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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
SHERIFF OLSON
MAKES STATEMENT

Editor Examiner:-I notice In your
last issue that Mayor Cough charges
that he Is mot receiving the assist
ance from the sheriff's Office along
this line (referring 10 the local option
law that many OF the cities Of the
state in dry counties are receiving :"
In reply to this unwarranted charge
I wish to make brief statement In
regard to the dealings Of the sheriff's
office with the officials OF Montpelier
since Mayor Cough took the oath Of
Office.
IN the first place, neither myself
nor deputies have refused "A single
request for Resistance from the may
or or any official of Montpelier.
In the second place, called upon
Mayor Cough, In company with
County Attorney Rich, and consulted
with him In regard to enforcing the
law against the illegal selling of
liquor. On another occasion ! called
upon him, alone, about the saline
matter, and also talked with him on
the streets on two different occasions,
that / remember. / also told Ghief
of Police Nelson, that any time they
needed any assistance from the shsr-
lff's office night or day-not to hesl-
tate to call upon us. | told the same
thing to Night Policeman Brown.
At my request the county commits,
sioners also appointed special dep.
uty for the benefit Of Montpelier
did this for the reason that neither
myself nor the regular deputy could
devote all our time In Montpelier, ~
We have tire entire county TO loOh
after, and we are supposed to keel
the Office at Paris open every day. I
has been necessary for me to call the
deputy from the office on aevera
occasions thus far.
| wish to emphaticaliy state that
9 stand fOr law and order, notwith
standing the uncalled for ehargt
: made by Mayor Cough. wish d
> also serve notice upon all chronIl
kickers-If there are any others
. that while / am sheriff Of BEAR LAX
( county / expect to make universe
: campaign against AL law breakers
o and to nae every legitimate means I
= see that the laws are impartially eu
d forced.
When / assumed the duties 8
70 sheriff did not figure that ! coul
% please everybody, but while | ~
% holding the Office | do not Intend
o LET every Tom Dick and Harry
Ii dictate to me what am 10 do or ~
lt 10 do. The sherifzs office knows til
j. conditions in Bear Lake county jul
70 IS well, we think, as Mayor Gougl
u and II any errors are made In u
discharge Of our duties. we are 1t
ts ones who will have 70 pay the pena
OF ty, aud not Mayor Cough.
nt In conclusion will again say tn
/ myself and deputies are ready IT q
he times 10 assist the officials Of Mon
III pelier In enforcing the local optlt
We and all other laws, and will At NJ
70 time listen to all reasonable col
It. plants.
IL Very respectfully.
Chris OLSON,
n Sheriff Bear Lake count
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13

Whether the possession Of =
quantity Of liquor transported from
vet 10 dry territory within the
state OF Idaho constitutes viola-
tion OF the local option laws Of
idaho, was the question put up 10
Judge Carl Davis yesterday after
noon, says Wednesdays pooatolIo
Tribune. Ii IL the frst instance Of
this point being raised.
The case grew out Of . complaint
fled against Edward PopplctOu,
Lewis Larson aud Oliver Brown.
charging thcm with transporting
liquors from wet into prohibition
territory for unlawful purposes.
The defense demurred 10 the COM
plaint, and In short attacked the
complaint on the ground that II
must be- proved by tho prosecution
that there WIN intent 70 nnlawfully
dispose Of the liquor, aud that ,he
case could not stand on the aimple
claim of having the liquor In ones
possession. "l'm heartily In SYM
pathy with tho Observance az the
laws said Col. Ferguson, repre-
aenting defendant PoppIeton. ''buI
| deapise legal anarchy"
He held that there waa no Law
that would deprive the individual
Of The rightful possession of liquor
for his own nse, and that the pros.
eeulion bad not show that the Iiquol
was not intended for individual use
nor did the complain. cite that III,
defendant intended 70 dispose Of Il
In an unlawful manner aud that ths
mere allegation could NOT stand
He cited many anthoritlaH In anp.
port OF his contention.
Comfy Attorney Smith defend,
ed hia position BY quoting certain
sections Il the statutes which pro
hibited tho shipment Of liquor Il
..any person., aud held that under
that section one could not ahil
TO even himself, or hs IL guilty 81
a misdemeanoF. lie 70 construed
the law that the individual could
not have any amount Of liquor il
his possession without violating III,
law. Assistant Prosecutor Mer
rill believed that The possession D
any liquor IL prima fae,e syidenot
Of violation. and instead oi n
prosecution having 10 show thai !
was nnlawfally disposed of, II "a
up 70 the defense 10 prove that hi
possession Of the liquor was for N.
lawful purpose, N idea that ~
utterly secuted by The defense.
Attorney Hopsou for tha defens
took The position that > carrier o
! the liquor, who purchased the good
: in vet territory was NOT guilty .
: technical infraetion unless no mad
! delivery Of the goods, aud no sueI
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13

800 feet, and told Mr.. Baird, the
time keeper, that 'sshe shoot .
man." and pointed towards the
kitchen.
Mr.. Kelly, another employe Of
the company, who was present
when she came came up to Mr..
Baird, testified at the inquest that
when Mrs. Pite came to the office,
finger prints were plainly visible on
her throat, which corrobrated her
statement that Predroff grabbed
her by the throat when he came in
to the kitchen.
Sheriff Olson, who was notified
of the shooting soon after it occur
red, went to Camp Stuart and plac-
ing Mrs. Pite under arrest, took her
to Paris, where was detained in
Jail until Monday afternoon, when
she was brought to Montpelier TO
appear at the coroners's inquest.
The body of Predroff was
brought to the Vincent undertaking
establishment Saturday evening,
where it was kept until Monday
morning when it was buried at the
county's expense.
Acting Coroner Thos. Barrett
impannelled jury Saturday even
ing, and after viewing the body OF
Predroff, the inquest was contin-
ued until Monday afternoon. At
ter hearing all the evidence il
seemed possible to obtain, the jury
returned the following verdict:
We, the jury, find the name of the
deceased to be s. Predortf of the age
of about SO years and q native ot
Ronmania; that he came to bis
death on the 7th of June, 1918, by tbs
means of two gunshot wounds in tht
lower portion of the abdomen, sale
wounds being inflicted by 3s calibro
revolver fired while In the hands O.
one, Mrs. Tony Pite; that the evi
dence as given indicates to th'
minds of the jury that the shots wer'
fired by the said Mrs. Tony Pite as ,
result of an attempted assault upol
her by the said deceased. 8. Predroff
and we recommend that Mrs. Ton.
Pite be discharged from custody.
Acting upon the recommendation
Of the jury's verdict, Prosecuting
Attorney Rich ordered the Womal
released from custody.
While she could speak only fey
words of English, she evidentl
understood the nature of the pro
ceedings of tbs coroner's jury an
when Deputy Sheriff Athay inform
ed her that she was free, she thank
: ed him and kissed his hand. sh
! also kissed the hands of several {
7 the jurors whom she met on IL
E street.
e The entire gang of Bulgarian
e quit their jobs at Camp Stuart MOI
!. day and left the county Tuesda,
e Mrs. Pite and her husband goin
It with them.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
BALANCE OF YOUR TAXES
Is NOW PAYABLE

Those who paid only one-halt
their taxea lat DeeemLeg should
bear 10 mind that the other bali il
nov p@Tabse 10 the county tKeA@sYs
er. instead oi TO ths tax collector.
Il yoa fail 10 paagle ap By Monday.
JnIy Tlh The uupald portloa ~ill
become delinquent and the uaaa
penalty added.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
BULGARIAN WOMAN KILLS
A FELLOW COUNTRYMAN
Shoots Him Twice with 38-calbre Revolver The
Tragedy Occurred at Camp Stuart Last Sat
urday-Woman Discharged.

s. Predorff, an employe of the
Phoenix Construction Company at
Camp Stuart, about five miles south
of Montpelier, was shot and mortal
ly wounded last Saturday morning
by Mrs. Tony Pite, the wife of an
other employee of the company.
There were no eye witnesses to the
shooting and as neither of the par
ties were able to speak English-the
man being q Roumanian and the
woman a Bulgarian--it was practic-
ally impossible to obtain the real
cause of the shooting.
Predrof was shot twice, both bull
let's piercing the lower part of his
abdomen. Predroff was the cook
for the gang of foreigners that was
working q Camp Smart, and the
shooting occurred IN the mess house
kitchen at or about 1920 Saturday
morning. DR.. King was summoned
to the camp by telephone immed-
lately following the shooting and
gave the man every attention pos
sible, but the fellow became uncon.
scious while the wounds were being
dressed and died few minutes la.
ter.
Before he became unconscious
Predroff made a short statement,
which was reported by the interper.
ter and was taken down by one Of
the Americans IN charge of the
camp. In this statement Predrof
claimed that he and Mrs. Pite had
some trouble in the kitchen over q
frying pan which she wanted and
which he refused to give to her.
During the quarrel he said sho
drew revolver from beneath hei
apron and shot him.
At the coroner's inquest which
was held Monday afternoon, Mrs
Pite was given an opportunity te
tell her story, through an interper
ter, which was entirely differen
from the statement made by Pre-
droff. She said that while she wa
lying on her bed in the bunk hous
occupied by herself and husband
Predroff came in and sat down ol
the side of the bed and insisted tha
she have improper relations wit
him. She resented his advance
and told him to leave the room
He refused and still insisted tha
she comply with his demand. Feal
ing that be would attack her, sh
arose from her bed, left the bun
house, going into the kitchen whei
the shooting took place. She sal
that sometime afterwards-probabl
an hour-Predroff came into IL
kitchen and grabbing her by u
throat, again demanded that 81
have improper relations with hin
After the shooting she ran to q
company's Office, a distance of abo
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
CLOTHES ARE EVEN
ADULTERATED

''seventy-ave per cent Of the
clothing sold in the United States
is adulterated,v declares Congress-
man Il. O. Lindquist Of the Eleven
th Michigan district. u have just
introduced pure fabric and leather
bill, which, II enacted into law, will
guarantee to the consuming public,
pure fabrics In the way pure food
il guaranteed 10 them nov. By
sneh > Law | don't mean 10 prohibit
The manufacture of inferior mur-
ohandise, but 10 make it unlawful
to sell inferior gooda for the genu-
Inc. Each article will bear : label
stating the quality Of material from
which The article II made.
mot only will this bill, u en-
acted into law, mean > great saving
in dollars aud renta to the public,
but 1t will insure the public Of san
itary goods, ~ The bull provides
that all wearing apparel ahall be
fumigated before leaving The place
of manufacture.
"You have no conception of the
great percentage OF manufactured
commodities that are adullerated
by the manufacturers for 40 other
purpose than 10 permit them 70 take
an unjust profit from the pockets
OF the people. There IL scarcely ~
article Of any consequence manu-.
factnred from fabric or leather bni
what Ii adullerated In some manner
or other. yet they are placed npoI
the American market for the gen.
uine articles and the public IL com
PEELED TO pay . genuine price foi
them, and IN no case have found
il necessary 20 connterfeit the good
or merchandise, except for The par
pose Of added profit. ! find 10 nj
Investigations that there il yer,
, little adulterating done In the higl
class of merchandise, excepting
silks, 30 that yon can readily se
that the practice Of aduitering fall
, heaviest upon The great masses 0
) people who can least afford TO slan
the strain Of the high coat Of living
II have devoted over five years,
continued Mr.. Lindquiat, I'm th
interest Of pure fabric and leathe
9 Law, and my Investigations shol
. and prove that IS per cent oi Ii
clothing, wearing apparel and sho.
!. worn by the average wage earn.
ii are adaIteFsted, 70 you ace that
T. Law OF this kind will protect Il
2 very people who most neeessasiI
, need protection. Not only Won
il protect the ultimate consume
bht il would protect the retail me
chants Of this country Who are !
: day blamed for selling iHfeFi
d qualities. propose % place d
\ blame exactly where IL belongs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13

week in the year ii would mean the
distribution of mighty nice sum
of money among the farmers Of the
county.
Mr.. Peterson said that be had an
order for another car to be shipped
in three weeks, providing he can
get the hogs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13

The shoshone journal declares
that the women are responsible for
Lincoln county going wet at the
local option election last week. An
analysis Of the vote in q number Of
the precincts shows that 8 very large
ner cent Of the women voted in favor
OF the return Of the saloon.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
CALLS INSURANCE Law INVALID


Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug 9.-Acting
on the assurance of Attorney General
Barker OF Missouri that he considered
unconstitutional the clause in the Orr
insurance law which impelled more
than 100 fire insurance companies to
Withdraw from the state last June.
attorneys representing the companies
sent to the main Offices letters advis.
ing them to return to Missouri.
This result was reached at q con.
terence here between the attor.
ney general and the insurance attor.
neys, at which the former made A
verbal premise to dismiss the suits
IN the supreme court to penalize the
companies on charge of conspiracy
TO Withdraw from the state. This
promise was made on condition that
Is per cent. of the companies return.
He also will dismiss the case against
the 20 per cent. that say their Mis-.
souri, business has been conducted AT
"a loss ana that therefore they do not
desire to return.
majority of the companies. how.
ever, are expected at once to notify
their agents throughout Missouri to
resume the writing of insurance.
The attorney general agreed that il
any county prosecutor institutes
case against the companies based On
the clause in the Orr law that makes
the use OF common rate prima fac;e
evidence OF violation of the antitrust
law he will order the case dismissed
1t is expected that resumption of bust.
ness by such companies as desire tn
do so will take place on or about Aug
-, 1913.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
MJED|LL MCCORMICK PUT OFF
ARRAIGNED IN SYRACUSE ON DIS.
ORDERLY CHARGE.
Denies He Was Intoxicated on Train
MERELY Had Alteration With
... Crew, He Says.

Syracuse, N. Y, Aug. S.-Arrested
by the Syracuse police on the COM
plant of the New York Central Off
Gals after he had created a disturb
ance on an eastbound train for Bos-
ton and had been thrown from sleep-
er by an angry porter, Medill McCor-
mick, publisher OF the Chicago Trib-
une, and son-in-laW of Mark Hanna.
spent several hours in police cell
and was arraigned on a charge of
disorderly conduct.
The porter who caused McCor-
mlck's election from the sleeper stat
ed to the police who made the arrest
that he had been causing such dis
turbance in the sleeper that other
travellers We're unable to sleep. They
asked for his election.
When placed under arrest McCor-
mick wore simply his pajamas. He
appeared in police court before Judge
Shove dressed in pajamas, shoes,
stockings and trousers. After talh
with the justice, the police evidently
became conciliatory, for Mccormick
was released. He went at once to
the Hotel Yates and wired his secre-
tary, Miss Rosenthal, at. Chicago.
1T is as unnecessary as it is futile
to deny gossipy stories of intoxica-
tion," said Mr.. Mccormick, after his
release. Il spent the evening on the
train with Mr.. Runnell, president of
the Pullman company, an old friend
OF mine, and later joined some of the
train crew, with whom there resulted
discussion which has been produc.
tive OF the nonsensical yarns about
myself. These gentlemen and | did
not agree, and it became not merely
a discussion, but an alteration, with
results which know they now regret
far more than L."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
DRESS ADDS TEMPTATIONS
Chicago University Professor uroeo
Young N:s=sen to Discourage
Sex Suggestion.

Chicago, Aug. 9. 49, Fashionable
gowns We're called a menace to CITY
girls by Prof. Allen Hoben in a. lee
ture yesterday at the University of
Chicago. He told the divinity stu.
dents that woman who dressed styl-
ishly today was bound to be harmful.
Il deem it grave offense for wom-
eli to increase the temptations Of
young men living under the strain Of
city life" he declared "They can
do great deal to decrease this sex
suggestion"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
LIND IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Not Injured and Reaches Galveston
Safely and Boards New

Houston, Tex, Aug. S.-John Lind,
EN- route to Mexico City. as the per-
sonal representative of President Will
son, was delayed in his journey when
the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico
train, on which he is travelling, was
derailed near Nome, Tex, east of this
city. Mr.. Lind was not injured and
continued his journey after several
hours delay. On his arrival here Mr..
Lind boarded special interurban car
and proceeded Immediately to Gal
weston, whence he sailed on the bat
tleship New Hampshire for Vera Cruz,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
SuIzer Case to Leojslature

New York, Aug. 9.-While the
Frawley legislative committees inyes.
tigation of the campaign funds and
contributions of Governor Sulzer
stands uncompleted, it is learned that
the probable course the committee will
take calls for submitting to the leg.
islature within ten days certain dis.
closures already made at the hearings.
The present plan is to select various
instances where it has been testified
contributions were made that were
never reported by the governor, and
place them before the legislature.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
SAYS GOVERNMENT
INFLUENCED COURT
SEN. BORAH CHARGES THAT IN.
VEsTIGATloNs HAD THAT
IN VIEW.
REPORT CAUSES SENSATION
McReynoids Says Only Three Were
Examined" and Denies
System of Federal
Espionage.

Washington, Aug S.---The fiat charge
that department of justice agents had
investigated federal judges tn in1Iu-
ence their action in cases in which
the government was interested was
made in the senate by Senator Borah
and Endorsed partially at least by Sen.
ator Norris.
Brought Out BY Report.
Senator Borah's charge was brought
out by a report from Attorney Cen
eral McReynolds responding to a sen.
ate resolution asking where federal
agents were investigating judges.
The resolution reflected some senti.
ment aroused in the case of Federal
Judge Speer, of Georgia, whose court
had been investigated and who had at
tackled the department of justice in a
public speech. The attorney general
replied that any report that federal
department of justice was maintaining
system of espionage over judges
was entirely without foundation
Mr.. Borah responded with his
charge.
Three Judges Investigated
The attorney generals report de-
clared that only three judges had been
investigated, one of those was Robert
w. Archibald.
Senator Borah's charge was char.
acterized as 'startling' by Senator'S
Crawford and Sutherland. The latter
declared it needed investigation" and
that it such sinister influences" con-
tinued the lend of the republic was
in sight,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
Operate Tenor Is Drowned.

Tegernsee, Bavaria, Aug. S.-A
yacht in which Fritz Sturmfeld and
Leo Slezak, operate tenors, were
sailing on the lake here, overturned
and Sturmfeld was drowned Slezak
chung to the boat and was rescued.
Sturmfeld was member of the roy
al opera at Leipsic. He made con-
cert tour in the United States in 1911.
Slezak sang at the Metropolitan Opera
house in New York and in concerts
in various cities.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14

Pittsburgh, Aug. S.--Frank Heiter,
a barber, dressed himself carefully
and completed all arrangements for
his wedding He then went to his
room and fired two shots into his
breast near the heart. Discovering
he was not dead, he fired another
shot at his head but suffered no in
jury other than a flesh wound. Then
he pulled the trigger of the revolver
again but the bullet went wild.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
To Study Foreiun Farninu.

Washington, Aug. Sin order that
the farmers of the United States may
profit by the experience of farmers Of
Europe, Secretary Houston, of the de-
partment of agriculture, has decided
to send abroad DR.. Thomas N. Carver.
head OF the Rural Organization Serv-
ice and Bradford Knapp, who is in
charge OF the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration in the South. The
study of successive cooperative
schemes will be the principal object
of their trip. They will visit Ireland
first, then Denmark and Saxony.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
Aviator Loses Way; Descends

Washington, Aug. 9. - c. Muryin
Wood, the American aviator, who be.
gan a nonstop race with a railroad
train from New York to WASHINGTON
at 4:3O a. m. for the American dura.
ton distance and speed record. lost
his way and was forced to land at
Gaithersburg, Md, at 8 o'clock, TWEEN.
ty-three miles from his goal. He lost
his way while over Baltimore because
of heavy smoke clouds, and finally
was forced to land because of engine
trouble.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
News Happenings Of The Day
Condensed Into A Few Lines


Minneapolis.-Th Minnesota Cen
trail Railway Company, which will he
commonly known as the Central In
terurban," has been Incorporated in
Maine with 100000 capital stock
and will begin work Immediately upon
the construction of line of road from
Minneapolis to st. Cloud, Mimi, with
plan for eventual continuation to the
Cuyuna range and Mile Laos. Petrie
g. Smith, grading contra ctors, of o.
SEQ, have closed the contract for the
grading of the line from Robbinsdale
to Champlin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
Philadelphia Fire Loss LARGE

Philadelphia, Aug. 9.-Four large
manufacturing plants were threaten
ed with destruction, several firemen
were burned or overcome by smoke.
and many families had to fee from
their homes when the plant of the
Union Petroleum company, which &C.
cupied an entire block in the south.
ern section of the city, was practical.
ly destroyed in a spectacular fire,
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-14
Bryan Breaking His Dates.

Washington, Aug. SIT is intimated
that Secretary Bryan is seeking an
easy way to break his remaining Chau-
tauqua lecture engagements. Since
the criticisms of his lecture plan were
published Mr.. Bryan has Cancelled
nearly one-third of his lecture dates.
He has found it necessary to be in
his office at the state department to
attend to pressing diplomatic ques
tons.