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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
CLEMENTS HAS POWER
IN POLICE MATTER

Helena. May 2.-(Special THE su-
preme court today decided that Judge
Clements has fun power in the pro-
ceedings brought before him By Cap
tain Leonard y. Bailey and Moses
Quintln of the Helena police depart
meat. The officers had warrants Of
arrest issued for Mayor Edwards and
seven aldermen in which they are
charged with contempt in not obeylug
the order Of the supreme court to pro-
vide for their reinstatement and COM
polsatlon on the police force Counsel
for the mayor ana aldermen went to
the supreme court asking for writ
To stop Judge Clements from hearing
the case. The case should be back
again IN the district court u u day
or iva.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
CYANIDE is FOUND
IN SWOPE'S
BODY
DR.. WALTER S. HAiNES TELLS
OF EXAMINATION OF THE
VITAL ORGANS.

Kansas city. May 2.-Dr. Walter =.
Haines. the Chicago scientist. told at
the Hyde murder trial today the al
legged results Of his search for poisons
In 80 far as the toxocologlst's per-
sonal Investigations were concerned.
he admitted that they had resulted
In finding but little dangerous drugs.
With but one exception. said Dr.
Haines. he found cyanide only when
collaborating with Or. Victor Vaughn
OF Ann Arbor. Mich.
In a part of the stomach of Colonel
Thomas IL. Swope. testified Dr.
Haincs. he found two-hundredth of a
grain. of strychnine. The physician
said small trace of the same drug
was located In the brain, With the
aid of DR.. Vaughn. DR. Ha!nes testl-
fled. he discovered some cyanide in the
stomach.
only slight traces of strychnine were
claimed by Dr. Halnes 10 have been
found by him In the stomach and
liver of Chrlsman Swope 1t was the
BELIEF of himself and DIR. Vaughn.
said the witness. that there were signs
of cyanide In their test Of the stom-
ach. but they were unable 10 locate
definitely any of this drug.
Dr. Haines said that both himself
and DR.. Vaughn found cyanide In the
capsules which Or. Hyde Is alleged
To have thrown away. The stains on
the envelopes In which the capsules
were delivered to him also responded
to the cyanide test. said the witness.
Strychnine was found In the ejecta
of Miss Margaret Swope both by him
self and Dr. Vaughn. said Dr. Halnes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
GOVERNOR TO WELCOME
THE c. A. R. VETERANS

Helena, May -(Special) THE ex-
tenslve preparations which have been
made here for the 26th annual en-
campment of the Montana department
of the q. a. r. are about completed,
and when the veterans meet Wednes-
day they VIII find a warm welcome
Governor Norris ana Mayor Edwards
will officially welcome the members
and the response will be by 5. r, Van
SAINT. commander in chief Of the vet
Grams. Thurday IL the day for the big
parade and that evening there viii be
Il banquet at thl auditorium for
which 800 invitations have been is
sued
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
MACH!N|STS STRIKE
FOR HIGHER WAGES

st Louis, May 2.--Machinists of the
Missouri Pacific Railway who struck
this morning for an increase i'm wages
are being ignored at the railroad
headquarters. General Manager Sui
livah tonight said he had not been ad =
vised that the machnists had quit
work.
About 1000 men at different shops
or the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain systems quit work today.
They asked for an increase of cents
an hour and AN Improvement In work
ing conditions, The company has Of
Tered the men Il Scent increase.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
RASCH Is CONFIRMED
BY THE UPPER
HOUSE

Washington. May Cart Rasch.
one of Secretary Ballinger's coun-
sci IN the Rallinger- Plnchot con
troversy. who was recently nomi-
mated by the president To be United
States Judge for the district Of
Montana. was today confirmed by
the senate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
TEMPERATURE DROPS.

Kansas city, May Following the
cessation today of the rains which be-
gan Sunday night ana were general
over the southwest. n decided drop In
the temperature VAS experienced to-
night
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
MAY DELAY WORK.

Chicago May "A strike of about
1000 structural iron workers here to-
day may interfere with the completion
of the grandstand of the American
league baseball park, ON the south
side, Work on several skyscrapcrs IS
affected by the strike
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
NO DECISION.

Lexington Ky May 2,-No decision
was rendered In the NJ Ike Shreck Jack
O'Brien l0-round bout here tonight
O'Brien had the better of It.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
Efforts NJ ade.

Throughout today efforts were made
to effect an agreement between those
who favored the Cummins' amend
ment and those who supported In.
Elklns-Crawford provision. The first
would require all traffic agreements
and changes OF rates To be approved
by the interstate commerce commits
sion before taking effect. The latter
would make traffic agreements law.
ful under the Sherman law, but not
require that rates made by railroads
should be submitted TO the commission
in advance.
The insurgents believed victory was
within their grasp. After the adjourn
ment of the senate Senator cummins
was called into the final conference.
He was asked If the insurgents could
not get together on some provision
less obnoxious To the majority of the
republicans than the pending Cum
Minis amendment
Mr., cummins Is quoted as saying.
possibly he would agree 10 the adnp-
ton of some provision insuring sub
stantially the same thing" but he did
not think his insurgent colleagues
would aeeept anything other than
straight out proposition compelling
railroads.&c. obtain favorable action
by the commission before putting new
rates into effect
The action Of railroads in the Wesf-
ern Trunk Line association In filing
new classifications with the Interstate
commerce commission giving notice Of
material increases. was referred To- by
number of those attending the con-
ference. As wages have been Increased
1t was agreed there would certainly
be other advances and certain repub-
leans feared the political effect. Al
tention was called 10 the fact that the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
today increased passenger rates be-
tween Il and 20 per cent,
Whether the showdown between reg
ular republicans and insurgents viii
/. come tomorrow depends upon the de-
bate and the attitude OF the Insurgents
when they learn of the plans 10 de-
prive them of victory.
The adoption of the program agreed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03

the Increases were due to the removal
oi IN" possibility ~ prosecution for
violation Of the provisions OF the
sherman hw. n the Cummins provi-
sion H. adopted. IT viii he physically
Impossible for the interstate commerce
commission to pass upon the great
volume of new rates presented / be-
lleNe the railroads should be- per-
mtted to make traffic agreements. but
they should be prohibited from making
any change In existing rates without
approval of the commission"
Mr.. Flint proposed as a compromise
that traffic agreements be permitted
and the commission should give
blanket approval of existing rates. but
that no new rates should be put In
force until they had been approved.
His proposition did not meet with the
acquiescence Of majority Of those
participating In the conference. and II
was apparent tine insurgents would
not accept II. Mr. Flint then withdrew
from the conference
Several senators were asked tonight
To what they attributed the failure To-
get enough votes To adopt the Elklns-
Crawford amendment
They were almost unanimous In In.
expression that II could be charged
directly to the fear that II rates were
raised by the railroads the people
would say the repeal Of the Sherman
antitrust law In its application to
railroads was responsible.
Unquestionably. the possible political
effect Of the adoption Of that section
frightened away some OF the early
supporters of the provision
senator Root was notlceably an
noyed at the outcome of the confer
ence. when asked what caused the
change of front In connection with
section :, he said:
Cold feet Some Of those who
ought TO support II were afraid of the
political effect"
These senators did not hesitate To
enter into an agreement with the reg
ular republicans 10 vote against the
cummins provision In return for an
agreement tn eliminate the section al
together
IT the administration senator's are
correct In the poll they took. the Cum
Minis amendment will be lost by the
narrow margin Of one or two votes.
The chamber of the senate and the
several adjacent committee rooms oe-
cupled by leaders nave not been the
scenes of 80 much jockeying over leg
lslation sine the making of the ia
NOUS Allison compromise" 10 the
Hepburn rate law. four years ago. As
In that case. the move taken by those
In charge Of the bill came like bolt
from the blue sky. That the admin
istration had not the votes to carry
out It's program was not generally sus-
pected
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03

GERS were not presented and the clerk
ready was that of the fire department.
The mayor ordered that all reports go
over To subsequent meeting and the
council proceeded with the monotp-
nous reading of the monthly bills
against the city. Warrants were or
dered drawn for all bills which had
been approved 10y the auditing COM
mittee.
A claim presented by George V.
Ransom for damage. amounting to
sS5. was rejected. This was for dam
age alleged To have been sustained by
the overflow of the Stevens street
sewer The bill of the Bell Telephone
company for service which II is
claimed should he furnished free. was
also thrown into the sump. all the
aldermen participating in the slaugh-
ter.
ON motion of Mccormick. the clerk
was instructed TO draw n warrant for
full month for the late Chief May
of the fire department. Upon motion
of Crawford. the salary of A. * Fox
as acting chief of the fire department
was fixed at the figure paid to Chief
May.
OFFICER Whteman was. on motion
of Jensen. allowed full pay for the
time ne was sick last month officer
Paisley. who Is In the hospital. was al
lowed pay for half month.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
Narrow Margin.

When the original cummins amend
ment to this section. adopted as n
substitute for the Elkns bill. was
voted upon, Saturday. the administm-
tion senators won by margin of six
votes. II ls generally supposed that
this vote constituted a test of succeed
ing votes, and Hlkins came forward
with his bill, which. it's opponents
charge, was "A bold method of repeal
ing the sherman antitrust law so
far az its application to railroads Is
concerned.
From "A message received from some
of the absentees IL was evident that
the regular republicans would meet
with reversal on the next vote, for.
under the senate rules. a vote easily
could be delayed until the arrival of
the absentees After the vote Satur-
day, Senator Cummins Immediately Of
fered another amendment 10 accom-
plish the same purpose as that which
had just been voted down
After the pending Cummins amend
ment Is offered as substitute for
the Elkins-Crawford provision, no mo-
tion can sidetrack this provision; II
must be disposed of before another
step can be taken. That is the admin
istratiOn senator's believe they have
the whip hand of their opponents.
The republican leaders discovered there
were certain members who preferred
the Cummins To the Elkins-Crawford
amendment, but were opposed Ia the
entire traffic agreement section.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
Radical Changes Are Made in Provisions by
Both Houses of United States Congress.
DIXON URGES LONG AND SHORT HAUL AMENDMENT
Montana Senator Makes Strong Plea for His Provso Giving
Interior Towns and Communities Advantage of Rates
Commensurate With Those Charged Terminal
CieS---Smoot Takes Hand

Washington. May 2 President Taft's
railroad legislation viii be- emascu-
lated. At the close Of prptractes
conference of leading regular repub-
lican" senators tonight 1t was apparent
the revolt uf the senate Insurgents"
had been virtually successful and the
sections Of the hill relative To- traffic
agreements ANA mergers. which Sem
ator Cummins aud other insurgents
have been fighting To- amend. will be
abandoned
Practically nothing distinctive of the
original bin will remain. save the seq
tlpns providing for the creation of a
court nf commerce Even that has
had a perilous time in the house, and
nobody tonight is prepared To guar
antee II viii be- enacted
In fact. the differences between the
senate and house are 50 great that IL
would surprise nobody II the entire
bill should fail in conference.
So serious became the situation Of
the bin late today that President TAFT
himself at Pittsburg. was advised Of
the situation over the telephone by
senator Aldrch.
Dcspairlng of putting the bin through
In It's regular form. the leaders In the
conference decided To eliminate secL
tlon :, which, the insurgents believe.
would have practically repealed the
sherman law.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
insurgents Blamed.

Upon the insurgents the admnisira-
tlon viii endoavor 10 place the re-
Sponsibility for the failure Of the Taft
railroad legislation. TO senator Al
drich, over the telephone. Mr. Taft IL
said Ia have expressed himself en-
phatlcally to this effect.
He said he had initiated the pending
measure and had advocated II through
out the country In the form In which
II was reported To- the senate and, II a
combination of insurgcnt republicans
and democrats rendered 1t impossible
for the republican majority to enact
the bll. he felt the administration
should be relieved OF responsibility for
its defeat. He rested the entire mat
ter In the hands of Senator Aldrich
and his republican associates, who
were then in conference.
In the conference were Senators
Aldrlch. Elkins. Carter. Kean. Crane.
Root. Curtis. Flint. Brandegee, Lodge
and. from time 10 time. other re-
publican leaders.
Although admittedly stopped from
passing the bin IN the form in which
they wished. the administration SEN
ntors alone began the formulating of
plans to take away insurgents
chances To claim elean-cut victory.
They even wore an air OF jubilatlon
tonight oyer the prospect of putting
the insurgents" to route on the pend
ing Cummins amendment To the traf-
fic agreement section. which will be
the first matter voted upon when the
bill Is again taken up perhaps to-
morrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
South Side Crossings.

The ordinance committee reported
faVorably upon the ordnance opening
South Fourth, South Firth and South
Sixth streets, where they cross the Bit
ter Root branch of the Northern Pa
cific. The report was accepted, the
ordinance was read at length and was
placed upon final passage. The ord-
nance received the support of every
alderman present. BY the provisions
of this ordinance the railway com.
pany Is to be notified and n thl
crossings are not put In. the city shall
do the work and charge the expense
to the Northern Pacific.
The West Pine street crossing
question was brought up and 1t was
reported that the Northern Pacific had
lost the correspondence in the matter
and that duplicates had been fur
nished. The aldermen regarded this
as joke and immediate action was
ordered the mayor I otake mp the
mater with he railway officials. A
sidewalk was ordered on the northwest
side of Blaine street and the opening
of the alley in block 10, Lows addi-
tion was agreed upon.
Resolutions of respect for the mem
ory of Chief Alfred II. May were read
and their adoption constituted the last
routine work of the old council.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
Cemetery and Library.

The annual report OF the city ceme-
terry commission, read by the clerk.
showed II balance of 1000 In the
cemetery fund and the cost of work
done by the board for the year was
set forth at more than $1,000. The
revenue of the commission came from
fees. and the sale of lots.
The annual report of the library
board presented interesting facts re-
garding the work of the public H.
brary The expenses of the library
were s5.075.70 and there IL balance
of $2,796.G9 In the library fund. There
are 3.699 cards now In use: the total
number of books circulated was A.
$50: the largest number in any month
was 4,2S3; the average circulation was
1868.
The fire and water committee re-
ported favorably upon petitions for
new hydrants at Phillips and Waverly
streets and at Fourth and Washbnrn
streets, IN Lows addition.
The council accepted the report and
the installation of the hydrants was
ordered
No action was taken relative to
moving the south side fire. ,taticr. the
council bequeathing this responsible
ity to the new aldermanic board
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
In Farewell.

Upon motion of Alderman Wilkin-
son the thanks OF the city were pre-
sented to the retiring aldermen. May
or Logan voiced his personal thanks
to the retiring statesmen. He said he
was appreciatiye of the assistance
which he had received and he de-
elared the old council adjourned In
proud and naughty state, the only re-
tiring member present. Nels Jensen
of the Fourth ward, left the circle. He
has been one of the best aldermen the
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Harmony Lacking.

There was no harmony in the sea-
ate conferences.
senator Flint was not willing that
section be stricken out At the same
time lie was opposed TO givag rail-
roads full power to raise rates with
out approval of the commission. and
made 1t clear that he would support
the cummins' rather than tho Elkins-
Crawford amendment.
IF you adopt the Ekins- Crawford
the rates. as they must do" declared
Mr.. Flint, "it VIII be charged that
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
THE MAN

Who advertises In The Mis-
soulian increases his business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
The Mayor and Aldermen Give Fine Exhbi-
ton of Team Work and Harmony.
CRAWFORD IS PRESIDENT OF THE new COUNCIL
Compliments for the Old Aldermen and Welcome to the
New Ones Characterize Busy Night at the
City Hall, Where a Lot Of Work Is
Done in Short Order.

ceeded with the reading Of the month
ly reports of officers These showed
that the total expenses Of the city, in
cluding the election. were s3.O39.tS.
The election cost S476.l6 and $3.50 was
paid for the purchase Of ground on
the south side. The police court re-
port showed that SS35 had been col
lected In fines ana defaults. There
were lao eases In which fines We're
paid.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03
THE WEATHER

Today-Fair.
Tomorf ow--Fair.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-30
CONFESSION MADE
BY A LEG|SL ATOR
AFFECTS L0RIMER
Chicago Tribune Today Prints
Statement Of Chas. White,
IN Which He Says He Got a
Sl,Q POO Brlbe:
GOVERNOR DEHEEN 70
MAKE INVESTIGATION
illinois Seator Was Not to Be
Found Today and Alleged
Giver Of Bribe Ridicuies the
"Story."
<American News sa vice,

9Amerlcan News SA vtce1
Chicago, April 80. Regarding the
signed confession Of Charles White. .
democratic member OF the Illinois leg
islature, that he received thousand
dollar bribe for voting for Senator Lor-
inner: published in the Chicago Trib-
une today, Governor Deneen said the
startling charges should receive ex-
haustive investigation. Senator Lor-
liner was inaccessible today Lee
O'Neill Browne, the alleged giyer Of
the bribe, ridiculed the story.
white also confesses, according to
the Tribune, that he received 5000 as
his share of . general corporation fund
distributed at the close Of the session.
Got Share Of Doodle.
In his confession White accuses Lee
OMEN Browne. democratic leader of
the state legislature, Of offering and
paying him the bribe. The offer. he
says, was made to him after Browne
learned that he had been living close
up to his income and needed money.
He also duplicates Representative
Robert e. Wilson. who he declares.
paid him $500 as his share Of the gen.
eral corporation fund.
He declared that he accepted the
money that he might expose corrup-
tion in the state Legislature.
The matter was brought officially
before Governor Dcneen and Attorney.
General Stead with the request that m
inquiry be made concerning Senator
LOrimer's title to his seat and the pun.
ishment OF the bribe givers and takers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-30
PLAN GREAT STRIKE
Employees Of Great Electrical
Company to Walk Out
Monday. .
TRY TO AVERT TROUBLE
S5 sfsa# l5a
(American News service1

(American News Servicel
Schnectady, N. r.. April 3o.-Thirty
thousand employees of the General
lCJeetric rolnpan sem,
panx of iks Kind VIII stfikss III sosf Non
day unless the corporation grants
their demands for increased pay.
General Manager Emmons today. be
gan negotiations with the men in the
hope Of averting trouble. The leaders
OF the latter declare that no compro-
mise will be accepted 1,
Mr.. Emmons today was In communi-
cation with President Coffin. In whose
hands the situation largely rests.
The main plant Of the General Elec.
trio company is ii Schnectady, with
branch plants at Lynn and Pittsffeld,
Mass, and the incandescent lamp
works at Harrison, NJ. ]. The union
leaders announces that work will stop
In every one of these factories when
the threatened strike goes into effect.
The company is classed as ). p.
Morgan concern, though its securities
are heavily held In Boston.
The last general strike Of the EN-.
ployes Of the company occurred IN
May 1902. when the men won. Al
that time the company was hampered
by big contracts with heavy time pen.
alties attached.
The General Electric company re
Gently announced plans to increase
the Schnectady plant to one employ.
ing $4,000 hands, and also for the
building Of monster plant employ
ing as many at Erie, Pa. @
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-30
Both Sides Can Make Argu-
ments Whether the Attor-
ney-general Shall Produce
Records in Matter.
ATTORNEY BRAMDElS HAD
MADE SUCH DEMANDS
vertrees Opposed Such Action
and Accused Brandeis OF
''PIaying to the Newspa-
pers" in the Case.
palladium Specially

Washington, April 3O.-A victory for
Clifford Pinchot was partly realized to-
day when the investigating committee
agreed that both sides should be per.
nnitted to make arguments on the ques.
tion whether Attorney General Wick.
essham BE- required to produce records
bearin gon the Ballinger-P -Pinchot con.
troversy.
Attorney Brandeis had demanded
that wicksrsham be required to pro-
duce all the papers,. records. etc.,
which might tend to fix the date on
which he prepared and submitted to
the prssident his summary and report
On the CLAWS charges. Brandeis's
contention was that this report which
bore tho date Of September II, 1909.
was ante dated IN order to give the ap.
pearance Of having been before the
president ct the time he wrote the let
ter.
Ne Cites HE Reasons.
Brandeis proceeded to point out the
rsasons for his request and the cause
Tor his suspicion against the Attorney
Oeneral. Among other things he
showed that Wickersham had made an
answer 70 ! charge which had mot been
mads against Ballinger until two
snog1ha eftazs ~ RAPPORT yas dated. n
r'11 i1Sj " Y M q1lSsr netAxi.
ssss - his s5ss6asss.
rspiisd x length. osposins