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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
FRENCH PRESIDENT
WILL Be CHOSEN
THIS DAY
CONTEST is CLOSE, BUT PREMIER
POINCARE SEEMS TO HAVE
BEST SHOW.

Paris, Jan. ia president of
the members of the chamber of depu-
ties and of the senate, sitting together
as the national assembly in Versailles.
The eve of the election finds the situ-
alton as regards the candidates as in
volved as it was at the beginning.
The Joint caucus to nominate can
didate for the presidency ended today
without giving and absolute majority
to either Premier Poincare or Jules
PANS minister of agriculture, and it is
impossible to forecast tomorroW's re-
suit, although apparently the election
| lies between these two officials.
| The third ballot taken today gave
| Premier Poincare 500 votes, While M.
PANS received 313. Five votes went
to three other candidates.
It is thought, however, that the radi-
cal left may bring forward a new can
didate, or may revive the candidacy of
| Antoinin Dubost. president of the SEN
ate. or former Premier Felix Ribot, if
| M, Pans does not win on the first bal
lot.
| 1t is explained that the uncertain
situation is due to the fact that a
large number of M Poincare's sup
porters would refuse to vote for M
Pans if the premier withdrew, though
none of the exponents of the proper
i tional representation, who support the
candidacy of M. Pans, would vote fol-
Premier Poincare if the minister ol
| agriculture retired.
There are more than 100 right anC
conservative republicans who were no
present at the caucus, most of whom
it is believed, will vote for M. Poin
care And there are rs socialists Wht
might vote for the premier on a sec
ond ballot, on account of his cham
pionship of proportional representa-
ton, of which they are Jealous advo
, Gates.
A large meeting of the members o
the republicans left was held late to
night under the craftsmanship of eX
Premier Combers. The opening dis
cussion was exceedingly stormy, M
Clemenceau characterizing Ferdina
Buison as a miserable liar
The delegation, including NJ Glen
enceau, CaillauX, Combers and Moni!
which had been sent to ask Premie
Poincare in the interests of the re
publican party to withdraw, il N
u Pans did likewise, reported that N
Poincare absolutely refused to do so.
. The premier made several efforts to
. day to induce Leon Bourgeois to re
6 consider his decision and accept tn
: candidacy, but without avail.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
ROUGH SHEDDING PREDICTED
FOR CONSOLIDATION SCHEME
REQUEST FOR BAIL
is AGAIN MADE
BY CASTRO

New York. Jan. 16.-Another ap-
plication for the release of CT
priano Castro, under bond pending
final decision as to his right to en-
ter the United States, was made to-
day before the federal district court
The renewal OF this motion was
made because the NeneZuelan'S case
is now before the department of
commerce and labor on an appeal
from the decision of the local i'm
migration authorities ordering his
deportation. Federal Judge Holt
reserved decision.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
MUN|C|PAL lighting BILL
INTRODUCED BY CR|PPEN
LITTLE TOTS WANT
TO BE KISSED
BY TAFT

Washington, Jan. 16.-If Presi-
dent Taft We're to comply with all
the requests for kisses made by
doting parents he would have little
time for public business. Since
the publication of the story of how
Mr.. Taft kissed Phyllis Wistrand,
little Laramie, Wyo., girl, there
have been % fathers, mothers,
grandmothers, aunts and uncles
who have brought expectant boys
and girls to the White House for a
similar salute.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
(Staff Correspondence.)

Helena, Jan. 16-Speaker Mac
Donald today gave the platform dem
ocrats the most crushing blow of the
session in his appointments to the
newly-created committee on public
utilities.
The makeup of the committee elm
mated all hope of fair treatment for
a public utilities law that will square
with the promises set out in the dem
Ocratic state platform, and repeated
and emphasized by Governor Stewart
in his campaign speeches in all the
larger cities of the state. On this
committee the progressive democrats
are denied single recognized repre-
sentative, the lone republican member
is the stiffest reactionary in either
branch of the legislature, and the soli-
tary progressive is the member who
deserted his part almost at the out
set of the session to compliment the
speaker" he explained it after
ward, by voting with the machine in
the fight for a committee on commit
tees.
The Members.
The list of the committee and the To-
calities they represent follows: Stew
art, Bozeman; Ezekiels, Butte; john
son, Anaconda; Sweet, Dixon; Sulli-
van, Alhambm Hot Springs; Eliel
Dillon, and Carnal, Havre.
In it's personnel the committee does
not fairly represent the strength of the
three parties in the house, nor does
it at all represent the well-known and
clearly defined alignment between
progressives and reactionaries. Leav-
ing the lone progressive out of con.
sideration, the others are of the pro-
nounced variety.
But more important is it thai
neither Missoula, Helena Great Falls
Kalispell, Lewistown, Livingston, Bill
ings, Miles City nor Glendive got {
single representative. Many of these
cities are here pleading with the leg
islature for relief from the almost in
tolerable extortions of the power mo
nopoly, which has all of Montana il
its greedy grasp. The least th
speaker could have done in fairness
would have been to give to some 0
these cities the representation whicl
has been bestowed upon small com
munity like Dixon and a mere resor
like Alhambra Hot Springs.
On Freight Rates.
On the other hand, the friends of
real investigation of the grain an
produce freight rate matter fare
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
GUILTY OF MURDER.

Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 80. Itow
was found guilty of first degree mur-
der and T.. Fushima was convicted of
manslaughter by jury in the United
States district court yesterday for
killing Frank Dunn, a cannery fore
man at Dundas bay last July. Fush-
ina and another Japanese held Dunn
while ItoW ran a sword through the
body. The Japanese's defense was
that the killing resulted from a drunk
en- fight. ItoW's conviction carries
the death penalty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
RATE WAR ON ATLANTIC.

Antwerp, Jan. 16.-The Atlantic
steamship pool has been practically
dissolved, according to the Neptune,
by the canadian Pacific company's de-
ciSion to inauGuratesa new service be-
tween Trieste and Canada and the
Hamburg American lines, ammo, nc =
ment of a new line of steamers be-
tween Hamburg and Boston. \ rate
war will begin Immediately. it is sal l.
The delegates of all the Atlantic
steamship lines are to meet in Berli
Jan. 20.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
CALIFORNIA MEASURE
HARD ON W|FEBEATERS

Sacramento, cal. Jan. 1G.-If a man
beats one wife. he shall never have an
other. if Senator George J. Hans OF
Fruitvale has his way.
Senator Hans introduced a bill to-
day providing that when a man Is d-
vorced for cruelty and it is shown that
he kicked, beat, struck, whipped OF
otherwise by force treated his wife
cruelty, the court shall adjudge him q
wife beater and he shall be prohibited
from remarrying in this state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
MYL|US IS BARRED
FROM ENTERING
AMERICA
SECRETARY NAGEL REJECTS AP-
PEAL OF MAN WHO LIBELLED
ENGLISH KING.

Washington, Jan. 16.-EdWard f.
Mylius, journalist, convicted in Lon
don of lbeling King George, was
turned back today from the gates of
the United States by Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Nagel who held
that Mylius offense was a crime in
volving moral turpitude, which barred
him from admission.
Secretary Nagel denied that the Of
fense was a purely political one.
Il cannot assume said Mr.. Negel in
his decision, that law which ex-
cludes anarchists and those who ad-
vocate the overthrow of government
or the assassination of public officials,
was intended to admit the publisher of
a false charge Of bgamy, simply be-
cause he advances a political motive
for the act or because the false charge
was directed against king, or because
the courts before which the trial was
held regarded the political aspect of
the case as an aggravation of the Of
fense."
Proponents of Mylius held that he
had been convicted of seditious libel
u political offense; that his trial had
been a farce, and that, in attacking
the honor of the king of England, he
was aiming Il blow at monarchial gov
eminent in the interests of republic
anism.
The Story.
The story published in a Paris
paper, for the circulation of which, in
England, Mylius was convicted
charged that King George had con-
tracted a morganatic marriage in 1890
with the daughter of Sir Michael
Culme- Seymour, now the wife of Cap
tain Trevelyan Napier.
In discussing whether the offense
was purely political, Mr.. Nagel said:
| "Primarily a false charge of bigamy
J Is a common crime. In this instance
! that charge was directed not only
against the king, but, by the inference
against Mrs. Napier. While convic-
| ton in a properly constituted court II
a civilized country is, for all purposes
conclusive with us in consideration o,
such cases, it is proper to add that tn,
| alien admits the circulation of thu
libel; that at his trial no evidence Wa
! offered to substantiate the charge, ant
that Mrs. Napier, her father ant
brother and other witnesses testified
TO its falsity without contradiction o
ross-examination. The sole argu
ment for treating this offense as purel.
political is that the writer of the arti
Gle and Mr. Mylius intended it as al
attack upon phase of the monarchia
institution, and that the crown, in it
proceedings, treated it as a politica
offense."
Mr.. Nagel said that the accepte
definition Of political offense" SCENE
to hold that it was necessary to sho,
something in the nature of concerto
action, and that the alleged Grim
lacked this characteristic.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
NEW COUNTY PROPOSED
Wibaux Is Next County Whose Aims
Arc Assisted in the Senate--Measure
Appears for Increasing Powers OF
State Board Of Equalization Through.
out the Whole state.
YESTERDAYS BUSINESS.
In tho House.

Firemen and enginemen asked
that railroad employees be exempt
from provisions of the Workmen's s
liability act, if passed.
Bill relating to vacancies in coun-
ty offices favorably reported.
Bill relating to justices of the
peace favorably reported.
Committee favorably reported on
bill providing fee for marriage
licenses.
Crippen introduced bill provid-
ing for cities the authority to install
lighting plants.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
In the Senate.

Bill introduced for giving state
equalization board wide powers in
supervision of assessments in all
counties.
Safety-appliance bill introduced,
and also one for enlarging powers
of railroad commission.
Bill for creation of Wibaux
county introduced.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
STATEWIDE REPRESENTATION"
AT COMING MEETING SOME
WHAT FARcICAL.
PUBLICITY STUFF WRONG
At Present Rate Of Sales, Rest Of
Lands Will Have Been Sold in Less
Than Two Years of Time-Receipts
Within That Period Cannot Reach
Price of $25 Per Acre.
(Staff Correspondence

Helena, Jan. 16.--There will not be
any statewide representation at the
Jan. ~ meeting to prepare bills look
ing to a consolidation of the states
four higher institutions of learning
Plans for this meeting seem to have
undergone radical change.
At tho conclusion of the original
consolidation meeting, held in this city
cn the 22nd of December last--Wit hoGt
the slightest notice to the public in
advance-~the press gave out the an
nCuncement that when the matter was
formally presented to the legislature
such action would be preceded by a
meeting of representative citizens OF
the state: the suggestion was thrown
out that representatives to the latter
meeting would be selected by the peo-
pie OF the various counties, so that
whatever the action taken ii would be
fairly representative of the deliberate
wishes of the people of Montana
Former Lieutenant Governor Allen,
who is president of the organization
effected at the first meeting, has evi-
IDENTITY decided that statewide repre-
sentation Is not necessary, and has Sc
lected a committee of 25. to meet in
presentation to the assembly prov iding
for consolidation. The names of those
selected follow:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
PART OF ITS CASE
GOVERNMENT
ABANDONS
LOOSE METHODS OF FEDERAL
OFFICIAL IN HAMMOND ACTION
MAY BE PROBED.

San Francisco, Jan. 1G.--(Special.-
In the federal court here, the case Of
the government against A. B. Ham,
mond, formerly of Missoula, and 9TH
ers on a charge of illegally cutting
timber on public lands is on trial. A
jury has been secured and the read
ing of the testimony Of witnesses TAX
en- in Montana is in progress.
The government has abandoned its
case and has dismissed the action as
to approximately one-half of the ter
ritory which it was claimed had been
trespassed upon in the Big Blackfoot
country in Montana The government
admitted that one section of land al
legged in their complaint to have been
cut over by the defendants, has the
| virgin timber yet standing upon it
1t is probable that there will be an
| investigation ordered of the oppres-
| siVe and loose methods of the official
| in charge of the government case.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
JACOB SCH|FF SAYS
CONCENTRATION
IS NOT BAD
FAVORS FORMATION OF MONOP-
OLlES WHICH "WOULD FALL
OF THEIR OWN WEIGHT"

Washington, Jan 16.-Liberty of in
diViduals to concentrate money and
power to the limit of their ability was
advocated today before the house
money trust investigating committee
by Jacob n. Schiff of the firm of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York. Mr..
Schiff declared individuals should be
allowed to exert their utmost efforts
to concentrate fortunes and power un-
til the laws of nature caused the at
tempted monopoly to "fall of its own
weight" He opposed, however, con-
centration through corporations and
holding companies. He would not say
whether concentration had yet reached
the point where 1t was dangerous.
Mr. Schiff took the view that de-
posits in banks were protected suf-
ficiently under the present law If ad
mnistered and kept up to the teach
ngs Of experience" He thought there
was no objection to one bank selling
securities to another bank which ii
owned, because prudence" would pre-
vent officers of II bank from accepting
too much Of doubtful security and
that no further law was necessary.
TOO much law" he said, can crush
the life out OF Il bank"
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Testimony.

Felix Cyr, a WoodSman. testified at
the hearing today. cyr testified that
he was paid for his work by the Mis-
soula Mercantile company, a Ham
mond concern. Fred Hammond, a
brother of the defendant, also gave
orders for the removal of the timber,
he said
Today's session was taken up in the
main by the reading Of the. depositions
of William coop and Of Charles w.
Helmick and George X. Reeder gov
| eminent cruisers. Cook testified that
he had cut timber on the public do
main, under contract with Hammond.
Helmick and Reeder testified that the
timber was cut for mercantile purposes
and not for homestead cultivation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-17
Had Observed.

Mr.. SChiff admitted he had observed
the concentration of control of money
and credit in the last few years into
the hands of a few corporations and
that the corporations had been central
lied in the hands of Il few men.
Has this been a subject of concern
to you?' asked Mr.. Untermeyer
mo, 1t has not
would it be u subject of concern If
it continued until all control was in
the same hands,
Il can't answer that questions" said
Mr.. Schlff.
When asked whether he had consid
cred the effect of concentration on his
own credit, Mr.. Schiff answered, Il dc
not require credit
Mr. Schiff said he thought the more
publicity about banks the better. lie
was opposed to one bank owning an
other and was opposed as rule to al
holding companies.
Il believe in individual freedom" ht
said. IF an individual goes too far
the laws of nature would interfere
The first great attempt at monopoly
was the tower of Babel That fell o
| its own weight. Every indivdua
monopoly must do the same when i
reaches that point"
| Have you ever thought what woult
happen while such "A monopoly wa
growing and when it had fallen of it,
own weight?"
NO, ! never thought of that" an
swered Mr.. Schiff.
Mr.. Schifrs testimony followed tha
of George III. Reynolds of Chicago. VIII,
| told the committee he believed tn
concentration of money and credit nov
had reached a point where it was
menace to the progress of the coun
try
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Tho Representatives.

no representatives.
W. NJ. Bic<ford, Mssoula: f B.
Howell, Butte; Clinton IL. Moore,
Butte. +. j. Walsh, Helena: E G. Day,
Helena, Norman Il. Hotter Helena,
Dr Maria Dean, Helena; Samuel Nc
KEENAN,, Helena; ID. q. Brown, Fort
Benton; G. T. Morris. Havre; y. f.
White. Dillon; II. l.. Maury, Butte.
William Boles, Great Falls; A. w.
Miles, Livingstone: d. r. Peeler. Kali
ispell; RUDOLF Won Tohcl, Lewiston,
sam Gordon, Miles City: Dr. r. =.
Withcrspoon, Butte; w *. DMyer,
Anaconda E. G. Russell Lewiston;
SID j. Coffee, Missoula: Lewis Ter
W,ligcr Livingston; Professor S. d.
Largcnt, Great Falls; Professor Ward
Nye, Billings: Professor X. j. Gun
ningham, BoHeman.
1t will be observed by reference to
the foregoing list that the city of Hell
cnh has five representatives, Butte
three. and the other larger cities of the
state from one to two. However, there
are IS of the counties of the state out
OF 81 wholly unrepresentcd. Three
isn't farmer on the list. although the.
institution in which the farmers of
Montana are most Interested
agricultural college-is involved in the
proposed consolidation.
In fact, Mr.. Allen makes it plain in
his letter to the gentlemen whose
hames have already been given, that
the representation Is made W OF law
yers financiers and educators
"Hand- Picked
Instead of being Il REPRESENTATIVE
gathering from all counties in the state,
TIC meeting scheduled for the goth
| seems to have become what Is known
In political circles, as a hand picked"
affair.
In publicity dope making it appear
anCe here, and having its origin in
university circles at Missoula, the
claim persists of an ultimate value of
$25 per acre for the 100000 acres OF
| land still belonging to the four insti-
| lotions involved in the proposed con-
! soidation. This correspondence has
| heretofore designated this claim as
J being prepOSterOus. The designation
! is repeated and emphasized. 1t is
| based upon personal knowledge of
| the general character of these lands,
| in more than a half dozen counties Of
the state. The assertion is also again
made that the choicest of the scho ii
,,,I
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THE WEATHER

Today-Snow: colder.
TomorroW-Fair.
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-31

sportsman. but the birds seem ex-
ceptionally strong on the wing this
year,
Not all OF 'em, SIR" came the re-
mark. You've shot at the same bird
this last dozen times. Els following
you about, SIR
"Why?" asked the sportsman.
Il dunno, sir, I'm sure" replied the
man. unless 'e's angling round for
safety"
X n
Are we to hold ragtime revues and
other hustling forms OF entertain
ment responsible for the following
tragedy?
A music hall artist who used to
tour the provinces with a flock of
performing ducks found managers no
longer willing to book his sedate
show. After he had been resting for
some time he received telegram
asking him to open on the following
The San Francisco call and post. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1913-1929, 1913-12-31
Decidedly Happy New Year,
for San Francisco
The Government Will Recognize U.s. the Canal Will Benefit
U.s. and the Rain Will Prosper Us

Tonight when San Francisco shouts its ads the old
will waving farewell year which kept the going
good form; when gree little 1914 it will welcome
which, carry 1885 legacies, promises big
1914 establish officially formally financial emf
of San Francisco with the establishment of regional
bank Since the law passed earlier in month
providing for regional banks financial the country
doubt but that San Francisco would
instituted Pacific Other cities
ing for the bank Seattle make hard fight and
bank placed the seaboard of the United
States But right all other cities after the metropolis
of the slope The bankers of Los Angeles realizing the
claim of San Francisco and rising above municipal
rivalry have Endorsed the claim of San Francisco for recognition
1t significant of the energy of Los Angeles that the bankers of
that city support Francisco the
the bankers of San assembled for the
intimate purpose.
As what effect business prosperity the location of
regional bank will have knows but the bank
cities places recognized by government
ceters of the regions which they lie There should be
tendant benefit the cities in which they placed
San Francisco also has been selected the place
Office of the bureau of foreign and domestic
United States department of The object
to keep merchants importers and close touch with
trade conditions and possibilities in foreign
tabshent of this bureau be of the
opening of the Panama canal for Washington realizes eeny
San Francisco doeo shoudtha the opening the canal
will mean and extended commerce for this port
Those instituons-the regional the branch
office of the bueauare Washingons promised
tribution for 1914 the Importance of San Francisco
There also be the practical opening of
to the of the world the practical the
aaPaci international exposition which
monton February TO- 195and the practical benefits which
will California and San Francisco from
that general throughout the
1t looks decidedly like HAPPY NEW YEAR.