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The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17
BUTTE MAN CLAIMS
UNWR|TTEN LAW
AS DEFENSE
CHARLES D. REED is PLACED ON
TRIAL FOR SHOOTING HIS
WlFE's FRIEND. N,

Butte. Dec To- Especial. )-Charles
D. Reed, better known as del" Reed,
was placed on trial before q jury in
Judge DOMAINS court today on the
charge of shooting William, otherwise
known as Babe Cohen, with intent
to kill The shooting occurred. on West
PARK street. hear Main, on the even
ing of August 13, last, While the thor
oughfare was crowded with people.
Cohen was shot twice, once in the
arm and the second time through the
body, as he was trying to run away.
He has not yet fully recovered from
his wounds. and had to be supported
by his sister when he appeared in
court. The state claims the shooting
was premeditated and unjustfiable.
The defense will not attempt to deny
n the shooting, but will make the first
appeal to the 'unwritten" law ever
heard in Butte. Reed claims his wife
had left him and taken UP with Cohen.
The wife, who has not been on the
stand. yet, claims there were no inn
proper relations between her and
Cohen; that she was only the COM
mon-Iaw wife of Reed and was seek
ing divorce in order to marry Cohen
legally.
Wanted to Kill Dog.
One Of the main witnesses today
was Chief of Police Quinn. 1t was
with a gun of his that the shooting
sn1 ~<~1
came to him in his private office and
wanted to borrow a gun for the pur-
pose of shooting a dog that had the
distemper. He found gun, then
hunted up some cartridges and handed
them to Reed. In few minutes he
heard that man had been shot on
Park Street and, going into the jailer's
office, found Reed sitting there. Reed
said to the chief: II said / wanted
to shoot a dog; well, I've shot the
| dog" Numerous witnesses testified to
the shooting. Practically all witnesses
| recognized Reed as the man who did
it. Policeman Hosler who made the
arrest, found him standing near the
scene with still smoking revolver in
his hand. He called to the officer that
he was the man who did the shooting,
The doctor testified that Mrs. Reed
acted as nurse to Cohen after the
shooting.
Cohen, who is % years old and a
miner, testified that he had no ac-
| quaintance with Reed. He was talk
! ing with an acquaintance near the
scene of the affair when he was shot
in the arm. He started to run and
was shot in the back. The trial will
| go on tomorrow
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17
HELD FOR HEAVY
RANSOM

Ell Paso, Dec l6.--lt was reported
here today that Enrique Gornoros,
son of a wealthy Chihuahua family,
and graduate of Cornell university,
and an American friend named L..
r. Wehlhim Were captured Ly ban
dts while on an automobile tour
to Santa Clara, Wednesday,. 1t is
asserted that the men are being held
for a ransom of $25,000.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17
Another Clash.

Eagle Pass, Texas. Dec. l6.-Aecord-
ing to a dispatch form Preside,
Mexico. revoluticnists and federal
troops clashed about II miles from
Presidio today. The outcome Of, the
battle is not learned,
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17

appointed provisional governor Of
Chihuahua state by Francisco
Madero, according to informa-
ton brought here Thursday by
Luther T. Ellsworth, American con-
sui at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. Ellis
worth states that Gonzales is in the
field near Ojinaga in camp with
General Perfecto Lom1lio, and that the
two have the command of about 1000
armed men.
Ellsworth arrived here by automo-
bile from the vicinity of Ojinaga.
where he went as a special repre-
sentative of the department of state
to investigate conditions. He states
that when he left, the town was gar
risoned by 100 Mexican soldiers and
that the insurgent force within so
miles numbered 1000 It was expect
ed that the town would be taken.
Fighting at Pedernalas.
Mexico City, Dec. IA special to
Ell Heraldo from chihuahua, dated
yesterday, said that fighting had be-
gun anew at Pedernales. A train.
from Minaca, G,&,huahua. was sur
rounded by insutrectos upon its ar
rival, captured and backed to point
| near San Antonio, for what purpose is
| not learned.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17

1nsurrecto Governor.
Abraham Gonzales, a wealthy
broker OF Chihuahua, has been
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-17

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
FAIR TO PAY DEBTS
North Adams Baseball Association
Plans Entertainment.

The directors of the North Adams
baseball association voted at a meet
ing last night "wednesday to hold
weeks fair during the week of No
vember 2S in Odd Fellows hall. The
desire of the directors is to raise
money to liquidate the debts of the
association before and transfers or
stock to new owners is made. They
are confident that they will be able
to clean the slate before making u
sale of any of the stock.
No date has been set for the meet
ing of the association as the men,
bers are at sea over the proposed
changes in the bylaws calling for
each share OF stock to represent a
vote instead of, as is the case now,
each stakeholder having one vote re-
CARELESS of the number of shares he
owns.
The proposed change is puzzling
many Of them and communication
has been opened with the proper
state authorities with view to
Strengthening out the matter. When
this is done the meeting will be held.
North Adams Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
sLAMEs DESIRE FOR SHOW
Grain King Patten Says Extrava-
gance May Cause Another Panic.

Philadelphia, Oct flames W.
Patten, the former grain operator, is
in this city.
Everybody wants an automobile
and a yacht nowadays" Mr.. Patten
said and he will move the earth to
get them. Unfortunately the vast
majority of persons cannot AFFORD
such Injuries and they skate on
pretty thin ice in order to get them.
It's only question OF time till a
lot Of them break through at the
same time and they will make a
splash that will go around the coun-
try.
"The only hope Of avoiding another
serious business depression lies in
stopping the present mad pursuit of
luxuries and uncalled for show"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
JUDGE THREATENS JAIL
Gives Warning in Imposing Fine
on Wealthy Caady Manufacturer.

New York, Oct. Judge Hand in
the United States court yesterday, in
imposing a fine of $4,000 on Mengo
Morganthau, wealthy candy man,
who pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with failure to declare
jewelry and wearing apparel worth
$4,000, said: This is the last time
will let such Offenders off with a
fine. After this Jail sentences will
be imposed in addition to fines and ]
want this declaration given as much
publicity as possible"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
TO BUILD LIGHT HOUSE
champain Commissions, Guests Of
New York Historical Society.

Burlington, Oct. THE Joint
Champlain tercentenary commissions
from Vermont and New York met on
the steamer Ticonderoga. yesterday
afternoon as guests OF the New York
historical society, now making tour
OF the lake.
Il was decided TO alter the plans
for the Champlain memorial at
Crown point and instead of a memori
al shaft a giant lighthouse will be
erected. The house will be built on
Battlefield park, the site OF the old
Crown Point forts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL
Results Of Yesterdays Games in the
Two Major Leagues.
American League Results.

At Washington-(First game) Bos-
ton, 5; Washington, 2; (second
game) Boston, 5; Washington, 6.
At Chicago-Detroit, 5; Chicago,
II.
At Philadelphia-New York, 3:
Philadelphia, l.
At st. Iouis-Cleveland, 5; St.
Louis, 6.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-07
National Leaaue Results

National League Results
At Observation-Disclosures, 4 Bos-
ton, 20.
At Chicago-Pittsburg, 0; Chica-
go. 4.
At New York-Brooklyn, 3; New
York, 8.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

MEXICO CITY Nov, 22,-Stories Of
riot and b,oodshed, widely circulated,
have brought scores Of anxious in
quires concerning Americans resident
in Mexico City.
While it is true that certain outlying
districts have ~1tnessed disturbances
Of a more or less annoying character
it is also certain that reports concern
ing them are greatly exaggerated, and
are in many cases the purest fiction.
No one familiar with conditions in
Mexico will credit for an instant any
rumor of a successful uprising or a
widespread rebellion.
With the exception Of a short-lived
student ebulltion, which was over be
fore the eager correspondents had
reached their respective city editors,
there has not been the slightest dis
turbance in Mexico City, and business
has continued, as it will continue,
without interruption.
"The slight demonstrations which no
doubt were considerably magnified
continued for short time only" said
Alexander Ross, general manager or
the Mexican National Gas company,
today. Except for the unfortunate
killing Of two MeXicans and the break
ing of few store windows, no dam
age was done beyond that resulting
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

the amount they take@for their noon
day meal. The meat may be fried
ham. 1t is cut thick the long way of
the ham and each slice is cut in two.
These slices are fried and piled high
on Il platter and set before SIX men.
The platter will most likely have to be
filled again. Hot bread of some kind,
biscuits or corn breaC is sure to be
on the table at every meal and morn
ing and noon there are great pots of
coffee. At the evening meal these pots
are filled with tea. There is sugar and
milk for the coffee and tea. The sug
ar is one of the most expensive items
on the bill of fare, especially in the
camps where Greeks are employed.
The Greeks care little for tea or cof-
fee, but much for sugar They will
fill their cups to the very brim with
sugar, pour over 1t just a little cof-
fee to make it past. and a few drops
OF vinegar to suit their peculiar tastes
and then eat the mess. They will do
that two or three times at n meal.
The increased cost of all kinds Of
provisions and the enormous consump-
ton of sugar were the reasons that
Desmond demanded an increase in the
price of his meals from % to 80 cents.
At dinner and supper desserts are
served. At noon the dessert may be
pie or tasty pudding and at the
evening meal 1t will probably be cake
with some kind of fruit Canned
peaches of excellent quality are usual
ly served as they are favorite with
the men. The pies and cakes are the
chief distinction between the meals
Desmond serves the aqueduct workers
and the meals that are served in rail-
road construction camps. In the rail-
road camps every man pays 81 a day
for his board while in the Desmond
camps the charge is but 80 cents a
day and the food is far superior.
CAMPS IN THE DESERT
Everything served is of good quality.
Complaints have been made in some
Of the camps that the food, as it was
served on the table. was not palatable,
but in every case where such COM
plants have been made it has been
found to be the fault of the cook and
not of the food itself. One of the hard
est features of Desmond's contract is
to secure good cooks, and the next
hardest feature is to keep them when
he gets them A working mans camp
in the desert is no more attractive to
cook than it is to any other human
being, and while Desmond pays his
cooks high wages, they become dissat-
isfied at the lonely life and when they
have accumulated a little money leave
for the bright lights of Broadway. The
many camps that Desmond must sup
ply with cooks and the prOneness Of a
cook to quit without a moments warn
ing results in good, bad and Indifferent
cooks in the aqueduct mess houses, |
just as it would anywhere else under
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

from exaggerated reports. Our busi-
ness of supplying gas to the residents
Of Mexico City has continued without
intorruDtion and we have installed
over $40 meters since June /, 1910. AS
for autf-Americ-n sentiment, one may
draw his own conclusions from the
fact that MeXicans are quicker to
adopt gas for heating, lighting and
cooking than the foreigners, although
our company is largely owned by
Americans"
"The demonstration is over and its
participants have the 'katzenjammer'
bad" said the local manager Of an
American company. I'VE hear this
morning that armed Mexicans re on
their way to assault Rock Springs. IT
the report is true somebody is going
to get a merry surprise. If, as L be-
/ We. it is false, it IS another example
Of the current hysterical stories.
"Our office is Of en- every day and we
have yet to witness the events reported
in American papers. Some rascal tried
to throw water on my assistant, but
he threw to windward and got it all.
We can't r.lke an international mat
ter out Of this"
Local business conditions are en-
tirely normal, reports to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
Thomas Jefferson McCarey
Promoter of Fistic Sport

serted itself and made him prominent
promoter of fistic entertainment.
Hazards pavilion was in demand by
the Temple Baptist church, and all
though he had n lease with ten
months more to run, McCarey proved
his liberality by abandoning his rights
in order to further the plans of Rev.
Robert Burdette and his fellow church
members. Boxing at this time was
restricted by city ordinance to a single
block in the industrial district, and the
promoter went to work to erect a
pavilion here. being monarch of all
he surveyed so far as fighting In Los
Angeles was concerned.
When competition in the shape of
Baron Long. jim Jeffries and others
in the Jeffries Athletic club came
along McCarey met it like a sports
man, and with his superior knowledge
of the game was soon able to come
out on top. In q period of financial
stringency the Jeffries club lived less
than a year, and when it finally
closed, McCarey was able to buy in
the arena at Vernon and has since
conducted his longer bouts there.
Now the promoter is devoting his
time to amateurs. An ordinance re-
Gently passed by the council prohibits
any professional contests in this city,
and McCarey has set about restoring
amateurs to their proper place. His
rules was successful in every way, and
in all probability those who love Il
rafting mill will not be deprived of
their sport as long as he is at the
helm.
"This fighting business is just the
same fundamentally as any other -
says McCarey Nothing in the world
succeeds unless you are honest. Now
most fighters are boys who have grown
up without education other than the
worlds hard knocks have given them
and are naturally inclined to go wrong
when the chance presents itself to
make q lot of money fol one crooked
act The tempter is ever present in
the shape of some rich gambler, and
only by watching all the time can he
be foiled of cheating the public through
his poor tool. | watch the fighter and
his associates, and the least suspicious
and spoil what they call 'frameup.' !"
Naturally, Thomas Jefferson Nc
Carey lays great stress on honesty in
boxing, for despite the view persons of
religious inclination take of it, the
game is rather free from crookedness
and especially in this city. In his
long career McCarey has kept his bus
mess free of scandal, and with many
of the most prominent business men of
the south among his patrons he is able
to look every man in the eye and hold
his head as high as any.
incidentally, McCarey is a suave,
educated man, whose chief pleasures
are found in his own family. Occupy
ing one of the prettiest homes in the
exclusive southwest part of the city,
he delights in passing every spare mo-
ment with his wife and clever chill
dren. Religion plays a prominent part
in the McCarey routine of life and ill
ness is the only thing that excuses the
members thereof from paying homage.
Many are the charities which the pro-
moter has helped, and never a reason
able appeal for aid has he let go by
unanswered.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

similar conditions. But the majority
of the cooks are satisfactory. At all
the permanent camps, such as South
and North Portals, Haiwee, Olancha
and others, the cooking is splendid
practically all the time. 1t is not likely
to be so good at the movable camps
where the steam shovels are dredging
the bitches and moving along month
by month and taking the mess camps
with them.
Because they must be transported
from time to time, these steam shovel
camps have been portable canvas tents,
but Desmond is rapidly changing these
to portable wooden houses. The first
of these was put up last month at the
steam shovel camp south of MoJaVe,
but Desmond says that he expects to
have such houses at all the movable
camps by the first of the year.
1t was from these movable camps
that the complaints came about a year
ago that the meat served at some of
the meals was spoiled. Such a condi-
ton of affairs is not true now, if 1t
was at that time. Desmond's principal
storehouse is at Mojave, and 1 stood
on the platform of the building one
crisp morning late in November while
the supplies were being handled. A
wagonload of meat, covered with a
heavy canvas, drove up to the build
ing. William Mulholland, superinten-
dent of the aqueduct, was standing
close by, and he threw back the cover
and looked at the meat.
That's mighty fine beef, joe" said
Mulholland.
And it was fine beef. 1t was prime
steer beef and the kind that a res
taurant would charge half a dollar for
a thin slice. This beef was on its way
to feed the workers on the aqueduct
and they were to have all of 1t they
wanted, and with the rest of the meal
1t would cost but 80 cents.
MESS INSPECTOR ON DUTY
But just to make sure that the food
served will be up to the top notch
the board of public works has provided
for a mess inspector. The civil serv-
ice commission has just exempted this
position from civil service regulations
and the board will choose the man
without restrictions. 1t will be the bus
mess of this man to eat DesmOnd's
food and report If it is not all it should
be.
Neither Desmond nor the whole
salers who are behind him in this con-
tract are making a fortune off this
contract, nor even a fair profit. When
Desmond was serving meals for %
cents he found that he was losing
more than one cent on every man
every time he fed him, and he asked
the board of public works to increase
the price to 80 cents The hoard of
public works made a quiet investiga
ton on it's own account and found
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
DESMOND MASTER
IN FOOD SUPPLY
Contractor Provides Bone and
SineW for Human Machinery
in AqueduCt Enterprise
USES PORTABLE MESS HOUSE
Daily Menu for Men Engaged in
Bringing Owens River Water
to Los Angeles
BY WILFORD LEWIS

There are many mighty factors that
enter into the building of the great
owens river aqueduct but probably the
most important of them all is d. j.
Desmond. 1t is Desmond, who with
his mess contract, is furnishing the
bone and snew of the human part of
the machinery that is boring the tun-
nels and digging the ditch.
l have sat down at the plain pine
tables in the mess houses with the
plain men who are DesmOnd'S board
ers and eaten the plain food that they
eat. and 1 have found it good. | have
eaten much worse food in Los An
geles restaurants and paid much
higher prices than the 80 cents meal
that Desmond charges. There is no
fuss about the service. The money
that a restaurant spends in cut glass
table lights and hemstitched napkins,
and charges in the bill, Desmond puts
into the meat and vegetables that go
on his uncovered tables. There are
no tables cloths, there are no napkins,
and there is no HaViland china, but
the men who eat at his tables don't
miss these things. They are the hardy
pioneers, the hard rock miners and
muckers, the men who live on the
edge of civilization and have no pa
tience with the table etiquette of more
complex communities.
The boarders sit down on long
benches before long tables on which
the food is ready for them. In fropt
of each man is a galvanized iron
plate, a galvanized iron cup and sauc-
er. a galvanized iron soup bowl and a
steel knife and fork. In iron bowls
on the table are teaspoons and soup
spoons of tin.
THE DAILY MENU
Great pitchers of soup are placed on
the tables and the men fill their bowls
by pouring ii out. Great platters of
meat and great dishes of vegetable
pote toes, stewed corn, stewed tomat-
oes, carrots. onions are all ready to
be devoured when the soup is gone.
Every man helps himself and passes
the dishes to his neighbor. One plat
ter of meat and one pan of each vege-
table is usually served for each six
persons, but there is no danger OF the
supply running out for as soon as a
platter or dish is empty it is quickly
refilled by a watchful waiter The
amount of food one man may eat is
limited only by his own capacity and
not by any restriction placed on him
by Desmond. They are not dainty eat
ers. these hearty men of the desert
and mountain, and a city bred man
who considers caviar sandwich suf-
fcient for his lunch would have diff
Guilty In making place for one-fourth
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
Came to California for the Bene-
fit of His HeaIth-Gave Many
Young Men a Chance to Get
in the LimeIight

You can't keep a good man down
This has been fully proved in the case
of Thomas jefferson McCarey, known
from one end of the country to the
other as Uncle Tom, friend Of pork
and bean" fighters and relief commit
tee in general to hundreds.
About twenty years ago McCarey
feeling need of better climate, mi
grated from his home in the middle
west to Los Angeles. He was not what
might be called overburdened with this
worlds goods, and his health was not
of the best. However, that did not
stop him from going to one of the few
men he knew in town and seeking a
Job"
''I don't see anything for you, Tom, -
was the best he received. There isn't
a thing you could do that know Of
There's a laundry route you might get
but of course that wouldn't suit"
Wouldn't suit? Why not?" McCarey
answered. "Just give 1t to me and
see."
The next day Thomas jefferson went
to work. His limited acquaintance was
a serious drawback at first, but this
was soon overcome. BY nature Nc
Carey is a man who makes friends and
holds them, and it was not long be-
fore he had built up a big business
and was making money
Health, always his bette noir, again
stepped in and McCarey was forced
to look around for something else. He
had saved his money and with what
he brought here from the east found
enough on hand for almost any kind
Of a modest venture.
About this time Jim Jeffries blos-
somed forth as a champion of the
world, and boxing fiourished in Los
Angeles. Together with a few local
experts McCarey took hold of Haz-
ards pavilion and soon made it one of
the best known places of its kind in
the country. And Immediately that
shrewd judgment which had stamped
Uncle Tom as an unusual man as
i.
that Desmond's statement was correct,
so the increase in price was ordered.
But at the same time the board or
dered Desmond to serve more ham and
eggs, and any householder who has
bought ham and eggs knows that any
increase in the quantity of these ar
ticles of food means a decided in
crease in the cost of the meals. Des-
mond Immediately followed instruc-
tions and increased the number of
eggs and the thick slices of ham, and
now the men on the aqueduct say:
"We'Ve no kick coming on the Des-
mond mess now. He's feeding us ham
and eggs"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
NAMES OF FABRICS

Calico comes from Calicut, India.
Satin comes from Zaytown, China.
Serge is named after Xerge, Spain.
Mosul which is in Asia. is the name
sake OF muslin.
The ancient city Of Damascus is re-
sponsible for damask.
Cambria got its name from Cambria
and gauze from GAIA.
Taffeta is named after a Bagdad
street where the material was at one
time sold
Alpaca derives its name from the
Peruvian animal from whose wool it
was made.
Cashmere was originally made in
Tibet, in the vale Of Cashmere, where
sheep growing a specially fine grade
of wool grazed.
Thomas Blanket, celebrated cloth
ier, who is said to have introduced
wool into England in the fourteenth
century, is responsible for the name of
our bed covering.-Detroit News.