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THE WEATHER ATYMISSOUTLTAN WIR VOL. 'XXXVI. NO. 70. MISSOULA, MONTANA, W EDNESDAY OI NINI1, JTULY 14, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENT$ MANY BRIEFS' MATTERS CONFEREES ARE BESIEGED BY LOBBYISTS WHO WOULD CHANGE THE BILL. MANY .POINTS SETTLED Some Four Hundrsd Amendments to the Measure Are Finally Acted Upon by the Joint Conference Members From the House and Senate-Sub Conferees Have Lots of Work to Do. Washington, July 13.-fy passing over the cotton and woolen schedules without taking up any of the amend ed-paragraphs, and skipping the dis puted points connected with the rates on lumber In the wood schedule, the tariff conferees were able today to dispose of about 40 amendments. Many important subjects such as the drawback feature of the alcohol para graph, the rates on oil cloth, and the various items under the head tof litho graphs were submitted to 'sub-con ferees.' When the night session was begun' the conferees had reached sun dries, nearly the last on the schedule. So many matters had boon put over the future sessions, however, that .it is difficult to tell just how much pro gress has been made. The moment a member of a con ference emerges from a session he is surrounded and briefs relating to various schedules are thrust at him by lobbyists. Some of the conferees have adopted the plan of refusing 'to ac cept these arguments, basing their declination upon the fact that the bill has been considered in both branches of congress and that it is now the duty of the conference com mittee to harmonize the differences without outside influence, of arutloind. e* 'if o'e conferees predict that a report ;on be made before a week from Saturday, but some go as far as to forecast August 1, or later for the idjournment of the extra session. 'An unexpected burst of speed was exhibited by the tariff conferees to night. :nid the first consideration of thT bill was completed. When to Adrrow'e session begins the struggle over the important differences be jiireen the house and the senate will qp.1Thus far all of the questions sivlvlfg raw materials, which have eeh the subjects of heated disputes, y been put over after brief dis dyi. sohs held for the purpose of do termining the temper of the represon tatives of the two branches of con gress. The bill agein will be taken up in the nuimterical order of the amend mnents, which means that the chemical schedule will be the first. MAY IiAVE TO CALL 0TEDY TO THE CHAIR Yosemite, Cal, July 13.-Bishop Wil 1am " f. Bell of Los Angeles, in an v s before the Yosemite Valley dhaut iqqua last night, declared that if "William Howard Taft fails to make a good tariff and disappoints the people,, after making them promises, it may be necessary to recall to the White House our dearly beloved Theo dore." Bishop Bell said further that the tnme's demanded a strong, fearless man for, president and also a clean, fearless president. He declared that the clergy had been too indifferent to politics in the past. Wealth, he said, was centered in a few individual haeds- and the time wps coming for a division, "even if a revolution is nec essary. SUPPORT IS PLEDGO TO WOMAN SUFFHAE Seattle, July 13.-When the Pacific Coast Unitarian conference last Sat urday affirmed its approval of the Mðodist plank, it changed two words 'h -plank No. 1 to commit the Uni tarian 'ýdhurch to suffrage. The Uni tarian"plank reads: "Fo'r equal rights and complete lus 'Ice for all men and women in all stations of life," The words "and I *otneth" are not in the Methodist Plank: I"tev. 3J D. Thomas, the Seattle Uni tirian pastor, said today: "'e are pledged to the cause of equial rights for men and women. I mhyself am an ardent suffrggist and ý 'canisot see how any Unitarian can b. -anything else." "1,MNY DEATHS REPORTED. 'Amoy; China, July 13.-It is officially r¶ported today that 174 deaths from the1 bubonse plague and 36 deaths from olf 1#ra `ocurred here during the. two weeks.eaded last Monday. CAPITAL CITY IS 01QUICKLY CAPTURED CONSTITUTIONAL FORCES PRAC. TICALLY CAPTURE TE HERAN, IN PERSIA. ORDER IS MAINTAINED Attention of Royalists Is Attracted in One Direction While Invading Force Makes an Easy Entrance to City From Another Direction-The Cos sacks Were the Only Defenders. Teheran, Persia, July 13-Recent events ip Asia are being repeated in Persia. The constitutionalists forces are now in possession of the greater part of Teheran, which they entered I this morning without encountering any organized resistance. While Sar darasad and Sipahdar, the leaders in the movement, concentrated the at tention of the royalists by demonstra tions to the west, a Strong body of nationalists and Bakhtiaris made their way unnoticed around to the north, from which point the capture of the capital was not difficult. The royal ists are badly situated to make fur ther resistance, and the Cossacks un der command of Russian officers re main outside the city entirely cut off from their comrades. The strictest discipline is being maintained by the nationalists. The nationalist leader in a note to the Russian and British legations guar antees surety of life and property to foreigners, adding that nothing is de manded from the shah but a real constitution. Sipahdar already has summoned the members of the Mejliss to witness the opening of parliament. The invaders lost only one man while making their entry Into the city. The loss to the royalists is unknown, but cannot be heavy as the Cossacks were the only defenders to offer resistance. They are keeping up a desultory fire tonight and occasionally are making use of their artillery. There is much Ill feeling against the Russians and the nationalists are endeavoring to prevent any incident that might jus tify a Russion force entering the city. Attack Is Made. London, July 13.-A dispatch from Teheran says that the nationalists at tacked the Cossacks in the barracks and Artillery square for two hours this evening without succeeding in captur ing. the positions: The combat was fiercely waged, the Cossacks using shrapnel. A body of the shah's troops, the dispatch says, is coming from Shahabad by forced marches to the as sistance of the royalists. There is little sympathy in England for the shah, who, according to re ports from Persia, stands a good chance of losing his throne. Great Britain, in conjunction with Russia, consistently urged him to re-establish the constitution, the failure to do which has placed him in his .present uncomfortable position. Great Britain's further action will be confined to strictly safe-guarding Brit ish interests. It is believed that Rus sia will act similarly. MAY TRANSFER TO JAPAN. Tokio, July 13.-It is believed here that the new convention between Jap an and Korea extends beyond the financial arrangement necessary for the establishment of the center bank and It is expected that Korea will thereby transfer her judiciary auton omy tQ Japan. Al AuTOPSY PROvES A CASE Oif MUHDER Special to The Daily Missoulian. Butte, July 13.-Albert H. Jones, known as /"Rusty" Jones, Andrew Thomas Howard and Henry Johnson, all colored, were today formally held by the coroner's jury for the murder of. John Jones, who died in the John son cabin under mysterious circum stances on the night of July 2 and whose body was thrown into a de serted mine shaft. The testimony has always been contradictory during the four days' the inquest has been in progress and many of the members of the drug colony testified. All doubt was removed from the minds of the jurors today when the doctors who performed the autopsy testified that the body was in a normal healthy condition and that death was due. to a hemorrhage of the lungs due to ex =ternal injuries, the prevailing belief being that the man was given an overdose of morphine- and then beaten to death. A FEW MORE WITNESSES. Chicago, July 13.-Ella Gingles' fate may be in the hands of the jury by Friday night, according to Assistant State's Attorney Short. Upon resum ing the presentation 'of rebuttal testi money today Mr. Short said he had but half a dozen more witnesses to ex amine. THE MAN AND THE TIGER 1, YOR \( - ,Ný1HU 7 e z Z ----E f' vas To vent his spleen, it would seem, Bingham shot at the liger suprec-me, But his bullets missel fire, Only raised tiger's ire, And soon he was not to be seen. TREOOSANDOS ATTEND UOSD MAN 'S FUNEBA[ BODY LIES IN STATE AT ARMORY AND IS INTERRED IN TA COMA CEMETERY. Tacoma, July 13.-Thousands of peo ple paid their last tribute of respect and friendship to the late Congress man Francis W. Cushman today. The body lay in state at the armory from 10 a. m. to 1:0 p. m. A large num ber of floral tributes were heaped upon the bier. The funeral address was made by Rev. Alfred W. Martin. The former United States Senator John L. Wilson followed in a brief eulogy. Following the f public services, a private service was held at the arm ory and then the body was escorted to the Tacoma cemetery by Masonic bodies and a detachment of troops of the national guard. Masonic services were held at the cemetery. The hon orary pall bearers included former United States senators, governors, federal and state judges and rep resentatives of civic and municipal organizations. DESIR[S TO SELECT SVCCIESSOR PRINCE VON BUELOW WILL RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT OF HOLLWEG. Berlin, July 13.-Prince von Buelow, the retiring imperial chancellor, will formally propose in his audience with the emperor tomorrow that he be suc ceeded by Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, secretary of the Interior and vice chancellor. There i. reason to be lieve his majesty will accept this pro posal and that the appointment will be gazetted at once. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg is a col lege friend of the emperor; they were fraternity brothers in the Boruslan corps at Bonn, and during the entire reign of William Dr von Bethmann Hollweg often has advised his maj esty. It is claimed, however, that he has shown a disinclination to ac cept high office. He is a man of re served and thoughtful habits, and sometimes has been called the "philosopher statesman." Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg is of Jewish origin. In his youth he studied law and was appointed assistant judge. Before he was 30 years old he was made district governor of Ober Barnim, and after that his advance ment was rapid. PLANS AGREED UPON. Helena, July 13.-The members of the state board of examiners, the ad visory committee and representatives of, the. New Tqric and Helena firms appointed as architects, spent today in going over the plans for the new wings authorised by the recent legislature and which are to cost $500,000. The plans were tacitly agreed upon. 'There will be a final meeting Friday, after which actual building operations witl ! begin. BRGES SUBMISSION OF IMWORTANT BRYAN WOULD HAVE POPULAR ELECTION O'W SENATORS VOTED UPON SY tATES. Lincoln, Neb., July 13.-William J. Bryan today addressed a letter to President Taft asking him to allow the people to vote on popular elec tion of senators. Mr. Bryan says: To President Taft: Now that the states are going to vote on the rati ficatioh of the Amendment specifically authorizing an income tax, why not give them a chance to vote on an amendment providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote. . "In your speech of acceptance you said you were personally inclined to favor such a chance in the constitu tion. Would this not he an oppor tune time to present this subject to congress? Two constitutional amend ments, one authorizing an income tax, and the other providing for the popu lar election of senators would make your administration memorable, and I pledge you whatever assistance I can render in securing the ratification of these amendments. With great re spect, I am, yours truly, "W J BRYAN.' ORDERED TO TRIAL. Constantinople, July 13.-An imperial Irade issued today orders the trial 1'M court-martial of Djevad Bey, ex-vall of Adana; Mustah Pasha, the milita';' commander at Adana, and Yousseff Bey, governor of Jeb Elibrieket the vilayet of Adana, on the charge that they were implicated in the Armenian massacres of last April. FEDERATION MEMBER DIR[CTING SIRIKE Ely, Nev., July 13.-Thomas Corra of the Western Federation of Miners has taken charge of the strike of 400 miners employed at the Veteran mine of the Cumberland Ely company. At a meeting of the miners at Riep Ion last night it was decided to stand pat and continue the fight indefi nitely. Deputies Arnold and Smithy, ar rested in connection with the shooting of the two Austrian strikers, were released today, pending the filing of a complaint. The Veteran mine lI closed down. PERUVIANS DEPARTING. La Paz, July 13.-The ministers here I of Peru and Argentina are expecting final- instructions from their govern mynts as to what course they shall, pursue owing to the continued hostile demonstrations against the r legations in this city. The Peruvians residing in Bolivia are beginning to leave the country. ADOPTS TREATY. Paris, July 13.-The chamber "f deputies today adopted almost unani mously the amended Franco-Canadian treaty with the concurrence of the senate. HOTEL IS HELD UP BY DESPERATE BANDITS HO§TELRY AT UTAH HOT SPRINGS IS ROBBED BY THREE MASKED HIGHWAYMEN. Ogden, July 13.-Three masked men held up the hotel at the Utah hot springs, 10 miles north of Ogden, at 10:30 o'clock last night, and, after shooting Richard Barnett, the man ager of the resort, through the iight arm, pried open the safe, used jointly by the hotel and the United States postoffice at that point, and got away with between $400 and $500. About $300 of this amount was In stamps and money belonging to the govern ment. Six men standing In the lobby of the hotel were ordered to throw up their hands. Although Barnett had his hands up, one of the desperadoes fired at him, a .45-caliber ball passing through his right arm, between the elbow and the shoulder, Inflicting a painful, though not serious, wound. Sheriff Wilson has gone to the scene of the crime. FIREMAN IS KILLED IN WREK ORIENTAL LIMITED ..ON GREAT! NORTHERN ROAD LEAVES THE RAILS NEAR RONDO. Great Falls, July 13.-A special to the Tribune from Kalispell says: Great Northern Oriental Limited No. 2, eastbound passenger train, on the, Great Northern was wrecked late yes terday afternoon a mile west of Ron do. J. Hyde, fireman, was instantly killed, being cut in two by the engine. Engineer Suttersohm was scalded about the face and had his head bruised, but it is not believed that, he is fatally injured. One passenger had his back slightly hurt. The cause of the accident is not yet known, but the cars were thrown in every direction. The engine is lying on its side on one side of the track, and most of the wrecked cars on the other. The mail car is lying across the track, with one end in the Koote nai river; the baggage car is lying on its side and half submerged in water; the dynamo car is off its trucks and crosswise of the track, and the smoker is also partially under water. Five other cars are off the track, but not materially damaged. Immediately after the wreck the cars' caught tire, but it was extin guished by the train crew and passen gers. The track is considerably torn, up and all traffic will be delayed for 10 hours or more, MAKES FINE FLIGHT. Calais, July 13.-Herbert Latham, the French aeroplanist, who is wait ing here for favorable weather condi tions to attempt to reach England in his monoplane, made a splendid 15 minute trial flight this morning. In coming down, however, the propeller was slightly damaged by contact with I the earth. Thcre was a slight wind at, the time of Lathatt's flight. fIGRT OCCURS ON EXALTED RULER CONTEST OVER HEAD OF THE ELKS PROVES TO BE A BIT TER AND LONG ONE. J. U. SAMMIS IS CHOSEN Iowa and Ohio Delegations Lead in Spirited Battle to Elect Respective Candidates, but Former Wins by Close Margin, Result Being in Doubt Until Votes Are Countsd. Los Angeles, July 13.-The grand lodge of Elks today elelted the fol owing officers: Exalted ruler, James U. Sammis, Lo mars, Iowa. Leading knight, Warren G. Sayre, Wabash, Ind. Lecturing knight, J. D. Jones, Scranton, Pa. Secretary, Fred C. fobinson, Duhu quo, Iowa. Treasurer, Edwin R. Leach, New York. Trustee, Perry A. Clay, Denver. Tyler, Charles L. Dicker, Bemidji, Minn. Inner guard, A. M. Taylor, St. Au gustine, Fla. The balloting for grand exalted loyal knight resulted in no election, four candidates being voted for and no one receiving a majority. J. L. Preston of Wyoming received, 352 votes. Another ballot will be taken to morrow. The count was completed at 9 o'clock, and after the official noti fication of the result had been made to Grand Exalted Ruler Holland at his headquarters at the Alexandra hotel, the results were given to the press. The Vote for grand exalted ruler was extremely close, Sammis receiv ing 592 votes and Herrmann, 529. Big Fight. The big fight of the session of the grand lodge was over the election of a gran, exalted ruler. The result of this contest was in doubt uiqtll the count of the votes was completed. During the last hours the struggle for votes, led by the Iowa delegation for ilammis, and the Ohio delegation for Herrmann, grew into a hitter one, and into this final struggle many prominent Elks, includingRush L. Hol land, the present grand exalted ruler, was drawn. In a statement regarding the publi cation of a letter he had written to Sammis, Mr. Holland complained that unfairness had been shown in not giving out the entire contents of the letter, but only such portions as made it appear that he had indorsed the candidacy of Sammis. The only other contest was over the office of grand lecturing knight. Harry Walter of Philadelphia and J. D. Jones of Scranton, Pa., were nom inated. Jones developed considerable: strength during the last hours. The only business transacted by the grand lodge today, outside of the election of officers, was the selection of Detroit 4s the place for holding they reunion in 1910. St. Louis, Boston and Portland, Ore., were nominated as rivals of Detroit, but no strength for any one of these developed and when St. Louis withdrew from the contest, Detroit was named by accla mation. Many Visitors. Thousands of visitors to the reunion who did not attend the session of the grand lodge, went to Santa Mon lca, Ocean Park and Venice, nearby beach resorts, where a program of en tertainment was provided. In the annual report -of Grand Ex alted Ruler Holland, the matter of establishing an orphanage for the children of deceased Elks is submitted to the grand lodge without recom mendation. The location of the pres ent national Elks' home at Bedford. Va., was criticized by the grand ex alted ruler, who suggested that a fund of $218,000 be raised by the Elks in the next 10 years by an annual assessment of 5 cents a member and that a new home be built in some other city. The report shows that the last year has been one of unprecedented pros nerity for the order. Forty two new lodges have been established and the total number of members exceeds H00,000. The report condemns the use of membership in the Elks' order for po litical purposes and urges the expul sion of any member of abusing his privileges. ONLY STATE SCHOOLS. Helena, July 13.-The attorney gen eral's office today rendered an opinion to the effect that the law pgssed by the legislature in 1909, which prohibits the establishment or maintenance of a saloon within 2,000 feet of educational institutions applies not to county or districts schools, but exclusively to state educational institutions, which have a technical and limited meaning in Montana statutes ORDERS GIV1N TO BEGIN WORK TELEGRAM TO MR. INCH ORDERS STREET CAR LINE CONSTdUC TION TO BEGIN. POLES WILL BE PLACED Rails for Missoula's Electric Railway Have Been Ordered From Colorado and Will Be in the City by the Time the First Line of Poles Is Gotten Into Position for Wires. Butte, July 13. 1909. Mr. S. IT. Inch, Missoula, Mont., Have ordered rails from Colora do; shipment next week. Pro ceedt with the erection of poles. Senator has ordered trolley wire. A. H. WETHEIY. This telegram, received yesterday by Superintendent Inch of the electric railway, contains the first positive and definite order from the headquar ters of W. A. Clark for the beginning of actual operations on the construc tion work of the electric car line. Its significance is Important as it means that the work of building the line, as far as it has been projected, will be undertaken without delay. Acting upon the orders contained In the telegram, Mr. Inch at once began the assembling of a gang of men for the work ahead of him. This work, will, It is expected, occupy all of to day and tomorrow morning the poles. will be stuck up. Work will start at the corner of South Fifth and Ash streets and will proceed from there to the city limits. Enough poles are here in the ma terial yards to keep the, gatn baWe for some time and more will be` here soon. The steel for the line will come from the Colorado Fuel & Iron company; the copper wire will be made at Mr. Clark's works in the east. The material will come right along so that there will he no de lay in the construction and the roll ing stock will be here as soon as the track Is ready. When the work of building the line from Fifth and Ash streets in fin ished, the construction of other parts`; of the line will be taken. up. The first section of line to be built will extend from the point of beginning to the site for the car barns and shops in section 29. At this point the Northern Pacific will build at once a spur for unloading material and in every way possible the construction work will be facilitated. ASSESSMENT SHIOWS SUBSTANTIAL CI1N Special to The Daily Missoulian. Butte, July 13.-County Assessor Sullivan completed the 1909 assess ment roll of Silver Bow county this afternoon and, according to the fig ures taken from the last pear's as sessment book, the assessment this year is approximately $2,5082,720 more than in 1908. The actual assessment as now completed is $31,684,845, but about $3,000,000 will be added to this figure when the state board sends In the figures for the railways. Last year the total assessment was $34. 676,265, but this was reduced by the board of equalization to $31,112,125. The board struck from the list the stock assessment of W. A. Clark and F. Augustus Heinze, and Assessor Sullivan has not added them to this year's list. REMAINS ARE FOURD IN LARGE PASTURE Miles City, July 13.-The body of Richard Samples, a Mispah rancher, was found Monday morning in a pas ture 20 miles from town by H. B. Lowe, who has a sheep camp about a mile away. Samples left town in com pany with Jack Houston and another man Sunday. He had been drinking and the wagon- upset near where the corpse was found. His companions left him, as they were seen a couple of miles away while Samples was still wrestling with his overturned load. H6 evidently committed suicide from de spondency, as a bullet hole was found over his left eye, together with much powder burn. RETURN TO WORK. Honolulu, July 1.--All of the Jap anese laborers at the WaImanale plantation, who, struck yesterday and who made a demonstration a al County Sheriff Jarrett, when he St rested five of their leaders, retuirt44 . work today.