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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-23
woman uses Cat as weapon.

NEW YORK. July 23.-"Well. your
honor. the fighting blood in me was up.
And that's why l threw the cat at him,
You'd have thrown the cat at him, too.
if there hadn't been anything else
handy. and he'd caught you by the
throat, like he did mel"
Magistrate Manner, in the Myrtle
Avenue Court, Brooklyn. admitted it
was probable he would have made Use
of the cat in that fashion in such cir
cumstances.
The magistrate had just heard from
Mrs. Amelia Butler, of rs Myrtle ave-
nue.. that Joseph Bottlni. who lives In
the same house. had said things to her
h did not like, and then grabbed her
by the throat. The magistrate held
Bottini for Special Sessions in 5000 and
expressed the hope hat the cat was
still able to AXE an interest in mice.
suaragctte Balls millionaire Hobo.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-Mrs'
Emma II. Platt. a wealthy society
woman and s~uffragette, of Walhngford,
and the wife of DR.. Isaac Hull Plat.
motored into town and entered $500 ball
for ]. Eads How, who has got himself
known as the millionaire hobo, who
had been in Moyamensing since last
Monday night for addressing without
a permit a crowd of unemployed.
Mrs. Plat deposited $500 in cash with
the clerk of Quarter Sessions Court to
guarantee How's appearance on August
/. A few minutes later the doors of
Moyamensing opened and How, a wan
looking man in old clothes, emerged
and started for the headquarters of his
association here o.arrange more meet
ings.
Mrs. Plat with Mrs. G~eorginia Fer
guson and Mrs. Levina Pethrick.
Washington suffragettes, attended a
meeting which How held last Sunday
In Franklin square, and which was
broken up by the police. 1t was
through other well-known suffragettes
that Mrs. Platt became interested in
what How is trying to do, n she said
yesterday that she is of the opinion
that the police treated him most un-
fairly.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
ATTORNEYS CLAIM
MRS. PR0SSER
INSANE
ALL EVIDENCE IN THE MURDER
TRIAL TENDS IN THAT
DIRECTION.

SPOKANE. Aug. l7.--All evidence to-
nay IN the triad at Libby. Mont. oi
Mrs. Vera Prosser for the murder of
her husband, tended to show the ir-
responsible mental condition Of the
defendant at the time Of the act and
iier love for Prosser.
y would say she was undoubtedly
and nnqucstionably insane at that
aime," was the reply mnde by DR.. ]. A,
Ghent. when Attorney Thomas d.
Long asked him long hypothetical
anestion as to Mrs. Prosser's sanity
at the time she Is said to have shot
her husband. Or. Ghent came to Libby
from Seattle as an Insanity expert In
the case.
The same question was put to Dr.
" a. Stillman. also an insanity ex-
pert from Seattle and his reply was
She was suffering from impu,siye
and hystcrlcal insanity :
In answer to other questions he
aaid, Her will was too weak to con
trol the impulse, Her mind was not
IN n condition to make 1t possible for
her to form q criminal intent"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
WESTERN FEDERATION
WILL Be ADMITTED

Indianapolis, Ang. l7t-Samuel Com
pers. president of the American FEEDER
alton OF I.abor. appeared in the spec
lal convention of the United Mine
Workers today and denied that he
was In indianapolis In the interests
OF any faction In the miners organi-
zatlon. He said that the object Of
his visit was to meet with other mem
hers OF the executive board of the
American Federation Of Labor to hear
the application of Charles Meyer Of
the Western Federation Of Miners, for
admission To the federation.
President Gompers said that 1t was
the Intention to admit The Western
Federation of Miners and establish a
department. Of mines in the American
federation. This afternoons session
was given over TO the international
executive board members to defend
their stand on the Illinois compro-
mise. The board members, with the
exception OF Purcell of Montana and
Harrington of Illinois, stated that they
believed the compromise would be TO
the best interests OF the miners as a
whole and was not much of con-
cesslon on the part OF Illinois.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
THROUGH LINE TO OAKLAND.

San Francisco, Aug, 17-The first
through regular passenger train on
the Western Pacific left Oakland
bound for Salt Lake with party of
railroad officials and newspaper men
The train Is due in Salt Lake Friday
morning and will become part OF the
first westbound train which will start
for Oakland Saturday morning, inau-
gtrating the opening OF passenger
service on the new line,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
UNCLE JOE'S DEATH
KNELL Being
SOUNDED
HIS RETIREMENT AS SPEAKER
SEEMS TO BE FoREGoNE
CONCLUSION.

Beverly. Mass, Aug. l7.-For nearl,
three hours this afternoon President
Tnft and Vice President Sherman
talked over the defeat of Colonel
Roosevelt by the New York state re-
publican committee yesterday and the
selection Of Sherman over Roosevelt
as temporary chairman OF the Sara
tOga convention. Mr.. Sherman said
he had no intention OF withdrawing In
favor of Mr.. Roosevelt and he treated
lightly the stories that there might he
fight In the convention To repudiate
the action Of the state committee.
The vice president also talked with
the president regarding the coming
campaign a straightforward repnbli-
can fight on the republican platform
and the record Of the party. including
the tariff, he put it.
AT Mr.. Sherman's solicitation Presi- :
dent Taft agreed to point the way In
the campaign by writing letter
which Is TO be part of the campaign
text book of the republican committee.
While the fight apparently Is To be
l,
X can be said anthoritatively that
the feature of the party re-organiZa- :
tlon plans. which call for the retire
ment of Speaker Cannon, will be
strictly adhered to. 1t is even said
that Sherman. one OF the stnunchcst
supporters of the speaker ever had.
has become reconciled To the decision
that Cannon must GO
His Stand Dep!orct.
a statement Is being prepared In
quarters close to the administration IN
which the attitude recently taken by
Mr.. Cannon In, public interviews will
he dcplored and In which 1t VIII be
made plain that there s no thought
on the part OF many of his former
supporters again To name Cannon for
speaker
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
who has bnen called into nearly all the
recent conferences at the presidents
home. was ut the interview with Mr..
Sherman today Representative An
thony of Kansas. one of the sO-called
"standpatters" In the Kansas delega :
ton, who succeeded In staying off de-
feat by the insurgents In the recent
primaries, also saw the president Mr..
Anthony also supported Cannon, but
he. too. said today that he deplored
the stand Mr., Cannon Is taking. Mr..
Anthony said that Speaker Cannon had
almo@t been forgotten as an issue In
Kansas until he came into the cam
paien and made himself one.
Mr.. Taft win begin work at once
on the letter which IL expected to be
the Keynote OF the congressional cam
paign. II Is not decided whether the
letter will be given out in advance of
its appearance in the textbook.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
SOLDIERS GET AWARDS.

Washington, Aug. l7--For courage
displayed Mt the time OF the explosion
Of Il big gun ut the recent target
practice at Fort Monroe. va. result
Ing IN tho death Of II men, five SOL
sliers were today awarded certificates
nf merit by the war department. They
are:
Private Charles c. Parks, Cook VIII
mer II. Hawk, Private Fred Faulkner.
Corporal William Bryan and Private
Wigley. all OF the Sixty-Ninth COM
pany coast artillery.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
MARK OF RESPECT FOR MohrT.

Washington, Aug. 17.--TTor three
days the flags ON all government
buildings In the District OF Columbia
will fly AT half mast as mark or re-
spect to the late President Pedro
Montt OF Chile. President Taft today
sent through the state department to
Senqr Elias Fernandez Albano. vice
president or Chile, an expression OF
the sympathy Of the American people.
Secretary Knox ALSO sent through the
department an expression Of his regret
al the death Of President Montt.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
LANG AND KAUFMAN MATCHED.

Philadelphia, Ang. ia telegram
was received In this city tonight from
Harry Edwards, the fight promoter
who Is In New York. stating that he
had matched Al Kaufman and Bin
i-ang to box six rounds at the Phiia-
deiphia National baseball grounds here
on Labor day.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
|NSURGENT VOTE
CLIMBS STILL
HIGHER
RESULTS FROM CALIFORNIA
SHOW JoHNsoN's PLURALITY
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND.

| san Francisco. Aug. l7.-Comnleta
returns still are lacking In the state
primary vote OF yesterday. but every
column Of figures that comes IN from
the remote counties only adds To the
insurgent victory all along the line,
The plurality Of Hiram w johnson.
insnrsent candidate for the republican
nomination for governor, now Is esti
mated at 10000. Alden Anderson
regular republican. did not carry 4
single county. Charles l.. Curry left
san Francisco with $500 more votes
than Johnson. but the southern re-
turns wiped this out,
The battle lines now are hejny
planned for the election fight between
johnson and Theodore A. Bell, demo-
cratic nominee. The democrats ex-
press every confidence of winning
II how is certain that William Kent
reformer and insurgent OF the deepest
type, has ontdstanced Duncan Nc
Kinlay In the race for congress i'm the
second district The latest figures
give Kent lead of Lee votes.
Anoher lnsursent Wins.
" -. stephens, inShrseht has Won
over James McLachlan, regular. in the
Seventh congressional district by "a
substantial majority according to the
latest returns from the southern part
OF the state. The same returns give
sylvester G. Smith. Regular. lead
over his opponent IN the Eighth dis
trlct. 1t was thought during the day
that Smith had been icfeated.
A, Hayes, insuracnt. Of the Fifth
| congressional district, has been re-
nominated. Julius Kahn. .egular, viii
be opposed by Walter Macarthur.
labor leader of the ps settle coast, and
il Is anticipated that Kahn win have
q hard fight on his hands In Noveni.
ber.
Spauldiny Third
While the advisory vote On United
States senator to succeed Senator
Flint Is by no means complete, John
D, Works. lnsnrgent. has 5000 more
votes than Edwin Mcserve A. n.
spanlding, the San Diego sporting
goods manufactures, Is running third.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
BUTTE COY FOUND GUILTY.

HA.aha, Ang l7.-In the federal
court today John Mitchell, charged
with having stolen q registered letter
In Butte, pleaded gnilty. He.is only
q hoy ana Judge Rasch imposed a
fine OF $3.50
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
SPEAKER OF HOUSE GROWS
REMINISCENT TO THE OLD
SETTLERS.
LITTLE SAID ON POLITICS
Uncle Zoe Discards Question Of the
Day and Harks Back TO the Good
Cd Days in illinois--He Shows
Signs OF Feebleness in His Long
Address.

Missna Park. H., Aug. i7-Spcakor
Joseph a. Cannon today told the old
settlers Of iroanois county that he
probably was addressing them for the
last time Ills speech, which had
been regarded as the opening Of the
Illinois congressional campaign. con
tanned little Of the oid-time vigor or
the representative of the Eighteenth
Illinois district Instead, hc talked ~
pioneer days and contrast.d them mn
favorably with the present A politi-
cal tinge only was introduced when
he asserted vehementty that the pro-
teetive policy of Lincoln. Grant ana
Garfield was responsible for the inn
prOvcmeut
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
May Never See You Again"

II may never see you again. he
snid. In the nature of things this N
probably the last old settlers meeting
| shall ever address In the Cody conn-
iy Of lroquois. The graves Of my
forebears are In Indiana and Illinois.
and mine. when come To cross over.
will be IN Danville.
My children and yonr children have
n common lot In the general prosper
ity of this country. or the lack OF IL.
We have not only to take care of our
selves but Of the demagogues who
have hampercd the general progress
with their false statements and false
PROMISES"
During his talk the speaker evinccd
little sign Of fatigue. despite the in.
tense heat, although he frequently ap-
piled the contents Of II bowl Of cracked
Ice 10 his head and held pieces of the
ice In his hands as he spoke He dis
Played agility In aiding another vet
eran of the county 10 mount the plat
form ana bowed deeply as the act was
app!aided. Cannon spoke Of the
iroquois county and declared II due
mainly tn railroad facilities He con-
trasted railroad rates of the United
States AMI European countries. de-
claring that those nf his country were
the best.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS TO
BE HELD AT SALT LAKE
CITY TOMORROW.
FOR BENEFIT Of THE WEST
Chief Executives Of Ten States VIII
Gather TO Discuss Plans for Present.
ing Westerners' Ideas TO ST Paul
Congress ~ Will Oppose P,nchot
Policies.

Salt Lake City. Aug. l7.--With sew
crai delegations arriving tonight and
more to arrive tomorrow morning, the
conference OF governors which will be
held In Governor Spry's office tomor-
row 70 discuss plans for presenting the
westerners ideas to the conservation
congress which meets In st. Paul next
month may be elassed as one Of the
most important gatherings held In the
west this year. Among the arrivals
tonight were Governor M. t. Hay or
Washington. at whose suggestion the
conference was called; Governor b. B.
Brooks Of Wyoming: N. G. Macarthur
speaker Of the Oregon legislature and
representative of Governor Jay Bower
man; r. w. Wheelcck. private secre.
thry to Governor Eberhart OF Minneso-
Ia: Congressman julius Kuhn OF San
Francisco, representative of Governor
Gillett, and j. +. Galbraith, .Jr., Of
Denver. representative of Governor
Shafr0th of Colorado.
States Represented.
Governor j. II. Brady and Senator
William II. Bor4h of Idaho, A. B.
Wither, representative OF Governor ID.
;. Dickerson OF Nevada. will arrive to-
morrow. Delegates of other states will
also reach here tomorrow. Nine and
possibly ten states will be represented.
While none Of the governors or their
representatives who are In the. city
tonight offered any suggestions as to
what action viii he taken at the con-
Terence. the general trend of their con.
versation seemed to be that the states
represented will oppose any indorsc-
ment Of the Pinchot policies. A dele
cation OF st. Paul business men ar
rived tonight and will urge upon the
governors the Importance of appoInt-
Ing delegates to the conservation con-
gress. a delegation from San Fran
cisco win also be here to extend to the
governors an Invitation to visit San
francisco within the next few days so
that their interest In the Panama Pa
cific exposition. In 1915 may be en-
listed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
SUCH WAS THE TESTIMONY IN
LAND CASE AT SULPHUR
YESTERDAY.
HAS TOTAL
Further investigation Into Amounts
Given Attorneys Shows That Over
Three Million Dollars were Contrib.
uted by the Red Men--Severni Fees
OF Five Thousand Each.

sulphur. Okla. Aug. l7-Attorneys'
fees again occupied special attention
today al the hearing before the special
committee appointed by the house OF
representatives 10 investigate Indinn
affairs. II was testified that j. II. Me
Murray, holder Of the ten per cent fee
contracts for the sale nf $40 900. 900
worth Of Indian lands. had many con-
tracts with Indians. Al the time Il
$IhO.0OO fee WAS paid to his firm
for prosecuting the citizenship cases,
he also had, ii was asserted, two con-
tracts with the Chickasaws which
paid him $4,000 year each and two
contracts with the Chcrokees which
paid him 5000 each besides expense
allowances.
johnson on Stand.
Douglas II. Johnson. governor of the
Chickasaw tribe, was on the stand
most Of the day and asked why ii was
- many special attorneys were en-
ployed by the Indians VIXEN they al
ready had attorneys on regular saIar-
les. He said the Indians had become
convinced that the employment or at
torncys on contingent fees was the
only method OF securing results.
When asked again how 1t wax that
he deposited $4,000 to his personal ac-
count shortly after McMurray had
been paid the $750.O00 fee. johnson re-
piled he never had $4,000. Senator
Gore told the committee he would
have no more evidence relating To his
charge that he had been offered n
@2b,ooO bribe to promote the McMur-
ray contracts. The committee today
sent to Beverly. Mass, a statement OF
the amount of money the Indians had
paid out In contingent fees In the last
20 years. II showed the total amount
TO be s3.s9a.i04.5i. Ii wns said the
Figures were for the use of President
Taft.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
JOHN 3. MOiSSANT FLIES ACROSS
ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH
PASSENGER.
IS NATIVE OF CHICAGO
One Of the Most Daring Feats in His.
tory Of Man--Fiying Accomplished
BY Citizen Of This Country Who Has
Been Little Known in the Art-Trip
Made in Thirty. Seven Minutes.

Deal. England, Aug. l7.--It has been
reserved for an American citizen to
perform one Of the most daring fcats
In the history of aviation. John II,
Moissant of Chicago flew across the
English channel from Calais To Til
manstone with passenger and by this
achievement far surpassed the feats
OF Bleriot, De Lesseps and the Eng
lish aviator. Rolls who afterward met
his death at Bournemonth.
The two-man flight from France Ia
England was the more astonishing In
that II was only month ago that
Moissant learned to fly and was 80 lit
tie known among air men that not
even his nationality was disclosed. He
was reputed to be a Spanfard and 1t
was only when he landed in England
today that II was revealed that he ~
u young Chicago architect.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
Moissant Hero.

London. Aug, iS.-Moissant is the
hero OF the British press. His smiling
portrait appears In almost every morn
Ing newspaper and he Is gwen much
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
LABOR FEDERATION
HOLDS BUSY
SESSION
NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS ARE
PASSED AT MEETING YESTER.
DAY-HAvE WARM DEBATE.

Great Falls. Aug. 1.-THE Montana
State Federation Of Labor settled down
to business today. Business relating
to the facing OF the capitol building
with granite was postponed for the
time being. resolutions pertaining to
the Gual conditions among the National
Electric Workers were recalled. while
resolutions relating to conviets rcceiv-
Ing wages from the state were laid on
the table as impractieable. All resolr-
tlOns that will come up In the future
before the convention in regard to con
yict labor must be submitted To the
committee In charge. which viii draft II
measure for the consideration of the
convention.
Tcirgrams received from Helena bp
President Donoghne during the day
were to the effect that the working
people of Helena desired that the con-
vention declare the state fair unfair II
convlcts are to be permitted To continue
work on the road near the fair grounds,
and that the different unions OF tho
state be sent there To act as plckets
unless satisfactory conditions are ar.
introduced were sets pertaining to n
more complete school censls; an em-
ployers' liability act: direct primaries.
the purchase of a farm to be owned
by the state or to be purchased out.
right. for the raising Of vegetables for
the sustenance Of con,icts and asking
that brands be placed on all convict
goods shipped into the state.
To the federation the board OF prison
commissioners today made known it's
position on the convict labor question.
through communication to the body.
The board stated that its purpose was
to continre the use of conyicts on work
which did not interfere with free labor.
The Anaconda delegation notified the
convention that 1t was absolutely op-
posed to convict labor outside OF the
prison walls. The Helena delegation
demanded that the convention declare
the state fair unfair to labor. A reso-
Intlon protesting against the admission
of the Western Federation of Miners
into the American Federation Of Labor.
unless the consolidation were made
strictly on craft lines. and condamning
the Western Federation Of Miners ms
an organization subsidiary to the min
ing and smelling corporations. was In
troduced in the convention by delegates
from Butte Engineering union No. S3,
which has been engaged In fight with
the miners for some time. The reso-
luton precipitated heated debate,
which resulted in the tabling Of the
resolution by an overwhelming ma
jorlty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
President Talks.

Il doubt not but that the men who
proposed this resolution are sincere in
their intentions. | know they are good
union men. bl't they are associated
with men who have endeavored to de-
moralize the labor movement In Mon
tana, men who have exerted every ef-
fort and Influence to combat the ad-
vance of unionism toward the goal Of
unity" declared the president He de-
elared that the sudden manner of in
Producing the resolution made him
suspicious of the motives behind IT,
His accusations against the associates
of the Butte delegates brought the faith
ers OF the resolutions to their feet and
they demanded that the president
name the man or men TO whom he re-
ferred,
&c. G. Mitchell business agent of
nj
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
DAK0TANS APPEAL
FOR SURFACE
LAND
HEADED BY GOVERNOR vEssEY
THEY APPEAR BEFORE IN
TERROR DEPARTMENT..

Washington. Aug IA delegation
from North and South Dakota headed
by Governor yessey from the latter
state. conferred with the interior de-
partment officials today seeking an or
der looking to the surface entry of
about 100000 acres OF withdrawn
coal lands In the two states. The Da
kotans were informed that the depart
ment already had taken practically the
action for which they had come To
Washington.
Temporary regulations have been is
sued explaining that the withdrawal
Of lands was subject. under the law.
to surface acquisition, reserving the
coal for the government
William B. Newman, law examiner
for the general land office they were
informed, had been sent to Lennon,
s, D., the headquarters OF the Dakota
land district to assist In expediting
the settlement of the agricultural
claims.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
About Demasosues.

THE dcmagogues would have you
destroy the railroads." he said. which
have brought about your prosperity.
May God send enough men into pub
lie life. honest, brave aud courageous
men, to stop this racket"
lie referred to the work or the pi-
oneers in clearing the wooded dis
trlcts to make farm lands. You
might think, to bear certain parties
talking conservation" he continued,
and Of the destruction Of onr forests.
that we should depopulatc our cities
and farms 10 restore the forests to
their old-timc glory. The system we
are under IL n pretty gooi system II
IL capable of Improvement but
TO maintain our present pros
pefity and 10 increase IL. Is
to maintain the protective policy of
Lincoln. Grant and Garfield. mean
james a, Garfield: make no mistake
ms To the Lnnie.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-18
Encouragement Given.

During the last year Il great num-
Der pf claims for homestead settle
ments have been held up In the Dako-
tn district because Of the presence OF
coal. Now that the surface entry Of
such lands is permissible under an
act passed mt the last session of con-
sress. the department promised the
delegation that everything would he
done to hasten the determination of
bona fide entries.
Acting Secretary Pierce at the con-
ciusion of the conference sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the register and re-
celver Of the land office Mt Lennon,
s. d.:
After conference with Governor
Vessey and party deem 1t advisable
to Instruct you to hasten the examlna
ton of agricultural entries and issue
final certificates as rapidly as posi-
bic. in which you shall reserve the coal
to the United States