The river press., 1914-05-13

r;ape nv tribal customs and that she
had never been divorced from her
first husband. Under court rulings
q tribal marriage is legal and binding
until dissolved in the regular manner.
Therefore. Mrs. Fat Snake now faces
the prospect of prosecution 1or ols.
amy, the first instance or the klho
under similar circumstances on rec
ord. saw court house attaches.
i Great Falls, May 9.-Golng at
high rate of speed. an auto laundry
delivery wagon crashed through the
railing of the Fifteenth street bridge
and dropped As feet to the river, car
rying Frank Sheppard and Dion smith.
Shepard may die. Smith was little
hurt except the jolt. The auto was
complete wreck.
Helena, May 9.-With his back brok-
en- in three places, one lung punctured,
his shoulder crushed and two ribs
broken. Joe Spellman refused to allow
physicians to undress him, saying,
"Shucks, can do it myself, and he
did it. A short time after Spellman
was dead. Spellman was employed In
the plant of the Northwestern Metals
company, and was caught In one OF
the big rotary cylinders. He was ter
ribly mangled but retained conscious
ness while being taken to the hospital
and for some time after the examfna-
tion by the physician.
Dillon, May $50 far two girls are
in the race for the trip to San Fran.
cisco exposition, which is to be given
by the Montana exposition commission
to the young lady in the state who
disposes of the most Montana exposi-
tion dollars. From this section Miss
Elizabeth Hastings of Dillon leads in
the race with La Voughn Lyon Sec
ond. Both are selling large number
of the coins and they will give other
Montana young ladies a close run for
the cherished prize.
Lewistown, May 9.-Coroner George
Creel has received the report from the
justice of the peace at Grass Range,
acting for him, of an inquest just held
there upon the body of 15-year-old
boy, Archie Boggs, who committed sui.
eide by hanging. Boggs was staying
at the farm Of w. Windsor, near Grass
Range. Without any previous indica-
ton that anything was wrong, he wait
ed until he was alone in the house.
Then he went to the garret and, taking
a rope from a trunk, tied one end to a
rafter and made moose, which he
adjusted around his neck, and jumped
breaking his neck.
Billings, May 11.-1f the present
death rate of the Grow Indians is
maintained, the tribe will become ex'
tinct in IS years, according to figures
compiled by A. L. Mitchell for the
Hardin and Billings chambers Of COM
merce, for presentation to Indian Com
missioner Cato Sells in the campaign
for the opening of the reservation.
Lewistown, May 11.-Because sew
eral years ago the city adopted reso
luton to grant no more saloon licen
ses, City Treasurer Roy Cromer has
recommended an increase in the H.
cense of $3.50 in his annual report
just filed. He cites attention to the
fact that a license recently brought
it's owner $4,000, and a license, there
fore, has become valuable piece OF
personal property through the fixed
policy of the city.
! Helena. May 11.-Word was receiv
ed at the state house today of the ar
rest at Columbia Falls of John E
Lewis, proprietor of the hotel at Lake
Mcdonald in the Glacier park, anG
we'll known in Helena. He is charged
with perjury in connection with the
bounty fraud scandal, and is the tentl
man to be arrested in the case. Johr
Smith of Columbia Falls, pleaded gull
ty Saturday to the same charge, ant
was given one year in the peniten
tiary. The hearings of the other de
PENDANTS have been set for May IS.
Great Falls, May 11.-Archie Akerit
10 years old, broke into Jail last nigh
through the Hub clothing store
When Akerie entered the store HI
was wearing as slouchy looking a ho
DO outfit as ever was seen at tn
Jail. When he broke into the Jail h
looked like a dude out of bandboS
a real Beau Brummel. He strippe'
to the hide, taking complete cloth
ing outfit with a hat, and then h
"garnished" it up with fancy stick
pin, gold cuff links and dapper sill
handkerchief, the shoes stolen beini
Of the latest design. He told the sher
if today he was ready to plead gull
ty.
i Lewistown, May 11.-Richard Mon
roe, stranger from De Witt, Iowa
who was taken to the county Jail thre
days ago, with his consent, to receiv
medical treatment, died yesterday
His mother was Immediately INFORMED
and is now on her way to Lewistown
Monroe had been stopping at hotel
where his inability to control his mus
cular action had resulted in two o
three slight attacks, followed by
rather serious one while, in trying t
shave himself, he cut off a small poi