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THE' DAILY MISSOULIATN i (ake any m$ ~ Tomorrow-Fair. j DLa L :$i VOL. XXXV. NO. 832. MIBOUILA, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1909. PRIOE FV COUNCILPLANS TO BEAUTIFY AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR IM PORTANT THOROUGHFARE 1S CREATED. SEWER SURVEY ORDERED City Engineer Mayo Is Instructed to Make Ready for New System-Peti tion of Chicago, Milwaukee £ St Paul in Regard to Knowlest and Sunsyside Additions Is Denied. At the meeting of the city council held last night the resolution creat ing a special improvement district out of University avenue and providing for the parking and boulevarding of the street was finally passed-no one being present to object to such ac tion-and work will be started at once. The resolution, which has been before the council for some time, is the first of Its kind to be acted on by the council since the law provid ing for the creation of such districts was passed by the legislature. Ac cording to its provisions, the entire length of University avenue is to be graded and parked; cement sidewalks and curbs will be laid along it, and grams and trees planted in the parks. The cost of this work is to be borne, am the law demands, by the abutting property owners in the proportion which the area of their land bears to the area of the entire property facipg on the street. It is the plan of the council, and already long steps in this direction have been taken, to Work out the impro1ement district plan thoroughly, and this promises to be the first in a long line of similar resolutions which may be expected to follow, and which will ultimately, probably, cover the entire city. Will Not Close 8treet. The city (fathers 'also spent con siderable time in debating the ques tion of the closing up of the streets and alleys -in Knowles' and Bunny side additions, which was petitioned for by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. st. Paul Railway company some time ago, and has been discussed at length a number of times. Henry C. Stiff was present in the interest of the petitioning company and Major A. L. Duncan represented the pro testing property owners. After a long and careful consideration of the matter it was at last decided by the council to refuse to grant the rail road's petition. Petition Turned Down. Another important matter which was disposed of at the meeting last night was that of the saloon license of Chares Lombardi. Lombardi is the man whose license was revoked some time ago when it was proven that he was guilty of selling liquor to minors, and the petition which was presented to the council last night asked for a short renewal of the li cense in order that he might dis pose of what property he still had. The council, however, refused to con sider the request and the petition was unanimously refused. Order Big Sewer. A discussion of the Stevens street sewer, the contract for which was re cently let to J. H. Kennedy who asked last night for a release, owing to the fact that there was likely to be a damage suit if the job were finished, brought up the usual movement in regard to the sewer system in general. Alderman Shapard again *brought matters to a point and the result was that the city engineer was instructed to survey the streets for a main trunk sewer, which should handle, as near ly as possible, the sewage of the en tire north side, and ordered him to report as soon as possible as to his conclusions. Mr. Kennedy was released from his obligatlon. The matter of sprinkling of the streets, which has been a regular topic at all the meetings for the last month, was again -brought up and after a long talk as to the scale of wages which should be adopted and as to the hours and some minor speci fications, the clek was ordered to ad vertise for bids for the work in time so that the bids could be opened at the next meeting. Two Petitions. Two petitions asking for permission to build within the limits of fire dis trict No; 1 'were also considered, one from Thibodeau & Lee for permission to build a two-story brick addition to the back of their property being adopted, and the other, which was from John Gorgas. asking for permis sion to build a little stone building on Higgins avenue, being referred to the city attorney for consideration. This was dope because of the reluc tance of the council to see a small building-the specification for the structure call for a building 14x20 feet -built *en this street. A letter was then read from the city treasurer asking for $40 with which to buy a license record book. The request was granted at once without debate. A letter was also read from Frank Pierce, asking that he be refunded $25, which was part of his saloon license which was paid by him the last quarter and not used. The letter was referred to the treasurer for action, with the recommendation that the request be granted. House Cleaning. The remalnder of the evening was spent in a sort of general house cleaning, and all of the bills and pe (Continued on Page Ten.) LE BEAU MEETS FATE THIS MORNING CONDEMNED MAN, ACCUSED OF MURDER, TO BE HANGED AT KALISPELL TODAY. FASTS FOR MANY HOURS Prisoner Convicted of Killing the Yoea kums Dines Upon Roast Duck and Champagne and Then Declines to Eat Before the Execution-Does Not Want to Die With His Shoes On. Kallspell, April 1.-Since partaking of a feast of roast duck and cham pagne, 72 hours ago, Frederick Le Beau, the condemned murderer, has fasted, and he says he will go to his death tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock without partaking of another morsel of food. Today LeBeau removed his shoes, declaring that above all things he did not want to die "with his shoes on." He either will go to the scaffold, which is directly below his window, in his stocking feet or in light house slippers. As his last request, LeBeau has asked Sheriff Mcconnell to spring the trap, which the sheriff has agreed to do. LeBeat has also requested the sheriff to act as a pallbearer in con junction with State Senator Thomas D. Long, a resident of Kalispell, and four other men, whom he names.. He also asked the sheriff to see to 1i that his grave is heaped high with flowers. LeBeau received about 100 callers to day, his cell being artistically draped with colored paper until not a pprtlon of steel was visible. LeBeau says he will die for a crime for which he is not to blame. Appar ently hii greatest regret is that he has had insufficient time to complete a number of 'inventions he started dur ing his imprisonment, all rights to which he has deeded to the sheriff. READJUSTMENT TAKES EFFECT. Plttsburg, April 1.-The wage re adjustment announced yesterday by the Jones & Laughlin Steel company, the largest independent manufactur ers in the country, went into effect today. According to James L. Jones, manager of the company, about 6,000 men are affected. Mr. Jones said the "open market" conditions in the iron and steel trade has finally forced re adjustment of the wage rates of the mills in the Pittsburg district. It is said action toward a reduction will be taken by April 15 by the UTnited States Steel corporation. OTHERS JOIN 8TRIKERS. Chicago, April 1--A tie-up in build ing operations, which were given the first blow by the walkout of the tile{ layers and glaziers on March 1, was made more .complete! today when about 1,000 union steamfitters and electricians went out on strike as a result of a refusal of their demands for increased wages. Unless the new strikes are settled within a few days, it is declared, demoralization of building in Chicago this summer will be threatened. ONLY HE DIDN'T. Cleveland, Ohio, April 1.-Father Willis McMahon, who filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court here Wednesday as a result of his connection with the enterprises fath ered by P. J. Kieran, president of the Fidelity Funding company, maintains that i; Kieran had been successful in secur ng all the money he needed to float his schemes everything would hake come out all right. RIOT TAKES PLACE. Pittsburg,- April 1.-A riot occurred at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at Ches wick, Pa., a mining town above this city. Officers shot and killed one Italian and several otlers are report ed seriously wounded. The trouble arose when an officer arrested a miner. His companions, numbering several hundred, attempted to rescue him, and the shooting followed.' 8LOSSON 18 DEFEATED. New York, April 1.-By far the most exciting game of the professional 18.2 balk line billiard tournament was played tonight, when George Sutton of Chicago defeated George F. Sloe son after an uphill game. CATTLEMAN WANTED FOR CONiSPIRACY Los Angeles, April 1.--C. W. Gates, real estate broker and cattleman of Oklahoma, will appear in the federal court before Commissioner VanDyke on April 14, when the federal authori ties will ask for an order for his re moval to the Oklahoma federal Juris diction to stand trial on a grand jury indictment charging him with con spiracy to defraud the government of land. Gates was arrested last night and deposited $65.000 bail with Commis sioner VanDyke for his apearance April 14. At that time he will deter mine whether to contest the removal or go to Oklahoma to meet the charge. He maintains that he is in nocent of wrongdoing or intent to de fraud. WARM RECEPTION ASSURED 6~ oI e.4' A7 yýýýt1. ·/ ~/ Il"' PRISONER WLL PAY DEATH PENALTY TODAY WILLIAM HAYES TO BE HANGED AT DEER LODGE PENITEN TIARY AT 8 A. M. Opecial to The Daily Missoulian. Butte, April 1.-Many residents of Butte and peace officers of Montana will attend the execution of William i8ayes, which is scheduled to take place in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Among those from western Montana who will witness the execution are Davis Graham, sheriff of Missoula county, and J. D. Kennedy, sheriff of Granite county. Hayes is to be hanged for complicity .n the murder of Guard John Robinson nd the attempted assassination of Warden Frank Conley, which occurred on the morning of March 8, of last year. Hayes is resigned to his fate mnd only this afternoon wrote to a rriend in Butte that he is waiting for the "golden hammer" to fall Friday nlorning. The execution will take place within the penientiary walls. Resigned to his fate, Hayes sits in his cell as placid as though tomorrow were not the last day he will ever see. Since the verdict of the jury which sentenced him, Hayes has embraced religion and has been preparing with prayer for the death which is to be his. A boun teous meal was sent in to him this m-zning and he has the best that the market affords. No one is allowed to see him save the death guards. The scaffold is all ready for his execution. it is located in the northeast corner of the prison yard, at the same place where Rock was hanged, and the same method will be used for Hayes as for Rock, namely, the use 6f a heavy weight which will jerk him from the ground and break his neck. A crowd of several hundred people will doubt ieds witness the execution, for many Invitations have been sent out. DECLINES INVITATION. Washington, April 1.-President Taft today declined an invitation to attend the annual banquet of the Na tional Manufacturers' association In New York in May. The president will be in North Carolina May 20. He ex plained to E. F. Stlllman, chairman of the executive committee of the as sociation, who called on him, that his idea of a, tariff bureau was to have it as a part of one of the gov ernment departments here. The pres ident said he did not favor a com mission on the tartiff In any sense of the word. COMPOSER DIES. Zanesville, Ohio, April 1.-Otho He:. bert Dilley, musical director and conm poser of popular songs, died in See poser of popular songs, died in Sen was in charge of the Iroquois theater orchestra, Chicago, the afternoon of the fire in that play house a tfew years ago, in which hundreds per ished. When be learned that the the ater was burning he bravely remained at his post and kept thp orchestra playing a lively air in the hope of averting a panic. DOUBTFUL IF HE DOES. Washington, April 1.--Speaker Can non, after a conference with Presi dent Taft, was asked when he thought the house would vote on the Payne tariff bill. "God knows," he replied. He added that no vote would be taken until opportunity for deliberation had been given. APPEALS ARE TAKEN. Edinburgh. April 1.-Both Lord Northland and Mrq. John Alexande: Stirling have lodged appeals against the decree of divorce in favor of Mr. Stirling handed down in this city last month by Lord Guthrle. TWO MISSOULA MEN ARE HONORED ALDERMAN W. W. M'CORMICK AND J. 'R. FROMAN ARE NAMED AS GAME WARDENS. Helena, April 1.-Under recent ap pointments by Governor Edwin L. Norris, F. H. Ray of this city today became register of the state land of fice, being succeeded as state exam ine by H. H. Piggott, also of this city. State Game Warden Avare has an nounced the appointment of two new deputies for western Montana, J. R. Froman and W. W. McCormick. They will cover Mlssoula, Sanders, Ravalli and Granite counties. Regarding his appointment as dep uty game warden, Alderman McCor mick, when seen last night by r Missoulian reporter, said: "I re ceived notice of the appointment this afternoon by telephone. I am much gratified by the recognition which it implies and I shall endeavor to per form the duties of the office satis factorily. I am specially pleased that Mr. Froman is to be my associate, as I esteem him highly. I have noth ing in particular to say in connec tion with the matter except that it is pleasing to me in more ways than one, and that I hope to be of assist ance to the hunters and fishermen of this part of the state in the protec tion of the game and in the enforce ment of the law." Mr. Froman was out of town last night and could not be seen. These appointments will be certain to find . indorsement amongst the sportsmen of the counties which are in the district to be covered by Messrs. McCormick and Froman. Mr. McCormick is so well known in west ern Montana that his duties will be easy; he has always lived here and knows all the country. Mr. Froman during his service as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Campbell made a splen did record as an officer, and he is in every way fitted for the position which he now assumes. SACKS OF RICH ORE CAUSE EXCITEMENT Phoenix, Ariz., April 1.--The arrival here of several sacks of immensely valuable ore from the recent strike between the little towns of Salome and Vicksburg, has caused tremendous ex citement. At least 1,000 men are in the vicinity and claims have been staked out for a radius of 10 miles from the strike. Many are leaving here for the scene. Mining men from Colorado and Nevada are beginning to arrive and outfitting for a trip to the new ground. Little towns have been laid out in the vicinity and lots are selling at $25 each. SPRIII RACING MEET WILL BE PERMITTED Lexington, Ky., April 1.-The Ken tucky racing commission today allowed a spring racing meeting to Lexington from April 24 to May 1 lnclus;ve, and to Louisville of 13 days from May 3. The Lexington date will be used, pro viding the owners of the track decide to hold a spring meeting. The racing commission emphasige the fact that running races must be conducted un der existing circumstances, which means that bookmakers cannot operate on tracks controlled by the commis sion. SUIT8 ARE BROUGHT. Grand Junction. Cole.. April 1.--The United States government today brought suits in equity against 60 corporations and individuals charging them with cutting timber illegally from the government reserves. SENSAJIONAL SUIl AGAINST BANK FILED INSTITUTION S18 ACCUSED OF COLLUSION WITH SWINDLER8 IN MABRAY CASE, Council Bluffs, Ia.. April 1.-A sensa tional suit was filed in the federal court today by Samuel Sutor of Ca.m Lake, Minn., against the First Na tional bank, its officials and other per sons, in which Sutor charges that the bank was in collusion with Maybray and his associates who are under in dictment for swindling of fake horse races, i restling matches and similar schemes. Sutor names as defendants the First National bank of Council Bldffs; Ern est F. Hart, president, and John Splnd ler, cashier; George Wilson and Ben jamin Marks. George Wilson Is claimed to have been Maybray's right hand man in the so-called "swindle syndicat " and is declared by Sutor to have lkndled the stake money which included Sutor's $5,000. Hart and Spindler deny Sutor's charges that they knew of the alleged swindles of Maybray and his associ ates. They declare they handled BSu tor's letter of credit on a bank in Cass Lake in the same manner as similar paper is usually handled. SALUTES EXCHANGED. Honolulu, April 1.-Salutes and the usual international courtesies were exchanged today between the Japa nese training squadron, which ar rl\ved from the Orient, and the naval station. After the cruisers came to anchor the civil and naval officers of the port exchanged visits with Rear Admiral IJichl, the Japanese com mander, and his officers. The squad ron, which consists of the cruisers Aso and Soya, will remain here for 10 days and then proceed to Hilo, where it will stay four days. TUNNEL RECORD BROKEN. Los Angeles, Cal., April 1.-The American recodr for tunnel bor ing was broken in the construction of the Los Angeles-Owens river aqueduct when 476 feet were completed during the month of March. The record was made in the Elizabeth lake tunnel. The tunnel is 9x11 feet through solid rock. The entire 240 miles of aqueduct is being built by the municipality under the direction of its dwn engineers and is expected to cost $30,000,000. LEASE SYSTEM DIES. Atlanta. Ga., April l.-At sunrise todlay Georgia shook off the last rag of her convict lease system. Hun dreds of human beings were led from the mines, choking kilns and damp factories into the sunlight, from the control of harsh and often brutal task masters into the service of the state. Georgia has no state penitentiary. For years her convicts have been sold to who would buy. LAST OF SOLDIERS LEAVE. Havana, April 1.-A general order issued by Major General Thomas H. Barry today brought an end to the existence of the army of pacification in Cuba as such, and at 10 o'clock the transports Sumner and McClellan. with the last of the American soldiers on hoard, left the arsenal docks for Newport News. General Barry left on the steamer Mascotte for Tampa. SEPARATE SCHEDULE. Winnipeg, April 1.-Officials of the Canadian Pacific railroad told the road's mechanics at a conference held ioday. that they would insist on a separate schedule for the east and west divisions of the road. The fire men joined the mechanics at the con ference. Talk of the possibility of a strlike is heard on all sides. SMOKED BEEF REBELLION CLOSES MELODRAMATIC DEMONSTRATION OF SOLDIERS AGAINST IN DIANS ABOUT OVER. LAST ACT OF A "FARCE" Chief Crazy Snake Declines to Re spond to General Invitation to Sur. render Himself, as Troops Are About Ready to Make Their Bow and Retire to the Wings. Pierce, Okla., April 1.-(By Courier to Checotah).-What a Muskogee newspaper calls the "smoked beef re bellion," alleging it to be considerable of a joke, is all but over. In a day or two the militia, It is expected, will be withdrawn. Mcintosh county will feed between 80 and 100 prisoners, not one of whom resisted arrest, and Chilltti Harjo, otherwise Crazy Snake, will exercise due caution about ap pearlng In puhlic. He was not captured today, neither did he respond to a widely distributed Invitation to surrender. The pisturesque posses quitted the hunt, leaving the field to the First regiment, 0. N. G. Colonel Hoffman sent squads through the river bottoms and previously unex plored gulches In this vicinity, while MaJor Barrett, spreading his men, numbering 100, into extremely open order, advanced through the Hickory woods. Crazy Snake, however, was elsewhere. Meanwhile Colonel Hoffman held an extended pow-wow with the fugitive's sister. The latter succeeded in con vinclng Hoffman that she knew noth ing of her brother's whereabouts. "Very well, then," responded the colonel, "It's up to him. He has 24 hours more in which to put himself under protection. He should do it, for the next step undoubtedly will be the offering of a reward for him dead or alive." It is admitted that the wily red man has eluded his pursuers, He con trols his own destinies so long as he chooses to remain hidden. The terri tory in which he may roam is too large for the military to cover thor oughly. It is thought likely that Crazy Snake will walt until public excite ment subsides completely and then emerge from his hiding place. SUIT DISMISSED. Butte, Aprll.l.-The Kalispell Lum ber company and other concerns will have to begin a new suit of they hope Lo secure equitable rates. Today Judge Runt of the federal court for the listrlct of Montana dismissed the com plainlt of the Kallspell Lumber com pany and others against the Great Northern, for want of jurisdiction, in conformity with a decision of the cir cult courtof appeals. The case was brought to restrain the railroad from puting into effect a higher lumber tar iff. The suit was won here but was lost in the appellate court, and, in ac 'ordance with the decision, the demur rers to the complaint and the petitions in intervention were sustained. MAYOR TAKES OFFICE. Los Angeles. April 1.-George Alex ander. the successful candidate at the recent election, was sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles today, succeeding William D. Stephens, who was appoint ed to fill the temporary vacancy caused by the resignation of A. C. Har per. Mayor Alexander has already an nounced that he expects the resigna tion of every commissioner of the city government to be tendered him at once. Some of them, he said, may be re-appointed; others may not. SUFFRAGETTES GO TO JAIL. London, April 1.-Nine of the mili tant suffragettes who were arrested yesterday afternoon while attempting to force an entrance, into the house of commons, were arraigned in the Bow street police court today and sent by the magistrate to join their sisters in Holloway jail for one month. All refused to give sureties for their good behavior. MANY GRADUATE. Carlisle, Pa.. April 1.-The com mencement exercises at the Indian school were held today. The class Is the largest ever graduated, consisting of 52 students from the trades depart ment and 26 from the classical depart ment. JURISOICTION MATTER MUST NOW BE SETTLED Washington, April 1.-Following a conference with Attorney General Wickersham regarding the Panama canal libel suits, Stuart McNamara, who is acting as a special assistant to the attorney general, left here today for New York, where it is understood he will confer with United States at torneys concerning furthei investiga tions before the April grand jury into the alleged libelous publications by the New York World dealing with the Panama canal purchase. The question of jurisdiction is shortly to be argued before the New York courts. Other indictments were expected against the publication and perhaps against other officers of the World. STAR CHA, PROCEEDING ALLEGED DEMOCRATS DECLARE REPU3. LICAN SENATORS ARE "HOGGING" TARIFF. GENERAL DEBATE IS HELD Bacon's Resolution Calling feeor Ce..' sideration of the Bill by Fur Finance Committee lumtead of Ma jority Faction Precipitates a De cidedly Lively Controversy. Washlngton, April 1.-'What trnes out to be a general debate on the tar itf was a feature of the Menate po ceedings today on Senator BDaon's resolution favoring the nsidedratJoq of the tariff leglilatlon by the f-ll committee on fnance Instead of by the republican members of that sem mittee only. Senator Aidr"io 1 idse that the proceduroe adopted intl ib case was similar to that which ha! been the practice of the anto far ad years in dealing with tariff me-ew and he added that the amae alber was adopted in handling the Wilson tariff bill for which, he ald, a eubtil tute was framed by a ub-eoamlttetl composed of demoerate. When Senator Bacon called atten to a statement made by Senator al* Iast Monday that he had Just oo.* from the committee room where thu were "30 or 40 diaatisfled Pe asis vanlans," It wasr explained both b Mr. Hale and Mr. Aldrich that 0-4 number had been overstated. r seemed, Mr. Aldrich taid, that OR tb people coming before the membepd the committee have been eeiu! whose aassistance haa been neomsas for a proper understanding of the question being considered. e all the house had been hbaving hearings and had published nine vohlumes of them and he doubted whethe as, democratic senator had read any part of them. Bailey Retort. "You will have to jnele aind.edep. tion in my cae," maid M.. .sil.y, in terrupting, "although I have not read all of them and don't intend to." Mr. Aldrich said the exm s re net subpoenaed nor paid any witness fes nd he declared that their statements were not public hearings at all Senator Daniel insisted on knowing what objections could be urged Iby the senator from Rhode Island against the democratic members of the eommittee hearing the statements. "It is" said Mr. Daniel, "a private snap for the purpose of framing a tariff bill with out giving a right to representativs of the people to hear the testimomne." Mr. Aldrich said it wa the purpose of the committee, so far as he LMknew. to hold public hearings. Senator Rayner strongly opposeMd the majority method of framing the tar 1ff bill. Dividing plunder, '"When you are dividing this pum. der," he said, "at least be fair to eaeb other. On behalf of the senator 0T , West Virginia, I at least, beg of you to give him back his raw matsis. He has stood with you on the feld ef battle and when the hour of submis sion comes, the senator from West Virginia will be here and his protaMt Ing voice will not be heard in thin hall against a single article on the schedule. He referred to the coal mines of Senator Elkins and his indignation over the proposition to place the po ducts of his state upon the free list. "We on this side," he said, "are is the camp of the vanquished and e far as I am concerned, I would rather be in the camp' of 'the vanquished than in the camp of the victors in the possession of the spoils.' Mr. Rayner declared that the repub lican procedure were merely a star chamber process. "I have a right," said Mr. Aldrich. replying to the latter charge, "to have a conversatlon without having a democratic senator cross-examine the person with whom I conversed." '$e declared the democratic members of the finance committee were holding meetings of their own and that they had their experts. Lose Individuality. Mr. Rayner said the members of the committee lost their individual ehare ter when they became a committee of the senate charged with a public duty. Mr. Aldrich replied that if the sen ator from Maryland should franme a tariff bill according to his policy he would not get 10 democratic votes for it. He said a distinguished senator from Maryland (the late Mr. German). had recast the Wilson bill on lines that did not agree with the ideas put forth by the present senator from that state and he did not believe he relps sented the views of all the people of Maryland, even of the demoerats of that state. Tennessee, Georgi North Carolina, Louisiana and other states of the south, he said, are no longer in sympathy with free trade principles. Just to All. "You might as well be franLt" said Mr. Aldrich, addressing the democsatie senators, "and admit that. I don't in tend to let such a speech as that of the senator from Maryland deter u, from being just to every southern stat The tariff policy will be Just to hear section and to every later' St 1-hi country. I am quite certain tat tl senator from Maryland will havero followers upon his side of the am ber p Senator Bailey indig ~itl reomat the right of Senator A.si h to speah (Oontlnued on Page Tea,)