre-
pairing Ia meet the situation. and say-
erai conferences have been held i'm
the last two weeks. II Is likely that
committee representing the employ
ers viii he appointed at once To ar
pitrate the matter. Involving. NJ ii
does. all the great lines in the east,
II VIII be impossible to predict what
course each road will pursue. but ii
Is probable that the roads will stand
together on the broader issues at
stake.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
BELOW ZERO.

Sioux City. Iowa. Dec. 1a.-The gov
ernment thermometer here this morn
ing registered the coldest weather of
the winter. II below.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
Brothers Record.

Chicago. Dec is-Lamar Harris
brother of Leslie. robbed the Ersstn
bank al Highland Park, H. aa October
Il and committed suicide in shed to
which he had been driven by the po-
lice and citizens after attempting 10
escape i'm an automobile, Harris had
been living in a fashionable het.l and
entertaining actresses and chorus
girls at lavish dinner parties For-
merry he had praerleed law in Las
Angeles. His robbery nj the High
land Park hank II which he Snai in
an automobile borrowed fram "A min
Ing-pronotar. whose acquaintance he
had made the night before af an
Evanston hotel, followed a dinner party
given ta wail-knu9n actress then
playing in Chicago.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
AMERICANS WIN,

Havana. Dec. ia.-The American
baseball team today defeated the Ha-
Vana league team. To >
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20

At the left is shown Alma kell-
ner, the kidnapped child, while the
diagram in the center Of the Illus
tration tells of her last known st:ps.
when she started for church. At
the right is Governor Wilson, who
is assisting in the search that is in
teresting the whole country.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
t. Fioht Socn.

Washington. Dec. ts.-The Mica
raguan Insurgents are growing tired
Of awaiting attack. according tt ad-
vices received tonight, and d decisive
battle between the government troops
and the army under General Estrada
may be expected within the next twa
or three days. In a eahlegarm tn DR.
GastrIlla. representative here of the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
CHRISTMAS

Is merry II you trade 1t
home.
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Continued on Page Eight
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21

The people IN un parts Of tho Unit
ted states are rapidly waking up to
the fact that they are annually sqta...
doflng vast sums OF money in tle
maintenance OF great plants" of aum-
bersomc aud useless machinery for the
running of their municipal govern
mcnts, thur paying for the transaction
Of the public business from four to
ten times as much or IN some cases
nearly twenty times a. much-as Al
would cost a competent man TO trans
act The same volume OF business In
connection with his own personal at
fairs, aud hence the general move
ment, in an parts Of the country, fol
reform. In the way OF bringing 10 bear
simplicity and common sense In the
management OF all cur local govern
monts. country, city ana town
Upon this subject. which IL nov
receiving such a large share OF public
attention. the Chicago Record Herald
rays.
The tendency 10 commission gov
crnmont' a an accurate enough
phrase a year or no ago Today one
must usc the term movement" Ia.
place OF the word tendency" Hardly
a month passes Without offering addi.
uonai evidence OF the strength Of the.
demand for simplincation OF municipal
government ana the favor with which
tho commission plan IN one form or
another is viewed by thoughtfui clu-
zcns
only a Few weeks ago we recorded
several Victories Tor the advocates OF
administration without councils
checks and an array OF elective on
cia's Since then other significant de-
'olopmcnts ia the same direction have
occurred u they are sure to chal-
itngc national attention.
berkeley has aAapied the comms.
sion plan qualified by a modified form
.et 'rocail san Diego has voted to
abolish Us city council and substitute
therefor government by a mayor and
hve other elected officials. each OF
these having a department 20 look AZ
Ter and BE- responsible Tor 90 the PEG
PIE
Maine and Massachusetts have foiu-
"a hands With California across the
continent Portland Is considering AL
schcme - concentrated a.a stimuli. |
hrd administration that has been pre-.
pared by = former mayor and an I'M
huentiai committee Of eitiEcns The
scheme does away with tho council
"a provides Tor a mayor aud fouri
commissioners elected 90 a ballot and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21
VINO OWNS THE TREES?

Mayor Richardaon, Of Roswell.
writes thus to the RECORD, of that city.
ana his words may be OF Interest TO
a good many people Ia Albuquerque.
You may give notice that all trees
outside the lot Inc, Ia other worda.
trees that are In the sidewalks or out
side tho Sidewalks, are city property,
and II they are trimmed without tho
consent and supervision OF the city
street commissioner, W. J. Jones. the
offending parties win be prosecuted to
the limit of the law. Because q lrae
has been set out by an individual gives
property owner the right to trim
or inJure la any way. When once
they are set out on city property. they
the city's forever"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21

Tho q good thing that has come
"ut ~ TIE ugly controversy between
President Roosevelt and congress over
b secret service bureau. according
To The Kansas Clty Journal. is the ex.
poeare of the fact that there has been
an enormous and apparently altogeth-
er unWarrantahio increase In the num-
Der Of SECRET agents employed by the
government Tho records show hat
thirteen ycara ago 10 1896. oul, Ice
such employees were carried on the
pas roll al a cost Of s.. coo. 0ee a
year ia 1897 this number which
would appear entirely adequate Tor an
legitimate purposes ef the revenue
system. had been Increased to 5000
mon at ana annual expense ln salaries
~ tF,eeb.Ooo. in other words. the Ae-
crtt service force witch had sunicca
Tor an purposes Of the government
dlfine the century and a quarter %
hs existence has been multiplied near
By twenty foid Ia the past few years
Sine million dollars a ,ear would
seem q pretty steop price go ray Tor
FaFrfnmtnt spics ga a free country.
without speaking of thr incidental ~
rers's ahith must o. correspondents
d. hfsYt l14t nNan this hufe rspenss
becomes comparatively a small mat
ter whfn u To- considered 60 what uses
and abuses such an army OF spies can
D. Put u appears from the discus
sions On Washington that there has
been a complete departure within the
past fee sears on the part 81 tho fed
erai administration from the purposes
~hich TIE secret service bureau IVES
originally designed O. serve Former
H. durins ths entire history OF the
country sntll the recent past. secret
s~riCe aEents wtrc employed chiefly
10 safeEuard the internal eysuuc SIS.
tenn o. the federal government toI
sspprrss ~ Illicit disuiinE 81 whisky
~ meon<hiners a. protect the cus.
service against smlssins. tol
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21
THE COuNTRi'S IN A DREAD
FtL STATE"

The president has exposed congress
ana congress has exposed the prosi.
dent. aud both Jobs have been don,
IN a workmanlikc manner. This waf
enough, IA an conscience, for any
one season. but the worst rs 10 come
yet. and II makes the country shuddor
Just TO think about Il, Tho Washing
ton papers warn the public, In double
loaded lenders, that owing to the OBJ
stlnacy and dilatoriness Of congress.
there ~ actually q real danger that
Mr.. TAFT viii have To slip into the
chair without the halo OF
an inauguration BAH. what luck can
he hope TO have for his administra-
ton II he has to begin II IN such d
manner MS that? II would be worse
Ihnn seeing the new moon over his
shoulder
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21
REwARE OF OINTMENTs FOR CA
TARItH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY.

As mercury will surely destroy the
ems OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when entering
II through the mucous surfaces, Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as tho damage they will dc IL
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive frnrs them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney
4 Co. Toledo, o., contains no NOR
curry, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Hairs Catarrh Cure be sure YOU get
the genuine, 1t il taken internally
and made In Toledo. Ohio. by f. j.
Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.