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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
which of The two organizations is bona

which Of The two organizations is bona
fide
In addition to the application Tor a
restraining order to prevent the latest
organized association from giving the
proposed ball NIontrose and Joseph ask
that it be compelled to change its
name and pay damages of $500.
j. d. Barnes, representing the in
cOrporated association, declared last
night that the latter organization
does not plan to entertain January IA.
"Our tickets already have been is
sued for January 90" said Mr.. Barnes.
1--WE have no concern about when or
where the ball of the other Organiza-
ton is to be given. On account Of
the fact that we are incorporated as
the Theatrical TreasurerS' association
we claim the right to entertain at any
place or at any time we choose, under
that name"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO
PONTIFF BY CARDINALS

ROME, Dec. 23.--Pope Plus x today
received the members of the sacred
college of cardinals, who presented
Christmas greetings
The audience continued for some
time, during which the pontiff dis
cussed the codification of the canon
law. He said several governments had
expressed interest in the codification
and that but one chapter-that refer
ring to crimes and their punishment
was incomplete. He thought the work
would be concluded in two years, when
the code would be sent to all bishops
for examination.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
To Hold Dual EXPOSITION

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 23.-An ex-
position will be held in New Orleans
to celebrate the opening of the Pan
anna canal and incidentally the 2OOth
anniversary of the founding of the
city. Today plans were announced
for a meeting of all the commercial
bodies of the city to work out details.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
Case Is Continued

O. IT, Bubeock was arragncd in Judgo
Wills criminal court yesterday on the
charge of mIstreating Mecca Reyler for
which ne was held to answer by Justice
Summerfeld several days ago. His az
toEney asked for time in which to d.
termine what course BabcOck will take
with reference TO the accusation, and
the case was continued until January
3 when he win plead to the charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
SHOOTS AND WOUNDS BOY
TO PREVENT BALL GAME

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23.-Because
several boys who had been playing
ball in vacant lot next to his house
would not stop when he demanded,
]. Homby, a resident of Oak Park
suburb, today fired at them with his
shotgun.
Earl Leslie was struck in the back
and hand by the shot, but was not Sc
riously injured. Homby is under ar
rest charged with assault with dead
lV weapon
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
Sounds OPTIMISTIC Note

An optimistic note was sounded by
DR.. Luther Halsey Gulick director of
the department Of Child Hygiene of the
Russell Sage Foundation, New York,
in an address on The New Attitude
Toward Health" delivered in the
morning before the association at the
Temple auditorium. Dr. Gulick took
the stand that the pace of modern
business and professional man is not
necessarily a killing one
DR.. Gulick said that while men are
doing more business and doing it fast
er than they had ever done before, the
new attitude toward health and the
upkeeping of their physical machine
made it possible for them to do this
without necessarily shortening their
lives. The speaker said that While
there were larger and more serious
traits upon the vitality of business men
today. there was more Vitality with
which to meet these demands I'm this
connection DR.. Gulick said: Il believe
that we have far greater working
power than our forefathcrs had, for
our bodily machines are better taken
.are Of"
DR. Gulick also discussed the prob
EN- of long hours. 1T is true" he
said chat the soul destroying fac
.ors of long hours and severe mus
.ular labor are still to be found in Ger
ain trades and in certain cities. But
is also true that we are rapidly
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
Auto Dealers Dissolve

The Automobile Dealers association
of Southern california filed an applica-
tion I'm the superior court yesterday
asking for an order Of dissolution. The
application is signed by r. c. Hamlin,
Ear G.. Anthony, w. Z. Bush, Don Lee
Robert Atkinson and j. S. Conwell, and
is iu pursuance of a resolution adopted
December H. The association was
formed May 10, 1907.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
Accused of Murder; Pleads Not Guilty

NEW ALBANY, Ind, Dec. 23.-Mrs.
Pearl Armstrong, charged with the
murder of her husband, pleaded not
guilty today. The session of court was
held in the county Jail, owing to Mrs.
Armstrong; condition. The trial was
set for December 30.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
To Build Monument to Fire Heroes

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-A $4,000
monument to firemen Of New York
city who died at their posts of duty
will be built in Union square early
next year The design, by II. V. b.
Magonigle, architect of the Mckinley
national memorial, has just been ap-
proved by the municipal art commits
sion.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24
One Killed, Fourteen Hurt in Explosion

HANNIBAL, Mo-, Dec. 23.-James
Fugate was killed and fourteen other
persons were injured, nine fatally, in
an explosion in a powder house at
Ashburn, near here today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-24

Begin 1910 as a member Of the Y NJ c.. A.
and you Will begin 1911 a healthier and hap
per man. Privileges begin today; annual
membership dates to Jan. /, 1911.
Phone us; We'll do the rest. 1882 and Main
$3.50 12-24-1
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Mexico Displays Wisdom

1t is the part of wisdom for the government of
Mexico to decline to take sides in the controversy
between the United States and Nicaragua or to
commit itself as between the two warning factions
of the Central American republic but for all that
there is question that the republic to the south
of us, would be highly pleased were Uncle Sam
to roundly spank Zeaya and thus restore peace to
the 1sthmian region.
Mexico occupies peculiar relation to the gov
ernments of Central America. Because of its size
and Importance, all of the little republics credit
the Diaz government with desire to force great
Central American federation with Mexico as the
dominant factor, and naturally each of the little
states sees in every act of the Mexivan government
ulterior purpose On the other hand a Latin
American nation like Mexico is not altogether free
from possibilities of revolution, and to side with
the insurrectioniss of Nicaragua against the con
stituted government, even though the latter may
have violated all the rules of decency. would place
Mexico in position where she could not we'll re-
sent breaches of neutrality in the event that her
neighbors should see fit to assist in her own insur
rection.
Mexico and the United States through the Wash
ington convention, were charged with the keeping
of the peace of the hemisphere and according to
the letter of that convention, Mexico could well
actively interfere in the affairs of Nicaragua but
actually it would be dangerous precedent should
she attempt such thing. This is recognized by
the state department and there is little probability
that Mexico will be called upon to assume anything
but passive part at least until matters have so
shaped up that the simple good Offices of the Daz
government will suffice
If there is any trouncing to be done, Uncle Sam
will WELD the whip the execution of two Ameri-
furnishing the pretext, and after this is prop
ery attended to, then Mexico may step in with good
advice which will allay the wounded spirits of the
Central Americans
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Value of Sugar Beet Crop

While we are working to bring new agricultural
and manufacturing enterprises to Billings, are
prone to overlook the greatest manufacturing in
dustry we have
We have sugar factory which told can
take of about four times as many beets as
are at present raised in the Yellowstone valley. or
twice as many beets raised now in Yellow
stone and Carbon counties. The Billings Sugar
company can be brought by proper encouragement
to pay 100000 for beets to the farmers of this
county instead of $25O,0OO The balance of the
present payment of over 100000 this year is paid
to the farmers of Carbon county, and more distant
territories.
Further, the factory by running six weeks longer
as 1t would like to run, would pay out for labor
about 100000 more than it is paving now with
insufficient acreage
The acreage for the factory has increased grad
ually every year since the start but they have kept
spreading out wider territory Our farmers
are becoming better satisfied with their results
each year as they grow proficient in knowl
edge of beet raising
Let us all boost for a longer campaign at the
factory and bigger beet check in Yellowstone
county next year.
While there might be some question of how the
people regard the construction of the wings of the
state house out of Indiana limestone, there surely
is no doubt of the pleasure being experienced by
the dry farmers of eastern Montana because of the
period of snow and rain which is visiting us. Look
for bumper wheat crops in the Northwest next year.
=: y. y ~
The nations building batteships should likewise
have large bank accounts 1t takes something more
than buster to run bluff in these days. and the
statesman with the long green plays the high card
y y u y
| The Indian is the oldest inhabitant of the coun-
try. He hasn't had much to say so far-probably
reservng his story until last. Who says he is not
getting civilized?
| u y y
new cure for colds is not to drink anything
for forty eight hours. 1t is to laugh.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Alderman Syluester
Tenders Resignation
Reconsideration of Action of Coun-
Gil in Reuoking Saloon License
Cause of His Action

II have given a great deal of my
time to the city's business and have
endeavored to help run the public
business on business principles, and
regret the necessity for taking this
stop. but as stated before, l do not
wish to be connected with an admin
istration that allows itself to be dom
mated by the saloon element and
realize it would be a losing fight to
continue"
Following the action of the city
council taken at its meeting last night
in regard to the reconsideration Of the
motion to annual the saloon franchise
of Antoine Becker, Alderman w. F.
Sylvester of the Second ward rendered
his resignation as member Of the
council to take effect Immediately,
and as the reason for his action the
above statement.
Mr.. Sylvester'S action came as a
complete surprise to the members Of
the council and followed a stormy de-
bate and the carrying of the motion
for the reconsideration of the previous
motion by vote of to 3.
The action on which Mr.. Sylvester
based his grounds for resignation was
the attitude taken by the council In
regard to the revoking OF the licenses
of saloon men who have been convict
ed of violating the laws.
Three weeks ago following the con-
viction of Antoine Becker, proprietor
of Minnesota avenue saloon. for the
violation of the state and wineroom
laws, Mr.. Sylvester introduced a mo-
ton in the council providing for the
revoking of the Becker license. AL
derman Firth seconded the motion OF
Alderman Sylvester and the license
was ordered revoked. In spite of this
fact the saloon, 1t Is said, has been in
operation since the motion was car
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

to allow raw materials duty free to
impose five per cent duty on partly
manufactured goods, ten per cent on
articles nearly completed, and is per
cent on completely manufactured
goods. There will be no variations in
this scale, unless In exceptional cases.
There may possible, be, however, a
slightly lower duty in favor of the
colonies and slightly higher tariff
against countries seeking unduly to
penalize British goods.
foreign wheat will be liable to a
duty Of two shillings per quarter, with
preference to the colonies, but not the
removal of the whole duty.
Flour will pay a higher rate to
encourage home grinding, while bacon
and maize will also be excluded from
the free list Important raw ma
terials, such as cotton and wool, will
enter free.
"A tariff framed thus, it is estiIa-
ted, would produce revenue OF from
sixteen to twenty million pounds. II
the unionists are returned, every pos
sfble effort will be made to embody
the new duties in the budget of 1910
or at the latest in 1911, but the maxi.
mum duties will be withheld for two
years to give time to negotiate com
mercial agreements with foreign coun.
tries"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Wednesdav's DAILY.

From Wednesdays Daily.
At meeting of the Montana Pro
ducers' association held yesterday
afternoon, officers for the association
were elected and the plans for the
opening of the campaign for the
marketing of Yellowstone valley pota-
toes were finally adopted The elec-
ton resulted in the choice of the fol-
lowing:
President, |. D. oDonneH; vice.
president, L. A. Nutting, Laurel; sec
retary, NJ. ]. Lamb, Billings. The
Office of treasurer will be filled at a
special meeting and by a vote OF all
the members of the association.
A. F. Marsh was hired for a period
of three months to get the business
of the association started. During
that time he will remain In this city
enlisting as many potato raisers as
possible in the association, and con-
Quoting a vigorous publicity cam
paign which will be intended to place
the superiority of Yellowstone pota-
toes before the entire country 1t is
expected that the Kansas City Office
will be opened early in the spring.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
RELIEVING
SUFFERERS
President Appeals for
Assistance TO the
Red Cross
.HONORS TO- TAFT
American Red Cross Elects Him MS
President--In inaugural He Tells
Of Great Work Performed and Asks
for Permanent Foundation ThroaRh
the Generosity of the Public.

NAlAsHTNGToN. Dec. 7.--President
Taft was elected president Of
the American Red Cross today
and presided for time over the fifth
annual meeting of the association. The
president made a brief address, in
which he expressed the hope that
someone might present the Red Cross
with an endowment of $4,000. 900 to
place its beneficient work ON a more
permanent basis. Mr.. Taft also pre-
sented in person a gold medal voted
by the Red Cross to Lloyd c. Griscom.
former Ambassador to Italy for his
work at the Messina earthquake and
silver medals to Miss Katherine b.
Davis and Samuel L. Parrish. who as
sisted in the Italian relief work
Among other officers reelected
were Henry NJ. Hoyt. editor of the
Red Cross Society; Robert w. DeFor-
est, vice president, and Beekman Win
throp, treasurer.
The hall where the meeting was
held this afternoon was only partly
filled when President Taft arose to
speak.
These meetings" he said, do mot
seem to grow in numbers and they do
not by any means represent the
growth and usefulness of this organ
ization and the demonstration that 1t
has made from time to time each year
Of the necessity for it's continued life
and of the need Of a permanent foun-
dation that shall make 1t one of the
greatest American institutions.
Last year the society showed what
1t could do in it's assistance to Italy
after the earthquake, In Mexico after
floods, and in eastern Persia after the
massacres. 1t seems necessary to fill
the American eye and American ear
before you can arouse them to con-
tributions, and when you have dis
aster such as that in Italy, which ap-
pealed to all, we are most generous.
And so it is with respect to the
Christmas stamp. That seems to fill
the eye Of the public and its connec-
ton with tuberculosis carries a good
revenue with it. But when 1t comes
to the contribution of a dollar a year.
when 1t comes to increased member
ship, and when it comes to the es-
tablishment by those substantial con-
tributions of large endowment fund.
the matter moves slowly.
II am sure somebody is going to be
born, and hope he Is born already.
who will give us a large endowment.
In our imaginations we might as we'll
make 1t as large as we need. l think
we ought to have an endowment of
about $5,000,000. We have been mod
est and have asked for only $4,000, 600.
but If anyone has an extra $1,000, 900
he need not be restricted by the limi-
tation put in and caused by our mod
estY."
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Mayor Thompson
Has AnSlDer TO
Syluester

From Thursdays Daily.
AN interview with Mayor H. J.
Thompson relative to the resigna-
ton Of Alderman w. F. Sylvester
of the Second ward at the council
meeting on Tuesday night, Mayor
Thompson made the following state
ment:
The council and myself feel in the
resignation of Alderman Sylvester
that the city has been deprived of the
services of faithful and efficient
alderman.
Regarding a resolution that every
saloonkeeper violating q city ordi-
nance or state law would have his
liquor license revoked, which Alder
man Sylvester stated he had intro
duced some months ago and which,
he declares, was unanimously carried
want to say. on the authority OF the
city clerk, that no such resolution was
ever introduced or adopted. The
Becker saloon was not closed on the
authority OF the vote taken by the
council on Nov. Is. for the reason
that the city attorney advised that the
proceedings Of the council in that par
ticular case were irregular and sub
ject to legal objections.
Concerning the charge that this
present council was controlled by the
saloon element, will say that the
knowledge covering this fact can
hardly be gauged by the opinion OF
one man, as the records of the coun-
Gil are open to the public to Judge for
themselves, and it may be pertinent to
mention here that the last business
transacted by the council previous to
this charge being made was the adop-
ton of an ordinance restricting the
saloons to the certain district in which
they are now situated, to prevent
their further extension in to the resi-
dence district.
"In view of the circumstances II
seems necessary that these corrections
be made"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
ried three weeks ago.

ried three weeks ago.
Last evening Alderman Firth stated
that he had been led to change his
opinion in regard to the justice of the
revoking of the Becker license, and
therefore entered a motion for the re-
consideration of the question. He was
seconded by Alderman Hood.
Alderman Woods declared that the
question was not the justice or the In
justice of the revoking of the Becker
license but one OF upholding or setting
at naught the previous actions Of the
council and the policy which had been
laid down in the matter, and declared
that he would vote against the recon
stderation Of the question.
When the matter came to vote AL
dermen Hood, Firth, Terrell, Nitsche
and Thorsen voted for a reconsidera-
tion while Aldermen Sylvester Smith
and Woods opposed it. The vote on
a motion to allow the Becker license
to continue in force was carried In the
same manner with the same five al
dermen voting for 1t and with Sylves-
ter, Smith and Woods opposing It,
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
PROTECTIVE TARIFF IS
A BRITISH POSSIBILITY
Onlonists Propose Great Change in Eco.
nomic Condition Of England in
Order to Raise Revenue

ONDON, Dec. THE Birmingham
Daily Post tomorrow will publish
an article from inspired sources
outlining the tariff reform proposals
that are likely to be made by the
unionist government If the unionists
are successful at the elections, pre-
facing 1t with the remarks that the
country's financial necessities are
much greater than they were in 1906,
when Joseph Chamberlain started the
movement.
The article continues:
''It is proposed to establish a gen.
eral tariff. placing duties on practical
ly all goods that are not deemed of
raw material, with the object, first,
of raising revenues; secondly, of as
sisting the home producers against
foreign competition; third. of giving
preference to the colonies; fourth, of
securing better terms from foreign
countries, and fifth, of mitigating un-
employment by encouraging the home
producer.
"The tariff will be of the simplest
possible form, not protective in the
sense that it Is understood in Germany
and the United States. There is no
intention of having multifarious rates
which would throw open the door to
parliamentary intrigues. The plan is
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

From Wednesdays Daily.
S6RA1 ITH reference to my action
tonight in resigning as a
he councII beg
submit the following:
Since became connected with the
present administration have endeav-
ored by my acts to represent the tax
payers and citizens in manner satis-
factory to them. For the preservation
of public morals offered resolu-
ton some time ago whereby "a saloon
license should be revoked, whenever
a conviction was obtained. by trial, or
a plea of guilty, of either a city ordi-
nance or state law. This resolution
was adopted by the council. At the last
meeting OF the council | moved for a
revocation of the license of Anton
Becker, who pleaded guilty to two
charges Of violation of the wineroom
law, at the last session of court here
and was fined 800 in each case. The
motion was carried and / took 1t for
granted that the orders of the council
would be carried out by the police de-
partment. A couple of days ago
asked the chief of police If the Becker
place was closed and he stated that II
was not; that he had been told by the
mayor to hold off as the action of the
council would probably be rescinded
In conversation with the mayor
gathered that he was not in favor oil
revoking the license told him then
that If dt was going to be the policy
of the administration to allow them
selves to be run by the saloon element
of the town. that | would not be fur,
ther connected with such an admins.
tration. That if the rule providing for
revocation of license was a gooo one
it should be applied without fear OF
favor.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8.-After two
days of temperature ranging as
low as zero and no higher than
10 degrees above, the southwest has
no promise of relief from the gov
ernment forecaster tonight.
Official records show this period to
be the coldest on record throughout
Kansas, Oklahoma and western Mis-
souri,.
Locally there is much suffering be-
cause of the failure of the gas supply.
Governor Stubbs of Kansas today
ordered Attorney General Jackson to
begin injunction proceedings against
the Kansas Natural Gas company to
prevent it from piping gas into st.
Joseph, Mo-. and Kansas City, If he
deemed such action necessary to pro-
tect Kansas towns. Many stores are
closed in Topeka on account Of the
cold weather. George King, a negro,
was frozen to death.
Two Found Frozen.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 8.-A special
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

The
Semi. Weekly Gazette
contains all the live
news of the great Yell
lowstone valley in par
ticular and the world
in general, and as a
newspaper is the "best
in the Northwest"
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

From Wednesdays Daily.
kGRA1 ITH reference to my action
tonight in resigning as a
he councL beg .
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Unprecedented Weather
Throughout the Country
Kansas May Proceed Against Gas
Company to Protect Fuel Sup
pZy---Frozcn to Death

to the Republican from Hanna, 76
miles west of here, says that the
driver of stage between Hanna and
Leo. and his only passenger were
found frozen to death on the road
They left Hanna yesterday morning
and were lost on the prairie in one of
the worst storms ever experienced in
that section.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Coolest of Winter.

NORFOLK. Neb.. Dec. s.-North
Nebraska, southern and western
South Dakota and Northern Wyoming
today suffered from the coolest wealth
er of the winter The temperature in
Norfolk dropped to 12 below zero: at
Deadwood it was II below, and at
Lander it was 20 below.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
WOULD CHANGE DATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA
change in the date Of the in
auguration of the president of
the United States from March
to the last Tuesday In April,
is strongly urged in the annual
report of the commissioners of
the District of Columbia to-
day.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10
Cold Wave Continues.

VOId wave COHtIuu6Ss
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. S.-The
cold wave continues in this section to-
day. It was 8 below zero at o'clock
this morning.