The river press., 1914-11-18
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State,

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.
Great Falls, Nov. 1O.-Frank Leha-
mann. aged AZ, worried so much over
the European war that he went crazy
and was locked up tonight. He wrote
President Wilson to make Emperor
Wilhelm quit and also wrote the en-
peror.
! Livingston, Nov. 1O.-Judge Albert
p. Stark of the district court, has rem.
dered decision that has been await
! ed by many cities of Montana, includ.
ing Butte and BOzeman. The decision
in effect, holds that a city cannot tax
a motion picture house for license
in excess of an annual tax of $25
charged by the state of Montana, and
, further the constitutionality of the law
passed by the last legislature is up-
held.
Kilispell, Nov. 1O.-Al Benoit, for
years resident of Kalispell but who
has been living at Camas hot springs
for the past two years, is under arrest
at that place charged with the death
of Chas. Lynch, whom he hit over the :,
head with billiard ball during row
in the bowling alley at Camas. Benoit
and a man by the name of Ambrose
are said to have been running a boot.
logging joint and when Lynch visited
the place gave him rough handling
and upon his resenting it he was ia,
tally hurt.
Helena, Nov. 1O.--George Thomas
pleaded guilty in the federal court to-
day to stealing a steer on the Grow
reservation and was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail; Andrew
Crossen pleaded guilty to selling booze
to an Indian at Plains and was given
60 days in Jail. Perry Kennerly, tried
yesterday on charge of introducing
liquor on the Blackfeet reservation.
was acquitted by the jury. Kennerly
says he is practicing before the de-
partments at Washington, d. c., and
will return there.
Helena, Nov. 1O.--It is expected that
inside of ten days all stockyards in
Montana will have been disinfected
and sufficient number of stock cars
, to permit of interstate shipments of
, livestock being resumed. Under the
governors proclamation shipments
within the state can only be made
through stockyards and in cars disin.
, fected under supervision of federal or
: state veterinary inspectors. In case
federal authorities will not recognize
state inspections, the work will have
, to be done second time, in some
: instances, and will require longer
2 time.
2 Butte, Nov. Thames Riley, plead
i. ing guilty to charge of highway rob-
berry in which the booty consisted of
80 cents and a beer check, was SEN
fenced by District Judge Michael Don
: Ian to serve a term of five years in
f the penitentiary.
: Helena, Nov. LIE. O. Selway,
: chairman of the republican state cen
: trail committee. today conceded the
: election of J. E. Mccormick of Boul-
: der as railroad commissioner over
Dan Boyle. The majority against the
passage of the compensation act
amounts to 1925 with official returns
from 80 counties included and partial
returns from nine others.
Butte, Nov. Ill. J. Schmidt, who
in his eagerness to drain a cup of milk
!, failed to observe that he had picked
up a cup in which there was a solution
:. of lye, is dead after many hours of
,agonizing suffering. Schmidt was an
employee of local milk house and
using cup which he thought was
gulp or two swallowed the contents
before he was aware of his mistake.
Helena, Nov. 1.-THE case of Harry
Cotter of Spokane against Colonel
:, Thomas Cruise, the millionaire banker
:, of this city, in which the plaintiff sued
. for 100000 for alleged alienation of
the affections of his deceased wife,
was settled privately today, during the
noon reces of the court in which the
, case was being tried. This ends all
litigation, including the case pending
, on appeal in the state supreme court
=, over the will Of Mrs. Cotter.
, Butte, Nov. 10.-Explosion of
DOIlD lOduou Will nltTOSItCeTlIl CauSeU
y the death of DR." Hum Mon Tau,
aged 40, and the serious injury of Sing
, Sui, aged so. his friend, when the bomb
which the police say Tau had brought
with him from Omaha, exploded while
f he and Sui were handling it in their
, room in the basement of the building
, at lO4 China alley in Butte's China
Of
, ing. Dr. Tau's body was mangled in
terrible manner, but he lived for two
hours after the accident. Sing Sui re-
: fuses to tell what led to the explosion
and efforts of the police to learn for
whom the bomb was intended have
, foilo6