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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-02-25
NEW YORK THRILLED
BY HAREM SKIRT
DAsHiNG YOUNG BLONDE ON
BROOKLYN BRIDGE CAUSES
CONSERVATION.

New York, Feb. 24.-Brooklyn bridge
devil exploits today. A suicide or pro-
fesslonal bridge jumper never thrilled
the throng Of bridge promenadcra more
than did the appearance Of dnshing
young blonde on the great ihoroughfare
late this afternoon. She was attlrcd In
tho new hnrem skirt the first of the
millions of New York women publicly
10 venture the new affectation of mems
clothes, which has stirred continental
cities To riot. II nearly came 10 that
on the. bridge today.
Pedestrian traffic was blocked by tho
crowds which collected In her wake and
followed her bold lead right into News
paper row, Postoffiee square and down
Broadway. finally vanishing into the
underground station of the Hudson
tubes Tho boldest of newspaper re-
portcrs fell down" on the story, all
baking nj the suggestion that someone
inquire the hcroines name.
There were fcW who even observed
the detail that she was a blonde, that
her eyes were bne and that she wore
black fur coat The focus of atten-
tlon was on the split slsEt, reaching a
little below the knees, disclosing black
bloomer-like coniriyances tightly gath
cred up about the ankles.
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HARDON RAILWAYS
l<BELIEVED BY BAER

Philadelphia, Fob. 24.-George r.
Baer, president of the Philadelphia <
Reading company, and also head of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, in Il
statement given ont today. expressed
great surprise at the decision of the
interstate commerce commission. lie
says there will be curtaiment of rail-
road expenditures and states that 'if
The result shall be to bring about gen.
eral reduction In wages and In mate
rial and supplies, In the end, the rail-
roads VIII suffer no more than the gem
erai public"
Mr.. Baers statement In part. fol-
lows:
1T has always seemed to me that the
request of the railroads to be permitted
10 advance class rates was a most rea-
sonable one, In view of the enormous
increase In expenses to which the roads
Aliave been subjected 1t seems to me
Krhe commission has not given due
weight to the fact that the prosperity
of the transportation companies Is es-
sentlal to the normal development of
the country.
'If the result shall be to bring about
a general reduction In wages and In
materials and supplies In the end, the
railroads will suffer no more than the
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general public and, in tlme, all these
things must correct themselves. | am
a firm believer that economic laws, In
the end, will prevail. The railroads
cannot successfully operate their lines
without sufficient revenue to enable
them to meet public requirements for
transportation. which In this country
hnve been In excess of any other
country.
1T IL probable that the railroads have
been extrayagant In their expenditures
to meet the constant public demands
for increased facilities of every kind.
They could, possibly, have limited the
cost of terminals. but every city in the
land was demanding of the railroads
that their terminal facilities should not
alone be adequate to meet transporta-
ton problems, but should be of char
aeter ornamental and attractive In or
der to meet the public desire for big
things
THE rates involved In the decision
are of no serious consequence to the
Readings business but II will suffer by
the Indirect injury to the trunk lines.
whose revenues will be seriously af-
feeted. do not know what action the
trunk lines will take as to an, appeal
. to the commerce court"
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FATE OF L0R|M|ER
UNDECIDED
EFFORT TO BRING RESOLUTION
TO A VOTE 'FAiLs--ls MADE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

Washington, Feb 2i.--The case in
yolping the right OF Senator Loriincr
of Illinois to retain his seat. was ad-
Nanced today To Il position where the
senate must filibustcr or vote upon IT,
At the conclusion Of three days
speech by Senator Bcveridgo the
leader Of tile anti-Lorimcr forces,
Chairman Burrows Of the committee
on privileges and elections made sey-
eral Intellectual attempts to have a
day fixed for n vote upon the case
He suggested days as far in advance
as March l. only two days prior to
the Legislative day on which the 6lst
congress will expire by constitutional
limitation.
BY a vote of the senate the resolu-
ton on the Lorimer ease was made
the unfinished business. All OF the
opposition to the setting of n time
for vote came from senators who
have announced they intend To vote
to deprive Senator Lorimer OF his
seat.
Notices of future speeches in oppo-
sltion to Senator Lorimer were given
by Senators Stone. LII Toilette, owen
and Crawford. All are anti Lgrimer.
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POWELL COUNTY WINS
OVER JEFFERSON TEAM

Boulder. Feb, 2t.-(Special) Powell
county high school tonight defeated the
team from the jefferson county high
school In the series for the interscho-
lastlc debating championship, taking
the negative side of the subject, RE
solved, That the United States should
adopt commission form Of government"
The members of the Powell county
team were Edmund Toomey. Anna
Beck and Gladys Smith, and those of
the jefferson team We're Lee Stewart,
Joseph Higgins and Winnie Barthole-
new. Judge NJ II, Parker presided as
chairman. The referees were: c. w.
Tenney, president OF the Wesleyan uni
yersity: J.. j. Young Of the state school
of mines, and Rev. II, ]. Groenved OF
Butte.
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NO GREAT DANGER
FOR AMERICANS

Mexico City. Feb. 2i.-Assurances
were given by the Mexican depart
ment of foreign relations today that
no summary action would be taken
by Mexican army officials in the
case of the two Americans arrested
near Tia Juana on accusations that
they were acting as rebel spies.
The foreign office responded today
to an urgent note sent by Charge
dAffaires Detring. stating that a
full report of the circumstances. de-
scribing the arrests, had been asked
for and that the men would be ac-
corded full and impartial hearing.
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DEMOCRATS TALK
HARMONY IN
HELENA

Helena Feb, tSpeciai) The
democrats, or course. did not eau"
Gus tonight. No cali wns circulated
today hut there is something IN
tile wind There IL talk Of the vol
untary withdrawal of Walsh and
ef the elimination of Conrad. the
silver Bow people do not want to
be charged with the responsibility
Of Il deadlock, and the Walsh men
are in the same boat,
Serious efforts are 10 he made
to bring about temporary peace.
Roth sides are predicting harmony
aud hoping for the election Of a
senator by next Tuesday or
Wednesday H. II. e. BRYANT.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEAS
uRE FOR ELECTION OF SEN.
AToR PASSES HOUSE.
ACCEPTED AS A SOP
Warm Session OF Lower Branch OF the
Legislature Hears Speeches Very
Much Against the Bill. Among Them
Being o'Hern and Woody, tho For
mer Voting in tho Negative.

Helena. Feb Especial. )--TIousa
hill No. i21. an net to provide for the
nomination Of n candidate for the Of
flee Of United States senator by DO
lltica1 party conventions. or by GER
tificntc and neti,ir.:. md providinr
fhat such candidates shall be voted for
by the electors of the state, had rough
going on third reading IN the house
today. II was mauled numerically
by Representatives O'Hern, Woody.
Law Word and others, but passed. The
mouse did not take the bill because II
wanted II but for tho simple reason
that IL was the best thing to be had.
Ten members voted against IL while
many supported 1t unwiliingly. Woody
declared that 1t would continue the
same old political robbers In power
through party conventions. but he vot-
cd for II believing that n half loaf
Is better than no loaf. OHern would
have nothing to do with 1t.
This was the first bill on the board
this morning. When the clerk brought
II before the house Mr.. Law of Gala
tin moved that IL he laid on the table
and asked permission to explain his
motion. He was told that the rule
against debating such n proposition
would be enforced.
"Then. Mr. Speaker" said he, 81
withdraw that motion. with the con-
sent of my second. and move that the
bill be recommitted to the committee
on privileges and elections
4. III.
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Crouch
chairman OF that committee. In n pa
thetic voice. II beg you from the hot :
tom of my heart not to refer this bill
back to my committee, II you would
kill 1t do SO here, hut do not want
the responsibility OF bringing 1t on,
In. Don't put 1t up to u.s.
"A motion to recommit Is not dchat
ahic." said Mr.. Eliel.
The speaker held that this particu-
lar motion could he debated
II do not offer this motion to delay
action on the GILL;" declared Mr.. Law
"bnt for the purpose of Withholding II
until the conference committee reports
the promised general primary law
Democrats and republicans have given
Ilfu6sS W the people Itltl IHey WDulH
pass a general primary law Mt this
session Of the legislature, The bill
before us Is nothing more than a
sorry subterfuge. want to go on
record against this fraud. You want
to give the people law that does not
provide primary for United States
senator? If this Is n primary bill
why does the committee say that II
will give us another one--a primary
bill for state offices? Why this dis
tinction?"
II hope that yon will refer the bill
10 the committee on privileges and
elections and keep 1t there until we
have the primary DILL In this house"
Mr.. ElieI.
This bill" argnel Mr.. Eliel, lis tht
result of conference report. 1t Il
the fruit of II select committee. The
senate has passed it and the house II
the committee of the whole recon
mended Its passage. ! think that II
is n step In the right direction. 1t II
-~
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CHARLTON CASE
ON TAPIS

Washington Feb. 2i.--The case OF
Porter Charlton. the young Ameri-
can who IL In custody on the charge
of numbering his wife In Italy last
year. today reached the supreme
court of the United States.
The Charlton case comes to the
supreme court on an appeal from
the decision of the United States
circuit court for New Jersey deny
ing application for n writ of habeas
corpus.
The matter has not been presented
officially to the court and no nti-
nation has been given as To when
II will receive consideration.
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HUNDRED CROOKED
MEN TO ONE
WOMAN

Albany, Feb. - occasionally
woman IN politics is found to be
corrupt said Judge Ben II. Lind
say of the juvenile court Of Denver
speaking before a mass meeting Of
suffragists In the assembly cham
her today. but where one woman
IL found crooked there are about
100 men,
Judge Lindsay took exception to
statements In an article written hy
Richard Barry on conditions In
Colorado, suffrage state, saying
that many Of them were falschoods.
He referred to women's work as
police and probation officers and
said he believed each had done
more good than 40 men could have
or would have done.
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BERNSTE|N'S PLAY
CAUSES FURORE
IN PARIS
RloTlNG AND DlSGRAcEFuL
SCENES TAKE PLACE IN
coMEDlE FRANCHISE.

Paris. Feb. 24.--Therc were riotous
scenes at the comedie Franchise to-
night In the course of the production
of Henry Bcrnstein's "Apres Moi"
rivaling those which, In 1891, forced
the withdrawal after two presentations
of Victor Sardou's "Thermidor"
NJ. Lepne. project Of police. had
hundreds of police and republican
guards scattered about inside the the
ater. In the first act. where lie Bargy
Is asked the question: "What Is the
most irreparable thing in life?" n man
In the balcony rose and shouted n
coarse epithct as n response.
Instantly the theater was In an up
roar Cries of Put him out" and OF
mo. no. Mcre everywhere yelled as
detectives dragged the offending man
from his seat. This demonstration was
followed by cries of "Dcscrter' and
Down with the Jews" IT was several
minutes before the manifestants ceased
and permitted the actors to proceed.
A moment later. pigeons, which had
been hurled from the gallery. caused
women I'm tho audience to shrek as
they fluttercd hclplessly In the or
chcstra.
Riot in Gallery.
In the intermission after the first
net the "camelots du Roi" started Il
riot In the gallery, and as they were
dragged out. several were struck by
adherents of bernstein. After this
scores of spectators. men and women.
with threatening gestures. engaged In
loud arguments for and against the
play.
The climax of the disorder was
reached in the second aet when six
men bnrricaded themselves in n loge
and caused a suspension of the play
for five minutes by blowing fish horns.
Finally the police battered I'm the door
and arrested the distnrbers.
There IL q sensational controversy
going on in the newspapers concern
ing Bernstein. who has written Il let
ter to lie Matin admitting he had de-
serted from the army four months be-
fore his time was up. but claimed this
act was due to his infatnation for a
woman.
Tonight Bernstein wrote letter 10
NJ. BRAND the premier, asking him to
give the loyalist LaCour his liberty
temporarily so that the author may
fight n duel with him. Lacour, who
is vice president OF the camelots dn
Roi, IL In Jail. for nssaultine Premier
BRAND last November. He sent hla
seconds to Bernstein yesterday
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BIG FRIGHT IS GIVEN
; BY IMITATION BOMBS

Chicago, Feb. DETERMINATION OF
the bombs found by the police after
the address by Count Albert Apnonyi
at the Fine Arts building last night
disclosed today that they were harm
less. The bombs consisted of two
cardboard cylinders stuffed With COM
mon clay, capped at tile ends. aud with
imitation fuses. A crowd of Hun
garian socialists who opposed the
counts conduct of educational affairs
In the fatherland, created serious
disturbance in the corridor outside tho
lecture hall and were dispersed. Blows
we're exchanged and the police made
two arrests. The count was hooted
after he left the hall and entered his
car.
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POLICEMAN
TO GET FINE FUNERAL

Seattle, Feb. 24,--John Ford. alias
Bill Brady or Grady the highwayman
who shot and killed Policeman judi
son r. Davis last night and was him.
self shot near the heart, the ball lodg-
ing close to the spnt, Is paralyzed
from the waist down and will die. His
companion, who was shot In the hip
and captured, was not armed at the
time of tho encounter.
Davis. who was for four years a
member of the United States marine
corps, will have a military funeral. lie
was graduate of Syracuse university.
For year he taught the natives In
Guam
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coLoRADo'S VOTE.

Denver, Feb. 23.--Mayor Speer
polled % votes, the largest since the
senatorial balloting began The vote
was; Democrats-Speer 2s; Adams,
90: Thomas, 4; Ward, 4; Maupin,
Shafroth and Ammons. each; Mar
tin, 2; O'Donell, 4. Republicans
Yaile, H. Gondy, 6, Dawson, 4: Wa
terman, l., Roof, 2; McCreary. 2.
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FAVOR RECIPROCITY.

Washington, Feb. 2i,-president
Taft today made public a telegram
signed by a dozen lumber and other
companies In the state of Washing
ton. who declared that tile Pacific
northwest has not Il single interest
that will suffer from the Canadian
reciprocity agreement.
They said they were opposed to nm
amendment that would endanger the
adoption of the agreement.
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sWiNDLlNG CASE REVIVED.

Tours. Feb 24-The sWindling case
against Count d'Amlby do Gatihgy is
to be revived. Today. tho general
prosecutor for the district OF Orleans,
OF which Tours Is a part, entered an
appeal against the finding of the Tours
court, which condemned d'Aulby to Il
months imprisonment.
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FIRE TAKES WAREHOUSE.

Winston Salem, n. G., Feb a.
The Old Farmers warehouse in the
heart of the city was burned tonight
with a loss Of 100000. Four wholesale
concerns were burned out.
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ST. LOUIS CHOSEN.

Mobile. Ala Feb. 2i.--'St, Louis Wes
chosen here today as the next meeting
place of the National Educational as
sociaton. department of snperinten-
dents.
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IN IOWA..

Des Moines. Feb. ai.--Today's sen-
atoriai vote: Deemer 6s: Kenyon. A.;
Wallace, l. Porter ldam), AZ. absent.
IL. paired, s, Necessary to choice. 7l,
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WHITE GETS DECISION.

Milwaukee, Feb, 24.--Jacls White of
Chicago was given a decision oyer
Tommy Gary, also OF Chicago, before
the National Athletic club tonight.
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California Satisfied.

An alien without passport would.
Of course, be liable 10 deportation. The
California senator's. II is said. became
satisfied early that the change would
not menace the labor situation In their
state
Several other western senator's be-
came alarmed, however at what seemed
To them nnsnemly haste In pressing the
senate 10 act They desired sentiment
to crystalli2e IN their states, and, there
fore, prevented action for three days
Supporters Of the treaty endeayored
10 show that the presence of the clause
on the subject of immigration In the
treaty of 1894 was obnoxious to the
dignity and pride Of Tho Japanese em-
plre. especially as neither IL nor any
similar clause Is In any treaty with
any other country. 1t was argued FUR
ther that tho existing treaty would have
expired In another year and this conn
try could not hope to induce Japan To
sign new treaty containing such n
clause.
After a full discussion today, the
western senator's said they would not
stand In the way of ratification, which
was accomplished without a roll call.
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Yields to Popular cIamor.

sion.
Yields to Popular cIamor.
Senator Hale. who will retire March
4, said the committee had yielded 10
public clamor and the charge that the
bill was 70 be suppressed and had re-
ported Ii against the real sentiment
Of large majority of the commit
tee. He served notice that the bill
would have to 20 TO the calendar to
take its course and amy effort on the
part of anyone of whatever authority
ito drive" the senate would be an
nnWarranted assumption Of power.
Senator Bailey of Texas, demo-
cratic member Of the committee, ex-
pressed the opinion that the best in
terests of the agricultnrists would be
served by the defeat of the bill. In
pointing out some Of the discrimna-
tions from his point Of view the Texas
senator said that while the agree
ment admitted wheat and cattle free
1t retained the duty on flour and beet
meat.
Civilized people eat flour and not
wheat, beef and not CATTLE" he said
iidf ~ hdSt lie Sdfi, Ilit dBTeeIHeifl
provided for free wood pulp, but this
change In the tariff laws would NEAR
the loss OF almost 100000 OF revenue
to the treasury annually.
lie had been informed, he said. thai
| this change would be worth s5,000,0 00i
to the newspaper ana magazine pub
fishers, but for himself he could MOI
| consent to n measure which gave suel
preference to the rich as against thf
poor and needy.
Mr.. Hale concurred in all that Mr.
Bailey had said and added that while
the bill had been reported without
recommendation the committee hat
done so In view of tho fact that AZ
nnunestloned majority could otherwis,
have been had for an adverse report
Senator Stone of Missouri and mi
nority member of the committee an
nounced his intention OF supporting
| the measure.
Senator Bailey said that, while op
| posed to the bill, he would not seek Il
delay its passage.
The bill went on tle calendar, wher
IL Is subject to consideration wheneve
the senate may decide to take 1t ur
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IS HOSTILE
TO RECIPROCITY.
AGREEMENT
is REPORTED BECAUSE OF POP.
ULAR cLAMoR, BUT MUST
TAKE ITS CHANCES.

Washington. Feb. 2i.--Opponents of
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
attempted TO put auIetus on legisla-
tion on the subject when the Mccall
bill late today was reported without
recommendation" from the senate com
mittee on finance. So far as the
present session OF congress Is CON
e"rned. they took a long step toward
accomplishing their purpose.
The return OF the bin to the senate
10y Acting Chairman burrows OF the
finance committee was made the oc-
casion for brief speeches both in OPP
position and In favor Of early action.
As only a few DAYS remain to put the
bill through hostile body. the
speeches against il We're accepted gen
orally as It's death lnell. until res
direction should come In an extra ses
ciap
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Subject OF Wranoles.

When the new treaty was received
from The president on Tuesday. IL inn
medlately became the subject OF wran
giles Pacific coast senator's feared II
might have All effect upon the labor
situation on the western coast, by rea-
son of the omission Of the clause Of the
treaty of 1894, which II snpersedea. rec
ognizng the right Of this government
To pass an exclusion law. Friends or
the treaty explained that the diplo-
matte notes accompanying II definitely
pledged the Japanese government to
prevent m influx Of undesirable COO
Hes. through the rigid scrutiny Of all
passports.
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JAPANESE TREATY
IS RATIFIED
IN SENATE
WESTERN SENATORS MAKE NO
ACTIVE oPPoSiTiON-ROL
CALL NOT NECESSARY.

Washington, Feb. oi.-The new Jap
anese treaty Of trade and navigation
Was ratified tonight, after two hours
executive session or the senate. While
the apprehension or western senator's
that the treaty might let down the bars
to coolie labor was not entirely re-
moved, these senator's contented them
selves with expressing their solicitude.
They interposed no objection to ratifi-
cation.
The action, In promptly confirming
the new agreement liz expected 10 do
more to prove the feeling of cordlality
that this country has for Japan than
anything done for many years. II IL
regarded ms manifestation of highest
confidence In the advanced civilization
OF that nation. The effect viii be to
permit Japan TO enter at once upon n
reorganization OF It's financial system
and the making of new tariffs with all
nations
Japan's treaties with other powers
are To expire July II. That with the
United States, by reason of its later
ratification. would have continued un-
I'll the same date n year later had not
this government consented to its nx
pirntion nj tho same time as the others
Failure to have ratified tho new treaty
would have delayed the operation OF
the japanese program for n year be-
yond the time when IL was planned To
put II into effect. II would have meant
much to the revenues Of Japan, and
continuance of tho existing treaty with
ia
would not have benefited the govern
mnnt. according to the representations
of the state department on the subject.
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THE WEATHER

Today--Snow.
Tomorrow Probably snow.
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