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The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1910-03-11
BUST wttk N POLICE COURT
Saloon Men Up For Doing Busi-
ness Without a License-A
Chicken Stealing Case.

Three saloon men were tried in
police court this week for conduct
ing saloons without licenses. Mat
Polich was the defendant in the
first case. He was found guilty of
violating the license ordinance and
fined $66, which he refused to pay
pending an appeal to the district
court.
J. A. Sparlin was found guilty on
a similar charge and fined $37
which he paid. George Stubler was
also found guilty but asked for an
appeal to the district court. The
fines in these cases were fixed ac-
cording to the length of time the
saloons have been running.
Phil Reynolds was the defendant
yesterday in a chicken stealing case,
the charge being preferred by Ladie
Jokomovich of Camp No. 3.
The case, was dismissed for the
reason that the testimony of the
states witnesses was contradictory
and conflicting.
The defendant in the above case
then became complaining witness
in case against Jokomovich for
breach of the peace. In the COM
plant it was alleged that the deg
fendant carried and discharged fire.
arms. At the last minute the CONF
planning witness failed to appear
and the case was dismissed.
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5pAhQl[Q Q|V[h 2)1tAQ5
SLAYER Of Lawrence BoIand Sentenced
by Judge Chead|e- Appeal TO be
Taken by Defense.

udh6Il UoloilSe'
Cyrus A. Sprangler, the well
known Forest Grove rancher who
on Tuesday of last week was found
guilty of murder in the second de-
gree for killing Lawrence Boland at
the Spangler ranch on Jan. 10, ap-
peared for sentence in the district
court this morning. Judge Cheadle
reviewed the case at considerable
length in passing sentence and fixed
the penalty at twenty-five years in
the penitentiary. Neither Sprangler
nor his attorney, O. w. Beldon,
had anything to say. The intense
interest in this case was shown by
the crowd in attendance, the court
room being completely filled with
spectators.
The defense will, at an early
date, carry the case up to the su-
preme court on appeal and every
legitimate effort will be made to se-
cure new trial for Spangler.
In passing sentence on Spangler,
Judge Cheadle said in part:
It is always an unpleasant duty
to be obliged to pass sentense on a
man convicted of crime more es-
pecially when the penalty is left to
the court and when the sentence
must necessarily be severe. The
court has known you for a number
Of years and except for one thing in
your character could hardly have
been more surprised had such a
charge been made against almost
any other man in the county. That
one thing is your violent and un
governable temper. My judgment
is. that it is your temper and your
giving way to it that is mainly re-
sponsible for your appearance in
court this morning. | have been
informed that number of the jurors
thought the evidence sufficient to
warrant verdict Of murder in the
first degree, but personally am un-
able to believe that premeditation
was proved and that being the case
it would have been a cause of re.
gret to me had this jury found you
guilty of murder in the first degree
1t was shown that YOU killed this
man and then it devolved upon
you to reduce the crime. l cannot
believe you told the truth about the
case, but have no reproach to Offer
you for that under the circumstances
your life being q. stake. Only your
self knows what actually took place
Judge Cheadle then said he be-
lieved tho fact to be that Bolanc
took up homestead on Spangler'
interests, and on the heels of thai
learned through Metzler that Boland
had been furnished with money b,
Mr.. McCauley, from which the de-
fendent drew the inference that
Boland was playing him false. Re
turning to his place on Jan. 10. he
found Boland there, meeting hin
then for the first time since the
homestead filing. The condition o
the body made it highly improbable
that the killing was done in self de
tense. and the court did not think
that the verdict did the prisoner an,
injustice, it seemed to the cour
that Spangler had given way to his
violent temper and in frenzy o
hate beat the man to death.
It was all the more lamentable
said the court, as Spanglef haC
reached an age, 81 years, when h
would naturally begin to look for
ward to enjoying the fruits of hi
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1910-03-11

On April the opening sale on
lots in the town OF Pompeys Pillar,
on the Huntly project will begin.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
D. @. Mills, Noted
Millionaire, Is
Called by Death
Father of Mrs. Whitelaw Rei(
Succumbs TO Heart Failure
at MiIIbrae

ID. o. Mills, California millionaire
aBd pbiIaDthropist and father of Mrs,
" NhiteIaw Reid. wife of the American
ambassador to Great Britain. died AT
$3.50 o'clock last evening at his home
at MiIlbrae, San MateO county. He had
an attack of heart trouble, with which
he has been afflicted for several years
and his death came suddenly. Mrs.
Reid was with him AT the last.
Mills recently came to California
with Mrs. Reid and has been living
quietly at MiIIbrae. His health has been
feeble and Doctor Herfzstein has been
attending him. Yesterday morning the
doctor was called TO the bedside of his
patient and found him i'm a cerioUS con-
dftiOn. Doctor Hertzstein returned TO
the city. buf last night was again sum-
mOned TO MilIbrae. He arrived just
about tho time of the death of tho
millionaire.
Mills was the builder and owner of
the Mills building in this city. which
was probably the first steel frame
building erected in the west. He was
the founder of the ID. o. Mills National
banking company of Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
ROOSEVELT PARTY
FINDS new ANIMAL
"Otocyon Vergatus" Is Small
CarnivOrous Mammal Re-
sembling Fox of West

WASHINGTON, Ian "a new ami
NAL has been discovered in British
East Africa by the Smithsonian African
scientific expedition. which. under the
leadership of Colonel Theodore Roosc-
veit. is in that region getting speci-
mems of fauna and fora for the Smith
sonian Institution
This new animal. the first announce
ment Of whose discovery was made at
the Smithsonian Institution today. is
a hitherto unknown species of otocyon.
to which officials of the scientific or
ganization have given the specific
name of vergatus. 1t is a small car-
nivorius mammal closely resembling a
fox.
"otocyon Rooseveltus" as a cogno-
men for the new animal would make
an appropriate designation and one
that would have perpetuated the name
of the former president as the discov-
erer of the species. but the Smithsoni-
an officials, perhaps fearing the discov-
erer would object, decided to make its
specific name vergatus, meaning
striped.
The otoeyon vergatus is generally
buff in color, and it has been found by
Gerritt Miller of the museum staff to
differ slightly from otocyon magallus.
found farther south in Africa. The
otocyon is peculiar TO Africa and 10
not represented in the United States.
but resembles in color the swifter kit
fox of the western plains The skull
of this new form closely resembles that
of the gray fox of our native fauna.
This animal is of special interest foz'
the reason that comparatively few new
forms were expected from this region
in Africa as the territory has been
pretty thoroughly examined by British
naturalists.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
FAKE" FOOT RACER GETS
SEVEN YEAR SENTENCE
Judge Rebukes Young Man
While Passing on Case

DENVER, JAM S.-Ernest l. Powers.
a former Denver university student.
who was found guilty recently of de-
frauding Denver man out of $4,000
through a fake footrace at Council
Bluffs. Ia, was sentenced today to from
two to seven years in the penitentiary.
In sentencing him Judge Whitford kept
Powers standing in front of him for
almost half an hour while he scathing-
ly rebuked the young man for what he
had done in view of his fine family.
his prominent and respected father and
his beautiful wife"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
DEAD ROBBFR WAS
ENGLISH BARON
Burglar, Shot by Policeman
While Robbing Saloon, Head
of Prominent House
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

lOPcCtdt DtSpdtcn 10 ne (du
CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Harry E. Feather
stone. shot and killed by Policeman
Maloney while robbing saloon new
years morning, was the head of the
notable English house of Feather
stonhaugh and the rightful bearer of
the title of Lord Featherstonhaugh as
one of the barons of that line, accord
ing TO his sister, Miss Emma Feather
stonhaugh. Although he had dropped
the suffix of the long English name. the
family. consisting of his mother. Mrs
Eliza Featherstonhaugh his sister and
his uncle, William W. Featherston-
haugh. still retain it,
My grandfather, Henry Bardin
Featherstonhaugh was the nephew and
heir of the last Baron Featherston-
haugh," said the sister. The family
is an old established one in Essex.
England. A young English woman had
been picked out for him as a wife. but
he ran away and married poor Irish
girl named Lee. For this the family
disinherited him.
The inquest over the body of Feather
stone was held during the day. Deputy
Coroner Hartney heard the testimony
of the widow and Jerry W. Mason. a
taxicab chauffeur.
The jury returned an open verdict
and commended Patrolman Maloney for
killing Featherstone.
Featherstonhaugh' family was
shocked when his criminal record was
made known to them. His wife and
sister thought he was in the brokerage
business
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
Charges of FIagrant Neglect OF
Duty to Be Filed Before the
Gamers League
Proceedings Approaching Inn
parchment Will Be Launched
at Big Local Convention
Board Fails to Garry Out Legis-
Iature's Mandate TO Protest
Against Increased Rates

DROCEEDTNGS approaching
impeachment hang heavy over
a the heads Of the state railroad
commissioners Charges Of fldgrant
neglect Of duty are IN preparation.
They nil be fled before The Gamers
league. mich nil meet in San Fran
cisco IN annual session January l3.
These charges Mill rccitc that H. D.
Lopeland, Theodore SuHlulcrland and
alexander c IrDn. as members Of The
commission. have failed 10 odrru out
The mandates Of the recent legislature.
7 he authors Of the movement propose
10 odnu Their case TO the governor.
Failed TO File Protest
The attempted impeachment viii be
based upon the failure OF the commits
sion 10 protest against the general ad-
vance in trsnscontinentsl freight rates,
although they were instructed specific
slly 10 take action. The year 1903 has
elapsed. The higher tariffs have re-
NAMED in force and no voice has been
lifted in official protest. The Gamers
have suffered 10 the extent OF s50o,Oo8
through the increased schedule.
Il is recognized that great difficulties
Tie in the way or = successful impesch-
uent The commissioners may be re-
moved only through legislative pro-
cess The terms OF Loveland. sum
merlsnd and irwin viii have expired
and their successors chosen BY next
gear when the legislature viii con-
vene The governor has not the power
OF removal stin he can throw the
fear OF the future into the somnoIent
commission.
The Gamers viii AT least be able TO
explode few frecrsckers under the
soles OF the Se.00o year trio. They
propose 70 get some action for their
endeavors, even II it be only up and
-7r-r--
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
SALOON HOLDUPMAN
SUBDUED BY VICTIMS
Desperate Had Complete Bur-
glars Outfit When Captured

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 3.-A man Civ
ing the name of Hank Kennedy entered
The ONCE. saloon in East Bakers
field, last night with drawn revolver
and ordered the hve men in the bar
room to throw up their hands, which
they promptly did
While the desperate was abstracting
a purse from one mans pocket another
of the victims jumped the holdupman
and the whole five joined in subduing
him.
When searched complete burglars S
outfit was found upon Kennedy. His
description has been wired to the prin-
cipal cities as that of a probably. much
wanted criminal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
MAN WALKS STREETS
WITH BROKEN NECK
Operated On 10 Days after Ac-
cident; May Die

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Jan. 3.-Ralph Owens.
"a years old, of Memphis. Tenn.
walked the streets here for 10 days
with a broken neck and did not know
it. until he went to Mullanphy hos
pital to get treatment for rheumatism
this afternoon
He fell. he. said. 10 days ago. and
since that time his head had been
drawn back. but he did not suffer much
pain.
He was operated on at the hospital
tonight and has slight chance for re-
covery.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

Mayor elect Mccarthy has made an
emphatic declarations In favor of Heteh
Hetchy and against the proposal that
san Francisco should buy the spring
Valley water property
At a meeting last evening of leading
commercial men. lawyers. supervisors
and representatives of labor, there was
an almost unanimous expressioa in
favor of both propositions Some OF
the labor leaders said they were open
to argument and others asked for In
formation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

THE proponents Of the purchase
of Spring Valley for $35.OOO,OOO
will be compelled TO combat the
actively hostile influence of the city's
government on and after Saturday,
when P H. Mccarthy assumes the
duties of mayor.
The proponents OF the developments
of the Hetch Hetchy grant and new
Sierra water supply through the issue
of bonds, as proposed by proposition
No. 1, and the consummation OF the
plans originally submitted with that
proposition, will have the active In
fuence of the city's government with
them on and after Saturday.
In Thick of Fight
Mayor elect Mccarthy announced
yesterday that he would be in the fight
against Spring Valley and for Hetch
Hetchy. day and night, until the polls
close.
McCarthy's advocacy of bonding
proposition No and his opposition
TO proposition No. assumed a new
significance yesterday. when he de-
clared that his speech before the rep
resentatives OF organized labor was
only the beginning OF a fight which he
would wage with unrelenting and un-
.eeasing yigor-
I am going to it just as hard as
know how declared the mayor elect
yesterday afternoon That means that
1 will be hghting night and day from
now until the polls close 1 shall make
speeches for Hetch Hetchy and against
the purchase of Spring Valley and
proposition No. ? as submitted BY the
incumbent supervisors
7 am absolutely for the development
of the Hetch Hetchy grant and a proper
water supply for San Francisco I am
opposed to the alternative proposition
and the purchase OF lot OF law suits
Need Water Supply
.-The prosperity OF the city and its
people depends very largely upon
proper water supply We want a water
supply that is clean. healthful and ade-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
STOCKTON LETS TWO
BRIDGE CONTRACTS
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON. Jan. 3.-The board of SUI
pervisors today let contracts as fol-
lows:
Mowry ferry bridge-M B. White,
for $3.50.
Old river bridge-West bridge and
construction company, for s11,o60.
County road south of Bethany-R- t.
Melton and c. l. Ortman. for 81 u cents
cubic yard.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
CITY WOULD NOT EXCEED
ITS BONDING CAPACITY

The incoming mayor. Mr..
MeCoTthp, is IN error Dhen he
saps the clip mill exceed its legal
bonding capacity IN acquiring the
Spring Valley and Sierra sps-
TENS. The debt is contracted
NTH the sale. not the authorize
ton. of the bonds. Judge Cur
It's H. Lindley.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
INDEX OF THE
|SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY S6
TUESDAY. JANUARY 4. 1910
WEATHER CONDITIONS

Northwest wind: clear; maxi
mum temperature. 4s; minimum. IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; heavy frosts;
light north wind Page Is
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
MCCARTHY TAXES STAND
AGAINST SPRING VALLEY

Il am for Hetch Hetchp and
proposition No. !. I am un-
alterdbly opposed to the purchase
of Spring Vallcp and proposition
No. 2. ! hare taken MP stand.
/ am going to ii just as hard as I
knoD hon. That means that I
mill be fighting night and dap
from nom until the polls close.
Mayor elect P. H. Mccarthy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
RaiIroadmen Considerate

President Taft found the railroad
men most considerate in presenting
their views. While deprecating the
idea Of any legislation at all at this
time. when, they declared. conditions
in the railroad and Industrial worlds
are righting themselves after two
years of depression, they did not seek
to deter the president from sending his
message.
They devoted themselves to more or
less specific objections to the bill pre-
pared by Attorney General wicker
sham, which forms the text of the mes
sage.
The president. it is declared, viii not
attempt TO force the Wickersham or
any other bill upon congress. He will
say in his message that such bill has
been drafted and is at the disposal of
congress.
The railroad presidents admitted that
their objections TO the proposed amend
ments to the interstate commerce act
were general in their application to all
the ameudmepfs
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
RAILWAY KINGS :
AND PRESIDENT
IN CONFERENCE
Heads of Six Great Systems Call
Upon Taft to Protect
Their Interests
Special Message to Congress
Will Aim Direct Blow at
Watered Stocks

WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Following a
forenoon conference with the presi-
dents of six of the great railroad sys-
TENS, President Taft late this after
noon announced change of program
in the sending of his message dealing
with interstate commerce and anti
trust laws amendments to congress.
Segregates Two Issues
The message will be split into two
parts. The section dealing with trusts
viii be sent to congress Thursday
noon The section dealing with the
interstate commerce law, in which rail
roads are directly interested. will be
deferred until Friday
The presidents special message on
conservation of natural resources is
expected to be ready for congress on
Monday.
Soon after the railroad presidents
had left the White House it was an
nounced that the president still hoped
to have his message ready for congress
on Wednesday. 1t had been his origin
al intention to treat together the two
subjects of interstate commerce and
anti trust amendments Tt was said
late this afternoon that the MESA ge
probably would receive greater atten-
tion if divided into two parts. neither
of more than 1000 words
As result of the call of the rail
road presidents. it was said that only
a few verbal changes would be made
in the message dealing with the inter-
state commerce laws, and that these
would make the presidents position
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
Morgan Arranged Meeting


The president. however, had made his
position clear to ]. Pierpont Morgan in
a brief interview last Friday morning.
Morgan in turn arranged for today s
conference and advised the railroadmen
to confine themselves to suggestions of
changes in amendments rather than to
an attempt to influence the presidet as
to his general course.
Taft has let it be known that he not
only will make recommendations for
changes in the law, but that he expects
congress to adopt the suggestions at
this session. and thus carry out the
promises of the republican party plat
form.
Those who attended the conference
today were Presidents McCrea of the
Pennsylvania. Lovett of the Hartman
line. Brown of the New York Central,
Mellen of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford, Baer of the Philadelphia
and Reading and Finley of the South
ern railroad
The railroad presidents brought
Lewis Cass Ledyard of New York with
them as general counsel. Attorney
General wickersham represented the
legal department of the government.
Changes Stock Amendment
One of the changes which President
Taft agreed TO make in his recon-
mendations has to do with the Lam
guage of the proposed amendment pro-
hibitin ga railroad company from ac-
quiring stock in any competing rail-
road in the future or from holding
stock in. a competing railroad after a
given date It was claimed that the
wording of this proposed amendment
was such that it might he held to apply
TO lines like the New York Central and
the West Shore. The latter is and for
many years has been New York Cen
trail line, serving virtually as an over
flow trackage system on the western
shore of the Hudson river.
The law, as President Taft will sug-
gest, will provide that where a railroad
owns so per cent or more of the stock
of another it may acquire the re-
a measure of protection to minority
stock holders. for if railroads owning
the majority stock should be prohibited
from acquiring any more the minority
would lose their only probable pur-
chaser. Where a railroad holds less
that the majority of stock in another
Continued on Page 2, Column .
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
VIII Revive Agitation

President I. r. Graham viii call the
league TO order in the rooms OF the
chamber Of commerce in the Merchants
Exchange building. One Of the topics
~ chief discussion viii be freight rates
The Gamers viii revive the agitation
that died in it's infancy of railroad
chloroform a year ago. In the mean
time. the southern Pacific and Santa
Fe have collected s10.0oo,0O0 from the
California shippers in excess rates
Il was this advance in rates that
brought the question squarely before
the last legislature. The result was q
bin Of many clauses and phrases, into
one Of which-snd II may have been
purely accidental in the light of legis-
lative history-crept prod. II was =
peremptory order 10 the commission 10
get busy The commission has since
broken its former championship record
~ =r--~,- f,=rrs~-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
The legislative Mandate

Here Is the section containing tn
legislative mandate on which the can
ners rely
The said commission is hereby
authorized and directed. when pub
lie interests requires, to file petit
tions for investigs tions, or com
plaint or complaints with the in
terstate commerce commission and
10 file such suit or suits in tribunals
or courts Of competent jurisdiction
as are permitted under the terms
Of what is known as the interstate
commerce act. complaining Of any
thing done or omitted TO be done by
common carriers subject TO the pro-
visions Of the interstate commerce
act
said board is also hereby author
lied and instructed TO file petitions
for Investigations. or complaint or
complaints, and TO commence such
suit OF suits in tribunals or courts
Of competent jurisdiction, com
planning Of the order or orders OF
any transcontinental railroad COM
psny or other common carrier,
either railroad OF steamship, rails
lnE frelEnt rates or entering into
contracts or combinations to raise
or maintain rates. or 10 take any
action that will prevent competition
70 and from, or 10 or from Cali
fornia points TO points in the
United States outside OF California.
The attorney general is hereby di-
rected 10 represent said board and
the people Of the state OF California
in any proceeding commenced un-
der the provisions Of this section.
The said commission is hereby
empowered and directed to CO.
operate with the interstate COM
merce commission in the investiga-
tion OF discrimination in charges Of
facilities for transportation OF pas
sengers or freight made by any
railroad or other transportation
company between places or persons,
in the facilities for the transpor-
tation of the same classes or pas
sengers OF freight within the state
Tourfuuod ou Pace Column
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

~The prosperity Of the city and its
people depends very largely upon a
proper water supply We want a water
supply that is clean. healthful and ade-