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ALL the news every day from everywhere. _J- *ß b - . •;; , MMMM VOL..XLIV. # NO. 282. MISSOULA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY6, 191S. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Arthur Soule Pleads Not Guilty; Declares It Was Self Defense Bail Fixed at $18,000 After Bitter Fight; Parks Resists. WIFE MAY LEAVE TOWN, IS REPORT Said to Be Anxious to Get Separation From Her Husband. Thompson * Falls, Feb. â. —Special.— Arthur Soule, pioneer Sanders county rancher, pleaded self defense tonight •when he was arraigned before Justice of the Peace W. <\ Adams for the mur der of Ben Soule, his nephew, two weeks ago. The old man admitted killing his young relative, but declared that lo aded In self defense. He entered a plea of not guilty and waived prelimi nary hearing. Prosecutor Wade Parks will take the case to the district court today. The prosecutor and A. S. Ainsworth, counsel for the defense, engaged in a hitter controversy at the hearing over the matter of bail. Parks fought to have Soule held In jail, but Justice Adams finally admitted the defendant to hail in the sum of $13,000. If Soult furnishes the hail, as he is expected to do. Parks will take the matter before the district court, he said tonight. Judge Theodore Lentz of Missoula opens court here tomorrow. Nothing was said at the hearing to night about the suspicions which the elder Soule first offered as the reason for the fatal duel. The relations lie tween the young man and Mrs. Arthur Soule were not mentioned. Mrs. Soule, who has already sworn that her husband started the fight in his nephew's cabin, is reported upon good authority, to be seeking a sepern tion and financial settlement from her husband in order that she may leave Thompson before the trial. She and her husband, it is said, came to Thompson about n week before the killing to arrange a separation, hut de cided to wait. They have had do mestic difficulties before, Soule having sued three men for alienating his wife's affections several years ago. The elder Soule is reputed to lie worth about $40,000. He has been a rancher here for nearly half a century. Mrs. Soule's story was that her hus band entered Hen's cabin with a gun In his hand and without a word aimed the weapon at his nephew and pulled the trigger. When the gun failed to go off. the wife says, the elder Soule attacked Hen with his fists. During the fight Hen secured a revolver and wounded the old man in the shoulder, .lie ran out-of-doors then, but Arthur followed and brought him down with a bullet through the leg. Then, ac cording to the wife, he rushed upon Ids victim and, despite prayers for mercy, clubbed him to death with the barrel of his rifle. FIND VON RINTELEN GUILTY CONSPIRACY Placed Bombs to Destroy Food and Munition Ships. New York, Feb. 5.—Franz von Ilin telen, German naval officer, and a re tailed member of the German war staff, was found guilty with eight other de dendants in federal court here today of conspiracy to destroy foot! and munitions ships of the entente allies by placing "fire bombs" in their cargoes. Judge Howe immediately imposed the maximum penalty of 1$ months' im prisonment in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta and a fine of $2,000, on each of the prisoners. "Pleas of lack of proof, sickness, re cent marriage and ignorance of the laws of this country." Judge Howe said. • will not influence this court in im posing sentence,'' _____ Others convicted today are Captain Otto Wolpert, Karl von Kleist. Ernest Iîecker. Frederick William Karbade. Wilhelm Parades. George Praedel, Eu gene Reister and Walter I'hde. Rumor Soldiers' Families Have Not Received Money resolution Washington. Feh. 3. asking the secretary of the treasury advise the senate regarding the allow ances that have been paid to soldiers families during the'past three months, was adopted today by the senate, Senator .Hitchcock in introducing resolution, sa.d that he had heard •widespread complaint in the west that jneny families had not been paid. The Weather Montana: Generally fair and somewhat colder east of the divide; probably rain or snow west of the divide Wednesday; Thursday prob ably unsettled. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Maximum 42 Minimum 28 At 6 a. m. 35 At 6 p. m.......37 | The ■weather remained balmy yester- j day and the thaw continued. Jumbo J and Sentinel begun to take on a coat of green today that gat e Missmilinns fei hue that sioing was not far off. WEATHER (Tlj Bismarel; Duluth Huron Moorhead Omaha St. Paul Williston .... Denver Havro ... Helena Salt I,akc Portland Spokane ...... Calgary Edmonton Medicine Ilat Minnedosa Winnipeg . BULLETIN. Min. TAKE POWER OF RUSSIAN CHURCH Government Takes Property and Separates It From State Affairs. Petrograd, Feb. 5.—The Soviet is sued a decree today, sigmed by Nikolai lamine and* other members of the de facto government absolutely separating the church and the state, eliminating church income from the state and confiscating all church real ty. furnishings and paraphernalia. The decree^ stipulates that religious societies may continue to use the property ex* clusively for religious services, aJ though the title is vested in the state. Religious freedom is guaranteed so long as religious secieties do not in terfere with social order, limit the rights of individuals or binder the re public. No religious sc.rupies are to exempt persona from their duties as citizens. The religious oath is can celled and replaced in promise. State Takes its Place. :i. I les and birth reg * he performed by the Religious teaching is state schools and ir with a similar ceir Marriage core istrations are :< civil authorities abolished from private schools riculum. In connection with the seizure of Alexander Nevsky Monater, which oc curred yesterday by order of Madame Kolonty, minister of social welfare, there was a riot and a sharp struggle In which the monks fought the Red fiuard. One monk, named Stipetrov, who was wounded, died tonight. The church authorities are arranging a great demonstration in the Petrograd streets which the Bolshevik leaders are seeking to prevent on ihe grounds that it might bring a clash. The church authorities, however, apparently are determined to carry out their plan. Senate Passes Measures Introduced bv H. L. Myers Washington. Feb. 5.-—The senate to day paused the following hills intro aueed by Senator Myers, of Montana: Bill for suspension of payments on public lands by countrymen in th" military or naval service of the United States. A bill to provide for »Lock watering privileges on certain nnallot tfd lands on the Flathead Indian reser vation. Joint resolution to permit of the disposition of certain lands In I Montana ceded by Crow Indians. A ! bill for the relief of settlers on c. r 1 tain .oalroad land in Montana. |-- One Man Loses Life From Gas Fumes In Washington 40 18 :is 60 j 42 46 j B0 j 60 I 68 j 50 j 40 j 42 24 j Seattle, Feb. 5.—Gas fumes In the • two and one-quarter mile tunnel of the [Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail j W ay at Rockdale, In thi* county, killed to , ont , man late today, and only quick ! action with pulmotors saved the lives j of three others. A signal man on a tour of inspection found the four men lying unconscious 640 feet from the the [west portal of the tunnel, where they of had been overcome while doing see non repair work. The foreman of the crew, John Lax in, died. • _ LAYS BLAME FOR RAIL CONGESTION ON MANAGEMENT Inefficient Operation Plan to Discredit Government Says Union Head. BITTER CHARGE MADE AT WAGE HEARING _____ . . Commission .Session Ruffled by Allegations Against Road Operators. \\ . sI»inK!«>n. l'« b. 5. Innoflclrnt operation ni the railroads riMuliin^ in traffic congestion with its arnvi* at tendant .evils, was chat'Keil by UUIon labors leaders at a hearing' today be fore the ruiroad watte commission, to a desire on the part of the ntaraifo ments of the systems to discredit the eight-hour law and to make :• lailur of government control. These elntrge were made l>y W. G. Ia»e, head .1 tit trainmen. A. Ü. tlanetson, head of th conductors, .tin! other witnesses. They j told the commission that tin* facts al legcd in their charges explained th- I alleged collapse of the transportation j [system el the eountry, including such roads of splendid record as the* Penn sylvania. "Rotten Railroading." The brotherhood leaders used such vigorous expressions as "rotten rail roading" to convey their opinion of tile way the business has been carried on since the government took charge, and they offered to produce scores of In stances of delayed crews, changes in personnel and misuse of rolling stock to prove their statements. The ordinarily quiet course of such a hearing was ruffled from the very outset. Dee and Gurretson, appearing to present the claims of their brother hoods for wage Increases, found several railroad representatives present and entered an Immediate protest, declar ing they did not propose to deal with two seta of employers. The commis sion explained that the railroad men were there I,\ special Invitation to sup plement. not to antagonize the Infor mation presented by th-- employas. Make Strong Charges. This question hardly had been smoothed over before decision of the working of the eight-hour law and the effect of government supervision of the ronds precipitated charges he Js-e that the managements were doing their utmost to discredit both. He said over time had been doubled and tripled to make the effect of the Adamson law more expensive, and to represent that the workers were obtaining large wage increases. Furthermore, he declared that every effort was being used to handicap the transportation to crente dissatisfaction with the government's part in the business. "I would go hack to about four banks in New York if I wanted to find out the real cause for this," he said. Increased Expense. Asked how he thought the alleged results had been accomplished he said he thought the "word had been passed down the line" that overtime was to bo increased greatly. He did not think that there had been a conspiracy "from the presidents down to the fjispfltetters'' to delay trains under government sup. ervision, but insisted sufficient per sons ware interested to that end to ob tain what they desired. He referred to the train dispatchers as "train delay ers." Secretary Done, chairman of the commission, asked numerous questions concerning the union leader's allega tions and wanted to know if he meant that the railroads actually had run up their operating costs in order to dis credit the Adamson law. Mr. Dee re plied that was the case adding that It was "perfectly natural." Requests for Increased wages were made by I.ce, Garretson and Helt on behalf of their organizations, by K. 11. Morton, representing the Order of Hall way station agents and the brother hood of railway tower men and signal men. and by P. J. Coyle, representing the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employes. All of them told of increased living costs. The unions beside the tiainmen and conductors which ob tained an eight hour day under the Adamson law. requested a basic eight hour day and time and a half for over time. j t | Subs Destroyed as Fast as Huns Can Make Them Washington, Feb. 3. -Representatlv. Miller, who recently visited the battle [front In France, told the house toda i that he believed ijerrron submarines jure being destroyed ahout as rapidly as [Germany can build them. He praised; | Vice Admiral Hirns for the methods he j had adopted with American destroyers .and cruiser convoys to combat the sub-I 'marine menace. Seek Death of Wilhelm During Riot London, Feb. 6.—A bomb was thrown at the imperial palace in Berlin by strikers Saturday eve ning, according to Berlin advices received here from Berne. Kaiser Wilhelm was supposed to be in the palace at the time and it it be lieved that the attempt was made on his life. It whs n»*t li»;»rne«l whether the Itomli exploded Immediately nf tor the attempt 25 persons were arrested by the Merlin pollue and tr<»ops stationed near the palace. This is the first homb attempt on the Unifier that has become pub lic and it Is interpreted here as an indie dion of the bitter feeling; held by th»* strikers auainst the govern ment. \eoordlne t « » lit« advices the strike situation is living out in many quarters m th«* (îerman em pli . although reports continue \o arrive of discontent being; mani fested by small uprisings among the working classes. Thl« feeling has extended to the (human troops in blunders and re ports have be« n nrrlvod that th• * soldiers have Incited Melgian work men to strike. BRITISH PLAN TO TRAIN SAMMEES (J encrai Bliss Considering Proposal to Put Troops in English Camps. Washington, Feb. 5. In view of tho difficulty in finding ships to put Amer ican fighting power iu France, < Jetterai Bliss. representing the United States at military sessions of the supreme war council, is considering with Brit ish officials the ad visa hillt \ of starting flow of American battalions through e licit ish training system t « * front line trenches in Flanders. This proj , it was learned today, has been talked over in varions forms, one of the oncrete proposals being that 150 bat tallioiiM be assigned for such training. Expedite Movement. Congestion at the American embar kation ports In France lies back of the suggestion. By diverting certain units to licit ish ports, passing them through the Rritish system, and finally trans ferring them to General Pershing's army, it has been urged that a con siderable body of men could be trained and put on the firing line who other wise could hot he sent forward for months. The question apparently, however, largely is one of maintaining continu ous supply lines for ail troops sent over, rather than of finding ships to carry the men. Becretary Baker today refused to discuss any of the questions Involved in the shipping situation. Asked specifically as to the proposal to train additional American forces In Flanders, he said: "I cannot discuss the movement or projected movement of troops either for training or for combat in France." SAYS SYSTEM, NOT OFFICIALS AT FAULT Senator Wadsworth Argues for War Council. up ' not the is as for so is so as in Washington, Feb. 5.—Developments fodayr promised Indefinite extension of the controversy in the senate over American war efficiency and the mili tary commission bills for a war cabinet and munitions director. Henator Wadsworth, a republican committee member, delivered a pre pared speech in be}:a!f of the proposed legislation, criticising what he de scribed as utter lack of system and comprehensive planning In th<- govern ment's war activities. Senator Wadsworth In his address today declared that the system and not individuals is responsible for the pres nt conditions which, he said, "cruelly handicap the government and precludes businesslike team work on Ihe part of bureaus and various organizations, constituting a conglomeration of "am bitious and scattered agencies." He insisted that a war cabinet or similar body under some other name Is es sential. 1 »erause it is physically irn - possible for the president to coordinate the government's functions. Senator Wadsworth denied that the legislation was design«! to or would result in interference with the presi dent's authority. STANDARD TO REBUILD. ( [ Anaconda. l eb. .. — Before the fire ha* been completely subdued In the building occupied by the Anaconda . Standard, plans were being made by the publishers for immediate recon ^struction. BINGHAM SEES SCIENCE FIGHT DRUG FOR LIFE Without Suffering, Chicago Historian Spends Day of Short Time Left in Quiet Reflection. While his physicians us*d ever\ device fight to si a \ the deadly, subtle process of t'hicngo historian, yesterdnv spent in other da> of the brief time left foi him to Without sutb ring or loss of mental power room, refusing all visitors and pinhablv j aware of tin* almost hopeless battle which science is waging against the] death R* which In* dimmed himself | Sund.»; b\ swallowing an overdose of] bichloride of merem y The poison has already had serious ! effects. Upon the stomach its caustic qualities have done Inin, and the dan- ] gérons influence upon the kidneys which is ihe usual cause of death In j such eases hits already been observed : Ringham s doctors bave not yet given up hope, however. They believe that i there is still a chance of saving the poison victim. If they can cheek the inroads of the mercury upon tin- kid neys Bingham may survive. If the* do not the poison will slowly suspend the kidneys' function until, aftei a day, perhaps, or a week, death conics sud denl\ through acut« Bright's disease. Condition Very Serious. Bingham's condition last night was serious, it was said it St Patrick's hospital. I *r. t barley Rixley. who is In charge of the case, admitted that the man had reached a critical stage hut held out hopes for recovery. H«s Brief Space Left. In any event, a brief spue«* of al most normal life is left to the man. It is tin* history of such cases that the Victims of bichloride of mercury j poisoning live sometimes for as long | as 10 days, apparently h. good health I before death suddenly snatches them f Men have been known to give parties and even go to t lient erg, spending their precious last moment« In enjoynitMit. The Chicago historian is too weak for anything like that, even if In* was so inclined, It is said. But his mind is clear and his body free front pain, so that while almost beyond hope he Is as full* alive as ever. No Light on Myitory. Nothing that could throw new* light upon the ease wus revealed yesterday. Whether Bingham sought to end his life or took the poison, as he says he did, by mistake is not clear. Hlnce be came to Missoula a month ago to gathei material for a history of the state he has spoken frequently of mys terious troubles. Recently lie had b *ei» drinking heavily, and this fact, taken in connection with his willingness At first to die. indicates that tin poison may have been swallowed wilfully of fh Not Chicago Man, ('hieiigo, Feb. 5. At the offices of the American # Historical society today , it was declared that W. II Bingham wa« not n Chicago man, but lived at Gold water, Mich. He was about 50 .years old and hud been employed by the so ciety off a no on tor a number »f years traveling about the country and writ ing histories of states. Complete largest Measure for Deficiency Expenses - Washington. Feh. f>. The largest de ficiency appropriation bill in the Ids tory of the United States, carrying $1,500,000,000 and $2.000,000.000, In eluding huge sums for aviation for th army and navy, was completed today by tin house appropriations sub-ec milter. It will tie reported tmnonow to the full committee. U. S. TO CONTINUE HEATLESS MONDAYS Rail Conditions and Severe Weather Hold Famine. by Washington, Feb. 5.- With the east facing the most acute coal shortage of the winter and In the grip of the cold est weather In a generation. Ihe gov ernment decided today that the heat 1»ms Monday program cannot at this time be abandoned as had been hoped The conclusion to continue the clos ing was reached at a conference be tween fuel administrator Garfield and Director General McAdoo, attended by a dozen state fuel administrators. There was no official announcement, but a joint statement probably will b given out tomorrow. There had been every indication up to last night that the Monday holidays were over, but reports brought to Washington by the state fuel admin istrators that throughout most of the east there Is on hand but one day's supply of coal, coupled with the weather situation, were accepted as convincing proof that the present is no time to lift the closing order. known to science In their dosn.oate tncrcurv poisoning. W II lUngham, clear-headed, painless refleet ion an live. power Ringham lay in his hospital HUNS CLEVERLY OMIT A COMMA MakeCzernin S»y He'd Fight lor German Possession of Belgium. London, Feb The most important passage in the speech which Count C'/eridn, Un Aust m- Hungarian foreign minister, »rath o I causing delivered before the January ' 4. which I stoim of anti Austria relch tutlon in Germany and Bulgaria, was cleverly distorted so as to completely change its meaning in tin* version which the German Wolff bureau per mitted to go to Fngland and America. Refining to president Wilson's pro posals. the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister wuh quoted as saving: Comma Is Misting. "! think there Is no harm In stating that I regard the n cent proposals of President Wilson as an ap| reclahle ap proach to Uu* Austro .Hungarian point of view and that to some of them Aus tria - Hungary Joyfully could giv e her approval. Rut she must first lay down this principle, that In so far as then ropositlons concent her allies, wln thi fh the case of Germany's possession of Belgium, or In the case ot Turkey, Austria-1 hi men ry. faithful to hcr en gagemciits to tight to the end lu de fense of her allies, will defend the pos «Ions of her allies a« she would he w n. That Is the standpoint of our Hies, in regard to which there Is per çut reciprocity." The correct text of thirf «ection of Ymnt ('Zemin's speech as printed in Ihe Vienna newspapers, follows What Czsrnm Did Say. "Ho far us these propositions con on her allies, whether In ihe case of critian possession, Belgium or Tur key, Austria-Hungary, faithful to tier iigugciiiftitx, will go to ill»' extreme in defense of hot allies. Site will do fioul th- pre-war possession of lier al lies as slo would her own," By removing the comma between •erman possessions" and "Belgium" aniWiy dropping ihe Important adjec * '^pre-war" Count Czoriiln was made to sav that he would defend -many's possession of Belgium. Tilts is tin- very lliing ho omphalicalli [ disclaimed." , 1 of by I U. S. SOCIALISTS ASK PEACE TALK AT ONCE Request Wilson to Join Brest-Litovsk Session. m : ; I I j : I 'lib : announei j (• I ». 5 Tim national tlx» of the Socialist f Its peace program today. An add to President Wilson and member congress supports the Bolshevik peace propositions and calls upon the admin istration at Washington to Join in the discussions between the central pow era and the Bolshevlkl and to alt' nipt t «» gel other entente ailles to join. It asserts that mere stattf iientx of peace conditions are futile and likely to multiply causes of disagreement. Belligerent nattons. It sa.vs. must meet one another In conference. It asks j that the United States recognize the I I resent d»- facto government at P» tro grnd. «*? f Roosevelt Undergoes Minor Operation at Oyster Bay Ovate»- Bay, N Y„ Feb. 5. Ojlonel Theodore Roost\clt underwent an op edition for nbccss a few days ago, it l»e ame known tonight after his re niovul to Ids home here in Ne\%- York city. Ills removal to New York, It was said, was to place his physician In close touch with the case. Tonight, It was said, his condition ' was excellent" and that in a week ot ten days ho will have recovered. FEDERAL AGENTS RAID OFFICES OF BIG MEAT TRUST rrade Commission Attorney Searches Private Vault of Chicago Company. SWIFT CONCERN GETS COURT INJUNCTION To Use Valuable Documenta in Hearing of Packing Industries' Work. [ , Chicago, Fell. 5. Heart'll of the secret letter files of Henry Vender, general omi.xel for Hwlft A Co., for documents sought In the Investigation of the pack ers by the federal I rude committee was »mill'd lain today by a temporary stay order Issued by Federal Judge K. M. 1 ,11 lulls. The order stopped the examination of ihe files begun several hours earlier Francis J. Iloney, attorney for the federal Haile commission on authority of a search warrant isslted by Judge Daiulis under tin* provisions of the espionage act. Armed With Warrant. Armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Landis, Francis J. Henry, nt torney for the federal trade commis sion, today rnude a sensational raid on the vault of Henry Veeder, general counsel for Swill dc Co. and seized hundreds of let tors, records and docu ments for use in the federal Investiga tion of Hie I tack lug Industry. The affidavit on which the search warrant was issued at the instunce of ('hurles F. Olyint, district attorney, charges, among other things, that the docuincnls sought In Veeder'* vault had niilhui'lzm! combinations of certain felonious control to fix prices of meats, vegetables, etc., that there had been conspiracy In false entries In the hooks In Vender s control, and tlinl the Hwflt, Morris, Armour, Wilson and Cudahy companies had entered Into a combina - lion to submit combination bids for govi-i nmeni contracts. Files Objections. Tin affidavit also contained a spe cific lisi of the documents desired, It heilig contended that these would tend to substantiate the charges against the puckers In obtaining the stay order, Mi Vreder claimed ihijt many of the doi uinenls were his personal property, that In was standing on Ills constitu tional tights In refusing to permit their examination, and that Ihe wurraiit wus issued without probable cause. I » lierai officials pointed out tonight I liai I lie sustaining of the stuy order would affect every activity of the gov erntnent under the espionage act. It was under t lut t act that I. W. W. docu ments were seized which resulted ill Up' arrest of llti members of that or ganization It also has been Invoked to obtain evidence lit many case« of enemy alien activity against the United Slab The hearing on a motion to make Um order permanent will be held before Judge Daniils tomorrow morn ing. Huns Continue Air Raids Over Venice, Killing Many Italian Army Headquarters In North ern Italy. Monday, Feb. 4.—By the As soclated I'tt-ss. A series of air raids huv* been taking place almost continu : onxly during the last 24 hours over ; Venice, I'adtta. Trevlzo, Mestre and tho I outlying farm sections. Fight clvll I Ians have been killed and 12 wounded j and much private property has been : destroyed. j socialist I Russians Deny That Chaos Reign's in Larger Cities Domlon, Feb. 5.—A Russian govern ment i reclamation addressed "to all" was received here today by wireless from Petrograd. It denies statements made in the foreign press that chaosl reigns in Petrograd or elsewhere. It ass» i ts on the contrary, that Moscow and Petrograd are calm and that no have been arrested there. it In ARREST ALLEGED SPY. " Vancouver, H. U., Feb. 5.—Richard Wilkus was arrested here today by government officials, who said they •inspect he is a German spy, and a ves sel being loaded here Is being searched for bombs or other destructive con trivances which officials say Wilkus might have placed aboard her. i DIVERT MUCH COAL. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 5.— Upward of j 10,000 tons of coal a day are bains It j diverted by the two days to domestic I consumers as the result of extrema .steps taken today by the county fpel 'committee to help alleviate suffering.