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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-31
M'NAMARA TALESMEN
TAKEN OUT TO VOTE
Los Angeles City Election Does
Not Interfere With Dy-
Mantle Trial.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, October 81
Court convened in the Mcnamara trial
today without visible reminder that the
Los Angeles primary election was being
held and that Job Hartman, one of the
counsel for the defense, was seeking the
mayoralty nomination. Hartman was
most of the closing days of the primary
fight. II was said that he would remain
In the case regardless of the outcome of
the primary and final election.
All the talesmen We're taken out to vote
except those living outside the city. At
torney Hartman in his campaign has de-
nounced the city administration for vot-
ing and paying about SCI 600 from a spe-
cial fund placed at the present mayor s
disposal for services of detectives en-
ployed in the Times dynamiting case be-
fore arrests were made, but as these pay
mentS stopped when the Mcnamara
brothers and Ortie McManigal were ar
rested, 1t is conceded that Hartmann
election or defeat can make no difference
in that respect.
A Talesman with a Laugh"
Frank Fakes, an Elizabeth Lake farmer.
with a laugh which infected the court
room. was the first talesman to be
examined when court opened today.
Frakes, who is resident of Los Angeles
county, lives about 100 miles away. coun-
ties in southern California being In some
instances as large as good-sized eastern
states. He said he took a weekly paper
only and was too far away from the
scene of the disaster to be positive In his
opinions about what caused 1t. The de-
Tense Intercepted him about a converse
ton lie WAS supposed to have had with
a. warehouse man at Lancaster, Frake's
nearest railway station, but Frakes said
he did not remember.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-31
Students Greet President,

In tho morning after breakfasting in
his car the President had passed through
streets lined with students from the col
leges and technical schools and public
schools, and after the demonstrations he
was greeted by other crowds on the river
front. where he led the marine parade
In honor Of the centennial Of steam nav
igation on western rivers.
Tonight the President will be the guest
Of the chamber of commerce at it's an
nual banquet in the Soldiers Memorial
He will leave for Morgantown, w. Va.
at midnight.
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Praised Assessors Only.

George E. Hamilton. president or the
Capital Traction Company. testified yes
terday concerning the ability and char
acter of the members of the board OF
assistant assessors he had found them.
He told the Commissioners he had found
the board to be efficient and wise
Mr. Hamilton's testimony touched on
the board Of assistant assessors only. He
did not refer to the excise Doafo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-31
Proposals Of People.

Tho proposals Of the people. in which
the viceroy and the Manchu and Can
tonese bannernen have acquiesced, In
olude the declaration OF military and
financial Independence for Kwan8tung
province and the appointment OF . board
Of supervisors elected by representatives
of the guilds. 70 whom the officials shall
ne responsible.
Gen. Yung Chi-Keng opposed the pro-
posale He regards the Cantonese re-
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
COMMITTEE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
LOADED WITH RESOLUTIONS
REGARDING ISLANDS.
NO ACTION AT PRESENT
Senator LaFolletts Talks 1t Lengsh on
Lorimer Observation-Disclosures
Members Attacked Judie
ial Recall in Arixona.

Washington, ID. c.. May 24.-Mem-
bers Of the house are loading the COM
mittee on foreign relations with reso-
buttons providing for the neutrality
and ultimate independence of the Phil
ippine islands.
While no action by the committees
Is expected at this session, a deter
mined effort will be made in the regu.
lar session to sever the Islands from
the United States possessions.
Senator LaFollette. armed with new
evidence brought out by the special
committee OF the Illinois legislature
still held the privilege of the floor
today to present to the senate his
further reasons why that body should
adopt his resolution of inquiry into the
right Of Sen. William Lorimer to re-
tain his seat.
Yesterday in a speech that lasted
for several hours. the Wisconsin sena-
tor recounted the testimony taken in
the former investigation into the Lori
mer matter by the senate committee
on privileges and elections. Before
the senate convened 1t was generally
believed that Senator Dillingham's
resolution OF inquiry intended as a sub
stitute of that of LaFollette would be
adopted.
The joint resolution providing for
the admission into the union of Ari-
zona and New Mexico reached its day
Of final consideration By the house and
will be placed upon its passage before
adjournment tonight. No doubt of lis
adoption is felt. With the statehood
bill passed the pending business be-
fore the house will be concluded and
an adjournment for three days is pos
sible until the wool tariff bill Is ready.
With the resolution providing state
hood for Arizona and New Mexico
scheduled for passage before adjourn
ment tonight the closing hours of the
long debate on the measure were
given over in large part ia speeches
denouncing the judiciary recall feature
Of the Arizona constitution.
The resolution admitting Arizona
provides that this feature should be
voted on by the people as a condition
to statehood.
Repre- sentative Houston Of Tennes-
see, democrat. opened the debate
today. The recall of judges, he said.
would not only be an innovation. but
q source of danger to the integrity OF
the courts. Mr.. Houston was followed
by Representative Littleton of New
York.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
ACCUSED OF MINING sWiNoLE.
Sensational Suit Filed by Butte Resi-.
dents Against Promoters.

Butte.-In a sensational suit insti-
tuted in the district court Attorney
James Murray alleges he and Mis- asso-
ciates in a mining deal have been
made the suckers" to the extent of
sl2,500 by two miners employed to
work claim in Virginia City, Mont,
who accidentally struck it rich in the
Nellie Blue claim near Virginia City.
The plaintiffs in the action are James
A. MCGEE. Martin Gilmore, James Dav-
idson, Howard Mcintyre, ID. A. McIn-
tyre. W. S. Jennings and James +.
Murray. The defendant is Bob An
gelelich.
Thomas Lero and l.. r. Ostronich, ii
is alleged, took a considerable quantity
of valuable ore from the claim and
shipped 1t to the Washer smelter here
in the name of Angelelich, collecting
from the smelter s13,500. of which
sl2.500 belonged TO the plaintiffs.
According 20 Murray, the members
of the mining company were having a
hard time getting together the money
to pay the salaries of Lero and Ostro-
Mich and paying other expenses, while
the two men in question are alleged
to have made a good stake out OF the
proposition.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
NEWS OF MONTANA
Important Happenings Of the
Week Briefly Told.
HERO OF INDIAN WARS DIES.
Fred e. Server sueeumbs to Heart
Failure at Crow Agesey, Mont.

Crow Agency.-Fred s. Server, one
OF the pioneer Indian fighters. who
came to Montana in 1869, died here
of a sudden attack of heart trouble.
following a brief illness. A large dele
cation of Masons from Billings attend.
ed the obsequies. the body being laid
TO rest in the Custer Massacre battle
field
Server was a member of the forces
of General Howard during the cam.
paign of that officer against the Nez-
perez Indians and prior to that time
he had served in other warfares
against the redmen. He was with
General Terry at the time of the Gus
ter massacre and was one of the first
men on the field following the slaught-
er. and assisted in burying the dead.
Server also had the distinction of
being a member of a party which
was sent to the relief of the expedition
led by Lieutenant Peary In search of
the north pole. II is believed that no
man in the northwest has a wider per-
sonal acquaintance with officers and
men in the regular army. and he was
intimately known by Custer. Reno,
Terry, Howard and many other gen.
erals and officers of the old regime.
For many years Server had conducted
hotel Mt Crow Agency.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
PLEADS GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING.
viii Rogers Admits Stealing Nephew
For Ransom.

Las Vegas, New Mexico. Win
Rogers pleaded guilty to the charge
of kidnapping Waldo ROBBERS. the
grandson Of Henry L. Waldo, the mil
lionaire general solicitor OF the Santa
Fe railroad. Joe Virgins. an ex-con-
Wet and alleged accomplice of Rogers
in the kidnapping. pleading not guilty.
Rogers, ii is understood. will not
be sentenced until after the trial of
Virgins, in which he is expected TO
be the principal witness for the state.
Little Waldo Rogers was stolen
from the family home on the night of
March 20 last and returned to his par.
ents "a hours later upon the payment
of a ransom of $4,000. Will Rogers.
who is % years old. is the uncle OF
the stolen child. The ransom money
was recovered intact in the chimney
OF young Rogers home.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
POST BANKS ARE INCREASED.
Northwest Gets % Depositories Gu,
Of so New Ones.

Washington. ID. C. - Postmaster
General Hitchcock. impressed by the
reports of the successful operation of
the savings system. has decided to
designate hereafter for a considerable
time. 100 additional postal repositories
each week, instead of 80, as announced
a month ago.
Announcement was made of the des.
ignation of 80 additional repositories,
90 OF them TO be located in states
west of the Missouri river, where the
heaviest deposits heretofore have been
made.
Among the post offices selected as
repositories which will open for postal
savings business on June 10 are:
Wallace. Idaho. Colfax, Iowa; Calu.
met, Mich; Virginia, Mimi: Red
Lodge. Mont: Holdredge, Neb.; vii
liston, \. d.; The Dalles and Eugene
Ore; Lead, S. D.; Aberdeen and FL
lensburg. Wash; Cudahy. and Chippe.
Wa Falls. Wis, and Rawlins, Wyo.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
WARDEN LOSES IN COURT FIGHT.
Montana Convict Given Liberty De.
spite Prison Officials Charge.

Anaconda. - State Convict Dram
stephens was given his liberty fol.
lowing a determined fight waged in
the courts, in which Warden Frank
Conley sought to continue the mans
Imprisonment upon the charge Of at
tempting to break prison.
As a result of a sensational attempt
to escape two years ago, in which
Deputy Warden John Robinson was
killed and Conley badly beaten, two
convicts were hanged, but Stephens
was acquitted despite Conley's belief
in his guilt.
When Stephens term expired he
was arrested as he left the peniten-
tiary gates several months ago. After
the case had been much in the courts,
Attorney General Albert ]. Galen took
a hand i'm the prosecution and ordered
the case dismissed. Stephens was
sent up from Fergus county for horse
stealing.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
AXIS About Prosecution.

Washington. May 2i.-Information
as TO what steps had been taken for
the criminal prosecution OF the officials
OF the Standard oil Co. under the
recent decision of the supreme court,
and demanding of the attorney general
today by the senate which adopted
without Cebate. a resolution Of inquiry
offered b. Senator Pomerene.
The resolution names specifically
John ID. Rockefeller. VIM. Rockefeller
Henry II. Rogers. Henry NJ. Flagler
John D. Archbold. oliver II. Payne and
Charles NJ. Pratt.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
MONTANA RISK REQUIREMENTS
Foreign Companies Must Have $780,
600 Of Capital Stock Subscribed.

Helena.-Before a foreign insurance
company can do business in Montana II
must have at least 100000 of capital
stock actually subscribed, paid for and
invested in the character OF securities
specified by the laws of this state, so
Attorney General Galen advises Com
missioner of Insurance Cunningham.
The opinion reverses the ruling Of
the attorney General last February
holding that Montana insurance COM
panies cannot do business in the tsate
until the entire capital stock has been
subscribed for. The revised ruling is
that they shall have not less than
100000 capital subscribed, 80 per cent
of which shall be paid up and invest
ed in legal securities. The balance of
the capital shall be paid not later than
two years from date of issuance of the
auditors certificate, and until paid up
shall be secured by the notes OF the
stockholders.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Mother Uses Gasoline to Fill a Lamp
and Explosion Burns Home.

Utica, Kansas. - Five daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. lIarve Roach, of
this place, ranging in ages from to
lG years. were burned to death in a
fire which started in the Roach restau.
rant. The parents were badly burned
The mother of the young girls filled
a lamp with gasoline by mistake, Pre-.
paratory to ascending a stairway lead.
ing TO the second floor room, where
her daughters were asleep. she APP
piled a match to the lamp. An ex.
plosion followed. the fire being com.
municated to a twogallon can of gas.
, oline, sending a burst of flame up the
narrow stairway.
Roach rushed up the burning stairs
and caught his youngest daughter, )
years old. in his arms. Calling TO the
other girls to follow him and leap into
his arms. he ran to n rear window
and jumped to the ground, the little
girl safe in his arms.
For some reason the children failed
to follow him and few minutes later.
when another window was broken in.
TO. the bedroom in which the girls
were sleeping was a seething mass OF
flames. A half hour later the bodies
| of the five were taken from their
charred beds. All had died where
they lay. The dead are: Bessie, aged
l6 years; Leah. aged IA years: Ruth
aged II lears; Hazel, aged years
and Fern. aged I years.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
6 NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
SHERIFF'S SON At LAKE CITY,
sURRENoERs VICTIMS.
Blacks Were Charged With Murder Of
Prominent Citi.
zen.

Lake City, Florida. - Six ne
groes were lynched here after a party
of more than a dozen men. masquerad.
ing as officers, appeared at the county
Jail and secured possession Of the men
by presenting a forged telegram to
the 16-year-old son of the sheriff or.
dering the release of the blacks TO the
alleged posse of officers. The negroes
were being held here for safe keeping
on the charge of numbering b. b.
Smith, OF Wadesborough, and wound.
ing another man named Register, on
May ~.
The lynchers who had come from
Tallahassee TO Lake City in automo
biles. took the negroes about a mile
outside of Lake City where they com.
PEELED them TO stand abreast. Ten
men then fired rifles and pistols at
the negroes until every one of the six
had been riddled with bullets. Citi
Zens at daybreak found the dead bod
les just after the automobiles contain.
ing the lyncheTs had left the scene.
Boy Delivers Prisoners.
The telegram which the leader of
the mob showed the boy was sup.
posedly from the sheriff of Leon coun.
ty and stated that the sheriff had re-
ceived limitations that mob was he
ing formed in Tallahassee TO take the
negroes from the Lake City Jail. The
message ordered that the men be car.
ried further south to Illustrate the sus.
pected mob. AS the six negroes have
been moved frequently the boy
thought the telegram authentic.
The crime for which the negroes
were held created strong feeling in
Leon county. as tho men shot were
prominent and general race war
was threatened at the time of the pre-
liminary hearing given the prisoners
II was alleged that the negroes had
gathered together guns and were pre-.
pared for trouble.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
PEACE is SIGNED
AGREEMENT SIGNED IN JUAREZ
INTENDED TO END THE
POSSIBILITIES.
WAR LASTED SIX MONTHS
Practically Records Concessions OF De
mands That Caused Revolution
Troops to be Withdrawn
Gradually.

Juarez. Mexico. Officially desig
mated representatives Of the Mexican
government and the revOlutiOnists
signed, at the customs house here, .
peace agreement intended to end hos
tilities. Though covering only the
principal points negotiated thus far
the agreement practically records the
concessions by the government OF
/ those demands which, on November
% last. started armed revolution in
Mexico.
Constitutional restrictions prevented
the inclusion i'm the agreement of the
statement that the rebels will be per
mittcd to suggest to various state
/ legislatures the names of provisional
I governors and likewise that six of the
eight members Of the new cabinet
have been chosen by the revolution,
lists. The agreement records. how.
ever, that President Diaz and Vice
President Corral will resign, and that
the government is TO concentrate its
attentions on desired reforms.
In the same room where President
Taft and President Diaz met two
years ago, where the portrait of Pres,
ident Taft looks down upon the peace
commissioners (the portrait of Presi.
dent Diaz which once hung beside the
Taft picture having long since been
removed, peace was formally de
clared.
Judge Carbaial represented the fed
cral government. and DIR. Vasquez
Gomez, Francisco !. Madero, ST., and
Senior Pine Suarez acted for the revo,
lutionists.
The agreement was signed after
three days of INDIGESTION. Francisco /.
Madero, Jr.. leader of the revolution,
expressing the view that peace could
be declared only when Senior De la
Barra became provisional president
and the new cabinet was installed.
Some of his chiefs expressed fear
that armed forces in the field in the
interim might precipitate trouble. II
was suggested, too, that in Difference
to the wish of President Diaz to retire
when tranquility was restored the
peace agreement ne maze immediately
effective as his resignation is expected
within four or five days. The latter
view prevailed.
Senior Madero's hesitancy was based
on the idea that a peace agreement
could have no legal effect inasmuch as
one of the parties, the revolutionists
would cease TO exist when peace wal
declared. II was pointed out however
that a peace treaty in the legal sense
of the word was not desired but mere
ly signed declaration recording what
had been done toward satisfying tn,
demands of the revolutionists.
/ The troops, 1t is provided in tn,
agreement. will be disbanded proper
I tiOnately as each state is restored L
/ tranquility.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
PROBE may [xIEM WEST
SAME QUESTIONS INVOLVED
HERE AS IN EAST.
Northwestern Retail Body at Mime.
apoiis One Of Those Under
investigation.

Chicago, III. - The governments
suit filed in New York against the
lumber trust" reveals the extent to
which the department Of Justice has
investigated the marketing methods of
the so-called trust In the middle west
during Its search for violations of the
antitrust law.
1t became known that for several
months secret agents from Washing.
ton have been working in nearly every
state west of the Mississippi, Illinois,
Michigan and the eastern territory
covered by the New York suit, taking
statements of dealers and examining
books and records of the associations.
The western organizations investigat.
ed are reported to be the Northwestern
Retail Lumber Dealers Association at
Minneapolis. the Western Retail Lum.
bermen's Association at Spokane,
Southwestern Lumbermen's Associa-
ton at Kansas City, Mo. Retail Lum-
Der Dealers Association of Colorado
and Wyoming at Colorado Springs.
Colo; Michigan Retail Lumber Deal
ers' Association of Grand Rapids,
Mich; Lumbermen's Associa lion OF
Texas, at Houston, Texas. and the Re-
tail Lumbermen's Association of iii.
nois, at Chicago.
Some of the dealers claim that many
of the lumber associations, as well as
local clubs, exchanges and line"
yards. have been under the close scrut.
my of government agents.
Same Questions Involved.
Neither the government officials nor
the agents of this particular work will
admit that the Investigations are fin
ished or that they have any idea of
what decision the department of jus.
tice may make regarding prosecutions.
The question is the same as in the New
York suit, involving the right of the
consumer to deal with whom he choos.
es.
a particularly bitter war has been
waged in the middle west by retailers
associations upon manufacturers and
wholesalers who have been selling d.
rect to the consumer through mail
order houses, contracting builders and
farmers cooperative unions. Several
years ago IS members of the North
western Lumbermen's association were
indicted in the federal court at Mime.
apolis, charged with conspiracy in
connection with the campaign of
the Chicago retailers against the mail
order houses. The indictments were
dismissed upon technical grounds.
Within the last two years prolonged
litigation against the Nebraska Asso-
citation of Retailers was terminated by
the supreme court of that state, which
held that the association was operating
in violation of the trust law.
Managers Of the retail associations
maintain that all their operations have
been directed by the legal opinions of
skilled lawyers. They are prepared 20
submit a strong defense to the govern.
ment's attack.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
Murderer Was lynehed.

Nashville, Tenn, May 24-Judge Dav-
IA +. Berry of the Summer county
bench. interfered in a quarrel between
his cook and a negro named Sweat,
at the Barry home near Gallatin early
today.
Sweat killed the COX and then turn
ed the gun on Judge Barry and killed
him.
A posse went in pursuit and round
ed up Sweat in a barn. He shot from
a window. hitting Constable James
Barnes
He was later taken from the officers
who had captured him and lynched by
a mob.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
NITRO eLYcERINE KILLS TWO.
Can Of II Proves a Bad Target For
Hunters.

Muskogee, Okla. - Because they
mistook a quart of nitro glycerine for
muddy water. Clarence Henderson.
bookkeeper in a bank in Beggs. Okla,
is dead. and Edward Bright, son of a
real estate man of the same place,
will die.
The young men were hunting when
they discovered the can of explosive.
They placed it on top of a rock and
one of them fired into it with 4 small
rifle. Henderson was so badly man.
gled by the result of the explosion
that he died within an hour. Bright's
body was cut in more than 100 places
by PARTICLES of the can and of the rock
on which il stood.
The accident occurred in the oil
fields and the nitro glycerine had been
hidden by well shooters when they
quit work Saturday night.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
Black Hand Explosion.

Pittsburg. Pa, May ga dynamite
explosion. charged to members 81 the
black hand" society. destroyed the
grocery store and meat shop of Be-
lisario and Orazio Marinana. two
brothers. in Lorigan avenue early to-
day, and twelve persons narrowly es-
capped death.
Two men and their families. con-
sisting of a wife and four children,
were blown from their beds, but were
not injured.
Bruno Postario and Charles Run
datst were arrested on suspicion Of
knowing something of the explosion.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
Successful Midshipmen,

Washington, ID. C. - The navy de
partment made public the names Of
the lucky IS out of class of l55 mid.
shipmen who graduated from the
academy in 1909, and who have passed
the examinations that will entitle
them to commissions as ensigns. The
list includes Levi b. Bye. Max b. De
Mott and James S. Spore. Michigan:
Robert r. Pennack. Robert c. Conan.
Franklin Van Valkenburgh, Hugh p.
Leclair. Wisconsin: Olaf NJ. Hurtvedt,
Philip F. Hambsch, Edward C. Racquet
and William c. Faus. Iowa.