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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
RAILROAD OFFICIALS DECLARE
THAT MAoNATE DIED ON EVE
or GREAT SCANDAL.
WAS INVOLVED IN CRIME
Investigations So Far Seem to Point
Toward Fact That President Of Mo
non Route Was Mixed Up IN Greatest
Railroad Scandal in History-suieide
Idea Prevalent.

Chicago. July 81 Whether Ira q
Rawn. president or the Monon road
was killed by burglar In his home
at Winnetka, last Wednesday. or
whether, as is stated by the Chicago
police. he committed suicide. railway
men declared tolay his death oc.
curred OH the eve of what may be one
of the greatest scandals Ia railroad
history Questions asked Rawn at "A
hearing July In the Illinois Central
ear repair cases, all were planned. u
is said. by attorneys with the intent
Ia incrimnate Rawn az responsible for
losses To the road.
Rawn, IL Is declared. knew the pur-
pose Of the counsel for the road and
had sought by every legal means to
delay the progress OF the examination.
Twice on personal pleas he had OBJ
tained postponements but the last ef-
fort for delay had failed and tire ex-
/ animation was To- have been continued
| Tuesday. His death viii not cause any
halt In the inquiry. stated Walter l..
| Fisher. one of the attorneys in charge
OF the inquiry.
1T is a civil Inquiry la determine
the amount Of money involved" he
said "The questions We're asked MIR
/ Rawn at the prior sessions To lay "a
! foundation for facts ultimately to be-
! brought out
For the first time since the death.
the air of secrecy was lifted from the
Rawn home late today and newspa-
permen were summoned Upon their
/ arrival. announcement was made that
"A second bullet the absence of which
added to the appearance of suicide.
had been discovered. The bullet was
found. according to G. L. Iiately. who
II conducting the Investigation. In the
ashes of n fireplace. Samuel IA.
Greeley. president OF the village board
Of Wlnnetka also telephoned Assistant
Chief of Police Schuettler here. ask
ing him TO detail two men 10 aid the
investigation. 4 representative OF the
private agency, the men from which
yesterday were reIlulsed at the Rawn
| home. also was summoned 10 aid la
the investigation.
new theory as to the means by
which Rawn was shot To death was
suggested late today from the office
of the private detective agency en-
gagged by the Rawn relatives To in
yestigate the death The opinion was
expressed that Mr. Rawn met his
death as the result OF an accident and
that In fact, but one shot had been
fired and that from the revolver held
by Mr.. Rawn
1t Is likely that Mr.. Rawn heard
some noise In his home and with re-
voIver In hand descended the stairs
In search of an intruder" said an. OF
fcer of the detective agency. When
near the bottom of the stairway.
believe he stumbled and the revolver
was discharged. This would account
for the fact that only one shot was
heard by neighbors and that there was
no trace OF n robber In the house MIR
Rawns relatives, knowing he des
cended In search of burglar. and
when finding him dead likely as
sumed he had been shot by burglar
when the death more probably was
caused by the accidental discharge ol
his own revolver"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
BRYAN CAN'T BOSS
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT SAYS
THAT coMMoNER IS COUNSEL.
LoR NOT COMMANDER.

Denver. July 2i.-Josiah Marvel OF
Wilmington. Del. member OF the
finance committee of III" lasi demo
cratic national committee. who was III
charge of the campaign OF George
Grey of Deleware for the nomination
for the presidency, tonight gave out
an interview In which he says II ~
now time for democrats To get To-
gether and advise on the grounds up
on which all can stand on natlonhi
policies. Touching on the Influence
W J. Bryan will have Mr. Marvel
says:
'Bryan will. Of course, have great
weight in the councils of his party
I,ut his wishes should be considered as
wishes and not obeyed as commands
There IL no divine right Of domina-
tion In the democratic party. To the
extent that the principles and canhl-
dates appeal 10 the majority of our
party, he should be fully sustained
aud approved. but when he goes be
yond this the duty Of the party to IT.
self IL to proceed promptly 10 lick him.
Mr.. Bryan Is not infallible ad his
honesty and carnestness make his mis-
takes the more dangerous. The lead
ers of our party who disagree with MT
Bryan should argue with him and not
about him."
Mr.. Marvel stated that Judge Gray
would not again be candidate. Mr.
Marvel said that he believed the next
national convention would be held In
! Denver lie based the statement on
! sentiment expressed by national com
mtteemen from the states east Of chi
/ cage,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
VERDICT Of GUILTY
FOUND AGAINST
WyNNE
FORMER CHIEF OF BUTTE POLICE
FORCE is GUILTY OF GRAVE
CHARGES.

Butte, July q l--lSpeolal) )-The ex-
amining and trial board, which has
heen hearing testimony in the case
against T.. w. Wynne, chief OF police
under the Corby administration, who
is accused Of failing to report To
Mayor Nevin and of maintaining
money To his own uses after paying "a
subordinate officer his actual expenses,
found the former chief guilty this
afternoon. The mayor has not as yet
taken any action. although Wynne has
been suspended for the past several
days. Wynne. on the stand admitted
the charge of getting the money from
the county and holding II and he said
the practice WAS customary. He said
he put Ia the bin and after some time
on recommendation of the county at
1 torney. il was paid, both the county
commissioners and the county attorney
I stating that the bill was "A legal one
/ and that If he did not get the money
I for the expenses the sheriff would be
/ entitled To II.
In reference to the charge that Wit
ness had failed to make daily reports
to the mayor, The chief said that he
| had called frequently at the mayors
office, but he was either out or en-
gagged with people waiting for him
and he did not think he could spare
the time to remain an hour or more
at the office door of the mayor, lie
said that he law the mayor on the
day preceding that on which charges
were filed against the witness and that
he informed him of the condition oi
the force. The chiaf said he told tn,
mayor that some of the officers were
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
D. W. M'kAY, ARRESTED FOR PUT.
TING GATE IN FENCE, RE.
LEASED eY MExicANs.
STATE DEPARTMENT BUSY
American Consul Instructed TO See
That Millionaire Gets Fair Treat.
ment--Was Thrown Into Dungeon
Without Bail For Putting Gate IN
Fence Without Permission.

san Diego, cal, July 2l.-D w
Mckay. whose arrest at Tia Juana
ana SUBSEQUENT removal to Ensenada
has been brought 10 In" attention oi
the state department at Washington,
was today released on bail al Ensen-
ada. according to advices received by
his attorney. j. T.. Wadham' OF this
city. Mr.. Wadham made this stale
ment To- the Associated Press today:
"'rhe facts. as | understand them.
which are founded on statements made
To- me by u. w. Mckay. Mr.. Mckay
and Albert Arguello. as follows: Me
kay went to Tia Juena hot springs
for the benefit Of his wiie's health
The springs are located about three
miles below the boundary line from
Tia .Juana and for the past year she
hus spent most Of her time at the
springs and Mr.. Mckay has Travelled
back and forth To his business. Mr..
Mckay has purchased or entered into
agreements to purchase with several
of the heirs for their interests In the
Tia Juana springs. MI Mckay ana
Mrs Mckay claim that Mr.. Mckay
asked permission To cut wire fence
upon his property and put la a gate
Mr.. Arguello denies that Mr.. Mckay
asked the permission. But the facts
are that Mckay did cut WIRE
fence and put IN wire gate; that
that Mr. Arguello wene 10 Tia Juana
and swore out "a warrant. upon which
Mr.. Mckay was arrested. lie was
Mr.. Arguoiio went !. Tia Juana
morning of saturday. the 18th, but
Mrs. Mckay did not know Of his IN
carceration until about 1890 at which
time she telephoncd To me I'm
medately went 30 Tia Juana and
found that Mr.. Mckay was being ek-
amlned by the authorities. made
an appeal that MIR. Mckay be released
on bonds, which had been offered In
any reasonable amount by the Merch-
ants National bank of san Diego; the
authorities refused to consider the
matter. stating that he could not he
released ON bonds until the testimony
ON the hearing was sent To Ensen-
ada. In consequence OF which Mr.
/ Mckay stayed In Tia Juana In jail
until the afternoon of The 18th inst.
Il am Informed that Sunday. the
/ 18th. inst he was moved into pretty
| good quarters and was allowed To go
In and out of the door, but that sun
day night he was taken to dungeon
and locked up. the guard stating that
he did not propose To take any
| chances. We offered to take Mr. Nc
Kay to Enscnada In an automobile
and take the guards with MS. but this
was refused. although Mr.. Mckay was
permitted 10 go In his own wagon. IN
| charge of two officers. who. ! believe
rode on horseback Mckay was hand
cuffed II IL said. but ! do not know
as 10 this positively. However. ] have
received adyices from Ensenada 10 the
effect that Mr.. Mckay has been re-
leased on bail
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
NEW AERoPLANE BLOWS UP.

Joplin. Mo. July 2i.-An aluminium
aeroplane from which great things
were expected by T. NJ. Dechenne. its
inventor. came 10 grief At the aviation
field today when the gasoline tank
exploded in a short trial flight De-
chenne was uninjured
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
M'MURRAY ANXIOUS.

Oklahoma city, July Ell. T. Me
Murray of McAlester, was In confer
ence here today with his attorneys
preparatory To the opening OF the in-
vestigation Of the Gore charges Of
bribery at Muskogee August 3. He IL
anxious that the investigation begin at
the earliest possible date and said he
had no knowledge Of a contemplated
postponement when the committee
convenes.
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Government Interested.

A special from Washington says:
THE state department has teiegraphed
to Ensenada instructing the consul
there to watch the proceedings In the
Mckay case and inform the depart
ment fully The embassy at Mexico
City has also been instructed To in
vestgate.
The department IL determined to
make a searching inquiry and to do
all In it's power to see that Mr.. Me
Kay has fair treatment. Acting Sec
retary Wilson said this afternoon that
nothing had been heard from Ensen-
ada"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
Arbitration Wanted.

A proposition To arbltrate came to
the Grand Trunk Railway company
and the chairman Of It's striking train
men ana conductors today from l..
Mackenzie King, minister of labor.
coupled with the intimation that II
both parties would accept the award
fray the initial expenses. Speedy
answers were requested That of the
company was mailed To the minister
at Ottawa, but Mr. Hayes declined Ia
say what IL was. Vice President
Murdock of the trainmen, also replied
He said he did not believe anything
vas to be gained by discussing arbi-
tratlon
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22

Paris. July pa special 1" me
Matin from Vernets Les Bain SAYS
that according to telephone meg
sage received today man answer
ing the description Of Or. Ha~le\
II. Cripper, wanted In LONDON III
connection with the disappearance
of his wife. Bell Elmorc. was seen
At Puigecardia. u town just across
the frontier IN Spain, "Wednesday
night.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
EXPLOSION OF GUN
KILLS ELEVEN MEN
Awful Disaster Marks Target Practice of Coast
Defense at Fortress Monroe.
During Reloadng of Giant Gun Explosion Occurs Hurting
Men and Officers Manged and Crippled to Ground
lieutenant Van Deusen Displays Wonderful
Observation-Disclosures Ordered.

Fortress Monroe. Va. July ell
Eleven men of the coast artillery are
dead tonight as the result of the blow
ing out Of a brecch block in one of the
big guns while the fort was engaged
In target practice this morning
half dozen others are N the post hos
pital, one of whom may die.
The cause of the explosion is not
vet definitely determined, although a
board of inquiry was appointed imme-
diately after the disaster by orders
from the war department In Washing
ton The list uf dead aud wounded
follows:
The Dead.
SERGEANT HARRY HAAS. gun
commander
CORPORAL BRADFORD, gun
pointer
PKIvATES a. j. SULLIVAN. DUE
FY. ADKINS. ADEY. KING, CHAD
WICK. SMITH. TURNER. HOGAN
one private was blown into thesa-
peake bay with the breech lock, Lieu
tenant Van Deusen suffered a broken
leg and Lieutenant Hawos was injured
about the faco.
The toll of death. II is believed.
would have been larger had II not been
for the heroism displayed by the Of
ficers and men In the battery. The
wounded forgot their hurts and aided
the uninjured In stamping out the
burning powder that threatened the
charge for "a second shot
The Accident.
The explosion occurred In battery
De Russy. No. gun doing the dam
age. The gun was IN charge OF cap
tain James Prentice. who had with him
Lieutenants George T.. Hawes. Jr.. ana
George l.. Van Deusen Hawes had
gone forward from the breech To ex-
anime the range wheels when the
charge was exploded. He was thrown
down and momentarily stunned. but
otherwise uninjured.
Eight men were killed outright. their
bodies scattered around the emplace-
ment. Captain Prentice and Lienten-
ant Uawes foresaw "A further sacrifice
of life II the other charge caught
| from the smouldering sparks and the
two sent out a call for surgeons While
they attacked the flames with their bare
! hands. Captain Prentice reached the
! omplacement first and pushing his
way through the smoke and sparks. ne
carried out bag Of powder. He then
was Joined by Hawes and the TWO
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
OPENING DELAYED.

Pierre. $. u. July ei.- Chairman
Burke of the house committee on In
dian affairs. has been notified that
there viii be no attempt To open the
Rosebud ana Pine Ridge lands in
South Dakota before next spring.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22

completed the task of avorting q fur
ther explosion.
Meanwhile. Lieutenant Van Deuscn
lay crumpled beneath the gun. his leg
broken in two places. lie was suffer
ing agunics. but when his brother Of
ficcrs sought to remove him hc would
not permit them to touch him
The Heroes.
"Scc tu the men first" he said aud
prOpped against the gun he aided IN
directing the work.
Corporal Humphreys and Sergeant
Brinkey, u gun pointer, also d;stin-
guishcd themselves. The formers
head. body and arms were filled with
pieces of flying concrete that had been
blown from the empacement Ia
spite of his painful wounds he rushed
To- his dead and wounded comrades.
extinguishing their burning clothing
ana then hurried To the nearby en-
campment for water. Sergeant Brink
ley was close to the breech when II
blew out lie was hurled over the
right standard and when he regained
consciousness he found himself hang
ing by one arm from the railing of the
sighting platform. Although severely
bruised and suffering from the shock.
Brinkley declined To go to the hospital
or permit the surgeons To examine him
untill they had assisted him comrades.
Investigation Ordered.
Colonel e. T. Townsley, comnandant
of the fort. promptly ordered an In
vestigation.
1T Is evident" he said. that the ex-
plosion occurred during the insertion
OF the breech block into the breech Of
the gun and before 4 had been rotat-
ed and locked in place. The safety de-
Vices on the gun are intended To make
premature discharge impossible just
how they failed To operate probably
never will be known Every member
of the detachment who could have ex-
planned 1t II dead"
/ The inquiry. however Is To be thor
ough Assisting In the investigation
are some of the leading Officers Of the
army, who were present at the time Of
I the explosion.
/ The fatal accident occurred while
target practice at floating targets.
which were built To the proportions of
{ battleships. was going on. The firing
was conducted AS nearly as possible
under battle conditions and was on n
more pretentious scale than ever has
been attempted before.
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outside of the arbitration talk to-
days strike developments were not
important. The company has improy-
ed its passenger service and also
started handling freight In small
way It is securing some men. but at
the present rate IL viii be weeks be-
fore the service IL normal
With the exception of train OF
20 cars of perishable goods. which
left Toronto this morning for Montreal
no attempt was made in ontario to-
day To move freight, Grand Trunk
passenger service out of Toronto was
practically normal
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Story Secuted.

NJ. Scbillc, head of the research
department ~ the police, VINO Is III
recting the search in France for Or.
Crlppen and his typist. Ethel Clara
I.eneve. who Is supposed to have left
London in his company, opposes the
theory that the woman who Killed her
self at Bourgesan July ~ was Miss
Lenevc. lie points out that the letter
left by the suicide was written In
French, a. Language Miss Lcnevo X
said not To understand. Furthermore.
the suicides features were those of "A
person of SlaNonic type, and VI. Sc
billie believes she was Nihlist.
Photographs of the suicide have not.
however. as yet been compared with
those of Miss Lencye. Should the sui
eide prove to be Miss Leneve II would
give consistency Ia the story told by
n guard on the boat train running be-
tween Dleppe and Paris that he had
seen "A couple answering tn" de-
scription of Dr. crippen and his typist
on July H. According to this guard,
the couple came through Ia Paris on
this train. Here they are supposed Ia
hay. separated. crippen hurrying
south and the girl going tn Boursesan,
where she subsequently took her hie'
Another story of the police Is that
the couple went by steamer To Mar
seilles and separated at that port,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22

Paris, July 2l.--The police at YER
nets Les Bains, the little French wa
tering place at the foot Of the Pyre-
nees mountains, are positive thht Ut.
Hawley H. Crlppen. widely sought 10y
the London police. Wa In their city
last Sunday and vigorous search Is
being made for the fugitive. The pro-
curcr at Nernets Les l1.tins, ttle-
graphed today to tho director Of III"
Surrete Generate at Paris confirming
the identity of the man who arrived
there under the name of Tarbpt on
Sunday as DIR. crippen.
The procurcr added that he believed
Crippen had crossed the French IRON
tier into Spain. The French detective
department In Paris is inclined to ac-
cept the procurer's views as To the
identity of Crippen. but Il In doubt
whether he crossed the Spanish from
tier at Nernets Les i]alns as all the
positive information In the possession
of the police indicates that he leit the
train before II reached Mount Louis
To which point he Is said In have
taken, passage en- route To Spain.
Fleeing to Andorra.
The suspect, according To the belief
of the authorities here, instead oi
In Ia headed for An
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
FIVE NEGROES KILLED
BY MISSISSIPPI
DEPUTY

Elliott, Miss. July 2l.-Five ne
groes were killed and two others
were mortally wounded today when
the seven took issue with Deputy
Sheriff Cauley, who was endeavor~
ing 10 arrest them on miner
charge. As Cauley and two citizens
approached the negroes ceased their
work In the field and. grabbing
pitchforks. made for the deputy.
cauley then opened fire with two
revolvers
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
DEFEATED BY
NATIVES

Washington. July 2l-- Severe fight
ing among the tribes of Liberia
In the vicinity of cape Thomas.
has broken out again Commander
John T. Luby of the cruiser Des
Moines, which cleared from Mon
iuvia today for the Canary Islands,
reported to the navy department
that the Liberian troops have been
signaiiy defeated In an effort To
qnell the uprising
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
MISS0ULA STAMP CLERK
IS GIVEN EASY
SENTENCE

Helena, July l2-tSpecialD-
Judge Rasch has imposed a fine
of $225 on Charles Lee Herrick who
pleaded guilty to appropriating to
his own use while acting as stamp
clerk In the Missoula postofflce.
stamps to the value Of 1850. EN-
tenuating circumstances We're ad-
yanc-d In behalf Of ierrlck.
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Information Wanted.

Mexico city. July 1.-THE depart
ment of foreign relations at the solic-
itatlon of the American Ambassador
has asked by telegraph for informa
tion relating 10 the arrest and i'm
prisonment at Tia Juana In Lower Cali
fOrnla of ID. w. Mckay, wealthy
American resident of san Diego. Me
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22

DORA. the little and almost forgotten
republic Of 5000 shepherd inhabitants.
nesting Ia the foothills Of the Pyre-
nees. once In TINS country, u !"
said extradition would be difficult. IT
not impossible Andorra, which under
the nominal suzerainty of the presi-
dent of the French republic and the
Bishop Of urgel. has sometimes
served as refuge for persons who have
committed crimes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-22
EAGLES OF STATE
ELECT THEIR
OFFICERS
w. A. LOGAN OF MiS9OUlA is RE-
ELECTED sEcRETARY-iN-
TEREsTiNo PROGRAM.

Livingston, July u. (Specal)-At
the business session of the Eagles inns
morning, Miles city was awarded the
honor of entertaining the convention
next year 1t was hard tgnt put
Milestown boosters swept away the OPP
position and finally went under the
wire without Il dissenting vote. hed
Lodge. Anaconda and Hamilton were
after the plum and in the preliml-
nares made good showing. but Miles
CITY was on the ground early ana with
their Cowboy band and other attrac-
tions made "A favorable impression
As a result of winning the cohven-
tlon the Miles city delegation has
made the streets of Livingston hum
with merrlment They have pulled off
many ridiculous stunts much 10 the
amusement of he big crowd.
Officers Elected.
During today a large amount OF
business has been transacted by the
convention in secret session. Officers
were elected as follows: state presi-
dent, T.. ID. Weed of Helena; vice pres
ident. Harry l.. Laurens of Living
ston: chaplain. Richard Brown of Law
ingston; secretary, w. Il. Logan oi
Missoula: treasurer, w w watkins ol
Billings; conductor, Charles Bolin oi
Hamilton; inside guard \. +. Wiiken-
son of Red Lodge: outside guard
Jerry Maloy of Gardiner; trustees
James Sergeant of Missoula, a, II
Caufieid of Great Falls. and J. 7. Troy
of Havre. The business session of the
order of today was the most impor'
tant held during the convention. A
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THE WEATHER

Toda y-Locai showers.
Tomorrow-Fair.
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Fleeing to Andorrn.

The suspect. according to the belief
of the authorities here, instead o'
making for Spain. Is headed for An
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