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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
SUIT AGAINST COAL COM8IKE
Government Seeks TO Restrain Six
Railroad Companies and Three
Mining Concerns.

Columbus, o.-Suit was filed by the
United States government in the fed
eral court here Friday against six rail
road companies and three coal mining
charging a combination in
restraint of trade and asking that the
combination be enjoined from contin-
uing business.
The defendants named in the suit
are as follows: Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern railway, Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad, Hooking Valley railroad,
Toledo 4 Ohio Central railroad, Kama.
wha & Michigan railroad, GAINESVILLE C
western railroad, Sunday Creek Coal
company, Continental Coal company,
kanawha & Hooking Coal & Coke
company
The government charges that the de-
PENDANT companies have formed and
entered into such combinations and
eonspicacies as 10 restrain trade and
commerce. especially in the bitumi-
nous Goa industry in several states.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Mats Proud Boast

Mr.. Nat Goodwin, comedian and 1T.
terateur' has g iven out for publfca.
uon an advance chapter Of his forth.
coming book, Wives Have Mar.
RED" or something like that. In this
chapter Nat narrates an alleged ex.
p%erience in which he claims to have
been walking around with the but.
Ter" while Lord A. firted with the
hostess.
Passing lightly over the allegation
as to Lord A., which no doubt will he
commented upon by his lordship and
others concerned, we hasten to er.
press our doubt that Nat strolled in
friendly chat with the butler. Anv
n who has oyer seer a enuin
BRUSH butler knows that chatting
with one is an achievement. but stroll
ing with n is 4 distinction. We are
ready to believe that Nat hobnobbed
with dukes, earls, lords, captains,
kings. princes, admirals. walters. cab.
Dies, oeefeaters, boobies and pluto
Gratis. but when he claims to have
been favored 18th the genial com.
panlonship OF a real butler we are as
skeptical as we would be II he wera
10 assure US that he had heard a
wooden Indian sing. Buffers do not
tolerate familiarity.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
STARVED PATIENTS 70 DEATH.
Grave Charges Made Against Seattle
Woman Who Is Known as 1.-The
Starvation Doctor"

Seattle, Wash.-A warrant was is
sued in Kitsap county Saturday for
tue arrest of Linda Burfield Hazard
known as 'the starvation DOCTOR" on
an information charging murder in
the first degree.
Mrs. Hazard is OF starving
to death Miss Claire Williamson, a
wealthy English woman, aged thirty.
two. Several of Mrs. Hazards pa.
TENTS are said to have starved them
selves to death, notably Lewis f. Ra-
der, formerly deputy state ~reasurer,
and Frank S. Southland, a prominent
attorney of Seattle.
While Miss Williamson was dying
she signed a will %bequeathing her es-
tate to Mrs. hazard, and the latter
sought to be appointed administrators
of the estate.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED
Railroad Officials Fear That All the
Roads In the West May Suffer
by Walkout Of Men.

Chicago.-That the railroads of the
west are threatened with a general
strike was indicated here Monday
night by statements of a high official
OF the Union Pacific and Southern Pa.
cihc roads. According to his state.
ments unions have presented de
mands that would mean an additional
burden of $50. 900, 900 a year to the
western roads.
Several strikes already have oc.
Cured in various cities, and more
are threatened unless concessions are
obtained from the rail carriers. The
demends were formulated by various
unions, including those OF the black
smiths, a workers. iron moulders
machinists, and pattern makers, and
were submitted to the railroads sew
eral weeks ago. So far the officials
OF the various unions have met with
a fiat refusal of any of the requests
from the lines they have negotiated
with, and it was announced Monday
night that the roads are determined
not to recede from the position they
have taken.
The fear has been expressed thai
all of the roads in the west may be
tied up by a walkout of the different
employees.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
ALLEGED PLOT To
POISON CHILDREN
TWO MEN AND A WOMAN Ac-
cusED OF ATTEMPT TO KILL
CHILDREN OF ENEMIES.
Feud Results from Libel Suit, Chewing
Gum sprinkIed With strychnlne
Being Placed Where II Was Ex-
pected Little Ones Would Get 1t.

Fulton, Mo.-What county authori-
tie believe to be a plot for the whole
sale poisoning OF children has been
unearthed at Concord, in Galloway
county, and as a result two men and a
woman were arrested there Sunday by
order of the prosecuting attorney and
brought to Fulton to be arraigned.
The persons arrested are l.. o. Boyd. a
farmer; his wife, Mrs. Anna Boyd,
and Jefferson Woods, horse dealer.
The children whose lives were en-
dangered belong to families whose
members testified in a Islander suit re-
Gently brought by Mrs. Boyd against
DR.. WI B. Ellis, a prominent physi-
clan of Concord. Mrs. Boyd asked
for $4,000, alleging that DIR. Ellis had
DETAINED her character. The jury
brought in a verdict for the defendant.
Jefferson Woods was named in the
suit.
The first alleged attempt on the
lives of the children was made sew.
eral weeks ago when a package OF
chewing gum was found in the yard oil
Edward McPheeters, a nephew OF
Judge Robert McPheeters OF Fulton
Less than a week ago another package
OF gum was placed near the gate oil
h McPheeters home. A 3-yearold
child of the family was in the act oil
placing a piece OF the gum in Its
mouth and when an older member OF
the family interfered the gum was
sent to a chemist. who discovered that
1t was profusely s~prinkled with
s~trychnine. Twice since then pack.
ages of gum have been placed near
the McPheeters home and each OF
them was found to contain s~trychnine
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11

IAN important tunctionary has been
sent to kum.' --Cablegram from Teheran,
Persia.
"Pshaw! cried the shah. I'm overcome
win all this bother over Kun"
his brow was grim. his scowl was grum
The functionaries all were dumb:
The court musician ceased to strum
Upon the dulcet taratum.
And his assistant hushed the thrum
Upon the mellow kettle drum.
"Pshaw!" cried the shah,
"Ah. pshaw." and "BahI"
With awe
-. They saw
That trouble was decreed to come
To Kun.
"Wowi" growlei the shah. They'll soon
hear from
My regal wrath down there at Kum."
The harem. trembling. hushed its hum,
The houris all with fear grew numb
And ceased their feast of chewing gum.
"Fahr said the shah. and "Fee-h-fumI
Send for Ell Reldin Jill Jum."
Inc shah's expression was most glum.
With hand on brow
In lowly bow
ShIr Cow
Went now
To tell FL Reddin Jill Jun
To come.
Two quavers of the pendulum.
Ana then In rushed Ell Jill jun.
The shah tossed off a glass of rum
And: "El Jill. 20 to KUN.
And tell that place it's on the bum.
That all the people there are scum.
Ihat there Is none I'd lave for chum."
Ell Reddin Jill jun said: .rUmI'
Which was. we guess.
How he'd express
No less
Than Yes"
Thus went FL Reddin Jill jun
To Kun.
What was declared by Jill jun
10 De about to come to Kun
Where times and things wero out NJ
plumb
Ls something on which we keep mum.
BUT now once more the town of Kun
~ neld beneath the shah's firm thumb,
And joyfully the kettle drum
Sends forth its dulcet tum-ti-tum.
The Kun folks know
They must lay low
Or woe
Will idw
Were jun again eompeilede 10 coma
To Kun.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
sign PEACE TREATY
FIRST PRACTICAL STEP TOWARD
LASTING PEACE TAKEN BY
THREE GREAT NATIONS.
United States, England and France
Pledge Their Honor to Settle All
Disputes of the Future by
Peaceful Method of Arbitration.

Washington.-The Anglo. American
general arbitration treaty, the first
practical step toward the lasting peace
of the world, was signed at the White
House on Thursday.
AS the secretary of state appended
his signature to one copy, MIR. Bryce
the British ambassador, signed the
other. %Thereupon the copies were ex
changed and signed again. Finally
MIR. Knox attached his name to the
American copy of the same general
arbitration treaty with France, a du
plicate of which was at the same time
signed in Paris by M. Jusserand, the
French ambassador to the United
States.
The treaties will o be SEM to the
senate for ratification.
With a few scratches of the pen
while a violent storm ragged without
as though the god of war was mourn
ing his vanishing trade, one of the mo
mentous chapters of the worlds his,
tory was written. Three of the most
powerful of the worlds peoples,
through their accredited representa-
tives. met and pledged their sacred
honor to the settlement of all disputes
that may arise for the future by the
peaceful method of arbitration. Wheth.
er it be of money. of territory or of ma.
tional honor that the differences may
arise, the arbitrament of reason and
not Of the sword was pledged to it's
readjustment.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Lone Bandit Holds Up Passengers.

Salt Lake City.-A lone bandit held
up a Salt Lake bound Saltair train
Saturday night, compelling one of his
victims to search the others on the
car. One of the passengers objected
to his rude treatment and grappled
with the bandit, being slightly wound.
ed and two other passengers shot, but
not seriously injured, before the he
role passenger succeeded in throwing
the bandit from the moving train.
Jack Mays, aged &c. an automobile re-
pairer. has been arrested. charged
with the holdup. which was one OF
the boldest pieces of work in the his.
tory of the west.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
INCREASE IN coNeREssMEn.
Congressional Reapportionment Bill
Bearing Initiative and Referendum
Features Passes Senate.

MISUNDERSTANDING an initiative
and referendum feature to safeguard
against gerryhandering in a number
of states, the congressional reappor.
tlonment bill passed the senate on
Thursday. 1t fixes the future house
membership at 433-with two more
when Arizona and New Mexico attain
statehood-instead of the present 391.
The increase in the membership of
the house will mean an added expense
to the country of approximately $40O,,
600 a year. The salaries of the forty.
two new members will aggregate S315,.
900. Each will have at least one clerk
at $1,000, which will add $4,000 to
the total. Mileage and other incidental
expenses will further increase the sum.
Under this decennial reapportionment
there is to be no reduction in the mem
bership from any state.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Shot By Revenue oHleer.

kalispell, Mont.-A report reached
this city Monday giving meager de.
tails of the shooting of L. Larson at
Poison by Special United States Rev.
enue Officer Miller, when Larson, to-
gether with a compaionn, entered
Poison dock early in the morning
with a launch in which the officers
believed was being smuggled a guam
tity OF liquor. Larson was shot in
the shoulder and although the wound
was not thought serious at first, he
died later at the hospital.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
REFUSE 10 ReeoanIze Federation.

San Francisco.-The Southern Pa
cihc Railway company, in a statement
given out Saturday by F. G. Athearn,
head OF the department of economics,
officially refused recognition to the
newly organized federation of shop
employees OF the Hartman lines" and
Will continue to deal with separate
classes of employees as heretofore.
Notices containing the statement OF
the federation's demands and the re-
ply viii be posted in all OF the shops
of the system.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
WIN Study Moroccan Problem,

Paris.-A semi-offcial note says
that the French government will study
deeply the solutions of the Moroccan
controversy between France and Ger
many proposed during the last CONVEX.
sation between Major Won Kiderlea
Waechter, the German foreign score
tary, and Jules Cambon, the French
ambassador to Germany, at Berlin.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Boy Gagged With Hyenas.

Rapid City, s. D.-Kept in a cage
with a pair of South American hyenas
which were being shown with a car.
nival, and being bitten and scratched
until he moaned when any one touch.
ed him, Is the experience of a five
year-old boy, according to the charges
OF States Attorney DEM, who caused
the arrest Of the child's foster par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James b. John.
ston, at. the instigation of his real
mother, who is here from Omaha.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Oregon Congressman in Trouble.

Washington-Rumors that Con
gresham A. w. Lafferty of Portland
Ore, had been guilty of an insult tc
a Washington girl. for which he haG
been forced to apologize under pair
OF a public whipping. were confirmed
py h young woman's father, S. ]
hubel, on Monday. Mr.. Kubel is chic
clerk OF the bureau of geological sur
vey. The affair is causing & sensation
here. In a statement made here Mon
day, Lafferty declared that the pub
llcity which had attended the affair
Is part of a conspiracy against him
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Marrow Escape 0. steam.r-

New York.-The Anchor Line
steamer Columbia. which collided with
an iceberg on August 2, reached New
York Sunday from Glasgow under her
steam. Many yards of canvas
covered the hole made in her bow
by the iceberg. but her omcers said
the damage was entirely above the
waterline. The accident occurred
about 100 miles of Newfoundland
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
ROOSEVELT DEFENDS ACTION
Former President Shoulders Respon.
sibiiitv for Merger of Tennessee
Company in Steel Trust.

New York; wish 1t distinctly
understood that | acted purely on my
own initiative and that the RESPONSE
bility for the act was solely mine.
IF the same situation should face
me again, | would do exactly what ]
did then"
These declarations were made Sat,
urday by Theodore Roosevelt in the
most unprecedented event in Ameri.
can history. The only living expires.
ident of the United states gave utter.
ance to them before a congressional
committee in the course of an explain
alton he was making OF one of his
Official acts. That act was his official
sanction of the absorption of the Ten.
nessee Coal and Iron ompan by the
United States Steel corporation at
the solicitation Of two Of the highest
officers of that giant combine.
IF | had withheld my consent | do
not doubt that the steel corporation
would not have purchased the Tonnes
see Coal and Iron company" declared
the eX-president when a question on
that point was put squarely to him by
Representative Bartlett of Georgia, a
membe of the congressional commit
tee that is investigating steel. and
which for ten days has been holding
hearings in New York for the special
purpose of developing all the facts
connected with the absorption by the
trust of its only great rival in the
United States, contrary, as the ma
jority of the committee declares, to
the spirit and letter of the Sherman
antitrust law.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Pressure Being Brought TO Gear.

Washington.-Pressure is being
brought to bear on the senate in favor
OF the arbitration treaties between
the United States and Great Britain
and the United States and France
The only hitch apparent at the present
time is the fear of the senate that
some of its treaty-making preroga.
tlves may be endangered by the new
conventions. This is denied by Secre-
tary Knox.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Dinner in Honor Of TOGO.

Washington.-Japan's great sea
nghter, Admiral Togo, was the guest
OF honor Saturday night at the most
brilliant state dinner given by Presi.
dent Taft this year. Among the 9th.
er guests in this magnificent assem-.
Oiage were officers Of the cabinet.
members Of con .ress. VINO serve on
committees of foreign affairs, army
n naval officers and many civil func.
tionaries.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Democrats Win Baseball Game.

MISUNDERSTANDING triumph.
ed again Monday when the Repub.
lican congressman were defeated on
the baseball diamond in the struggle
for the championship Of the house
of representatives. Score. IL to 9
Charges may be preferred against the
Democratic umpire, James F. Byrnes
of South Carolina. who lad a rabbits
foot in his pocket.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
What q thered AI,,

"Silas." said the grocer "vo,,.v0
been keepin' CON pany with sarv Ann
Green for nigh t fifteen vears
haven't your
Sixteen years come next hav hor
vest" Silas explained.
We'll. that's d good long wb,Ia
seems 10 me a CO urtship like that had
ought to end pretty soon."
I've OFTEN thought SO, but sems
way never can get Up the courage
to-"
ITO propose? Why It's easy ma "a,
lin of a log"
mot to propose-to stop goin' with
her"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
At cutp.

There goes Green. He took I'M with
d new bealing cult last week-some
peculiar sect which argues that ev.
erything Is nothing and nothing IA
everything" said White.
YES" replied Black. 81 had heard
Of 1t. He told me he simply cou,dr,,
swallow the me icines that his old
doctor was giving him."
Huh! Shouldn't think that mo
nalr AZ hard a a SIX as swallowing the
claims OF the notwithstanding
fellows"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
.cuhan Rehel surrendera.

Havana.-General Aeevade. who en-.
deavored to start a revolution at Reg
liza, surrendered Thursday afternoon
at Santa Maria del Rosario, a short
distance south of Havana He vas
brought here and placed in Jail.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Charges Secret Understanding.

Washington-A secret under
standing as to rebates apparently ex-
lists between the railroads and sugar
shippers, in the opinion of Harry e.
Bells, a tariff rate expert of Philadel-
phia, who appeared Friday before the
house sugar trust investigating com
mittee.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Hurricane Does Damage.

st. Joseph, Mo.-A wild storm
which for a brief time attained a We
loeity of forty miles an hour. Sunday
night did great damage to several
small towns north of here. 1t was
followed by an electric and thunder.
storm. accompanied by a heavy rain
fall
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Aviator Takes

st. Louls.-Aviator Horace w. Kear-
ney of New York, while making a
descent from a height of 500 feet. fell
with his biplane here Thursday even
ing and was dangerously injured. The
machine turned turtle just before 1t
struck and landed on top of the avia-
tor. He was taken u unconscious.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Denies Intention to Exclude wome

San Francisco.-Denial of the re.
port that the passenger department
Of the Southern Pacific Railway com.
pany had issued an order prohibiting
the employment of women because
Of a tendency on the part of the
women to work only until they are
ready to wed. was made Monday by
Charles s. Fee, passenger traffic man.
ager of the company.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
simon Must Live AMONG EnemIes.

Kingston, Jamaica.-General An.
tome Simon, the deposed president of
Hayti, with his family and suite. ar
rived here Saturday on the Dutch
steamer Prinz Der Nederlanden. Many
Haytiens sent in exile by him wit
messed the debarkation in an ugly
mood. but no demonstration, owing to
the police precautions, occurred.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Peruvians Beat colombIans.

Guayaquii.-According to advices re.
ceived here, a battle was fought be-
tween Colombian and Peruvian troops
In Caqueta. a large u~norganized ter.
ritory in Colombia, and the Colon.
bians were defeated.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Casey Refused Rehsarlnn

Carson. NeV.-The supreme court
has denied the petition for a rehearing
in the case of Patrick Casey, sen.
fenced to death for murder. Casey ia
accused of having murdered Mrs. w.
r. Hislop of Goldfeld.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Ethel Wants Freedom.

New York.-It became known
Thursday night that Miss Ethel Barry
more had filed papers in her contem-
plated suit for divorce against Rus
sell Griswold Colt, and hat service
had been made upon Colt at his apart
ments at the Yale club here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Oklahoma Farmer Murdered.

Oklahoma City. Okla.-w. b. Gray,
a farmer. was found murdered near
Hart, Okla, late saturday afternoon.
Investigation developed that the mnr-
dered mans body had been hauled
about the country in his own wagon
for three days.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Durino Quarrel.

Pittsburg.-Rafaelo Angelo, aged IS,
an Italian boarding house keeper at
sharpsburg, a suburb. was shot and
killed Sunday during a quarrel that
had been arranged, it is alleged, for
'rpose of putting Angelo out of
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Ravaees of White Plague.

Sacramento. CaI.-The state board
Of health has compiled figures show.
ing that the great white plague"
causes over o%ne-seventh of all deaths
in California. The deaths from tn.
berculosis numbered 4.s72 in 1910.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Rejected suitor Commits Murder.

Olivia, Minn.-William Wolff and his
daughter, Cora, and Edward Corey
were shot and instantly killed at the
Wolff home here Saturday. Edward
Corey did the shooting. He was a re-
jected sutton of Miss Wolf.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Strange Cause O. Death.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Ove Blade died
suddenly Sunday and an autopsy con.
Quoted by Coroner Jett revealed A
bone growing about the heart. The
organ was partly encased. Otherwise
Blade was normal. The cause of the
growth could not be explained.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
KIIIa Wife. Then suicides.

Farribalt, Minn.-Thomas K. Talbot
shot his wife to death and then killed
himself, after drinking heavily. Tai.
Dot died from a bullet wound after
he had also slashed his throat from
ear to ear with a razor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
supports Initiative and Referendum.

Washington.-Under the political
system which has been built up in this
country, government is not truly rep
resentative and will o be until the
people have the power to make 1t so,
said Senator Bourne of Oregon, who
spoke Saturday in favor OF the initia-
tive, referendum and recall provisions
of the Arizona constitution.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
suiclded in PRESENCE Of Family.

Salt Lake City.-In the presence OF
his wife and five small children, none
Of whom is older than IL years, John
T. Waterhouse, a contracting brick
mason, shot himself Friday night,
Heath resulting a few hours later.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Read Hymn and Then sulelded,

Logan, Utah.-After opening a
hymn book in his home to the SOM
entitled, Farewell Ali Earthly Hon.
ors, | Bid You All Adieu," Andreas
Anderson, SO years of age and dea.
con at the Latter-day Saints Sixth
ward meeting house for the past
twenty years, went tic the meeting
house Monday afternoon and hanged
himself.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-11
Gave Life for.Girl.

San Diego-Cecil X. Karperg, a re.
porter on a San Diego newspaper, was
carried out to sea and drowned Sun
day at La Jolla, seven miles from
here, after rescuing Dorothy Grew, ~
years old