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SWJTHER THE DAILY MISSOULIAN
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VOL. XXXVIIl. NO. 117. MISSOULA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1911. PRICE FIVE C.
CHAMP CLARK
ANSWERS
TAFT
SAYS PRESIDENT, IN SATURDAY'S
SPEECH, MADE O8ME "BALD
MIS-STATEMUNTS."
Spak~r of tbh House Gives the Mom
erof His Party the Doubtful Credit
'f I.)vlng Passed the Reeiproalty
'.Il, Threatens to Cut off Pay of the
. Tariff Board.
Quincy, III., Aug. 29.-Champ Clark,
ap.3acer of the national house of rep
resentatives, before leaving here early
today, replied emphatically to Presi
dent Taft's speech of defiance to In
tirgent republicans and democrats,
d livered at Hamilton, Mass., last Sat
t'day.
In a signed interview the speaker
sheused the president of not stating
facts. He sald he did not reply for
the Insurgent republicans, who "no
dpubt will take up the cudgels in their
own Iehalf."
HB declared anmong other things that 1
If the tariff board is to be used as at
pretext for delaying tariff revision
downward, the democrats will cut offt
Its supplies.
Remarkable.,
"President Taft's speech at Hamll t
tpn. Masu. last Saturday," said 1
pealker Clark. "can only be descrlbed
as remarkable, when the history of the
recent past is taken into consideration.
H essayed the rather large 'stunt' of
rnntl'n amuck both the democrats and i
the Inurglent republicans In congress, c
singli.l out Mr. Chairman Underwood
Ind mysel' particularly as democratlol I
"I accept his onslaught as a badge
of bhoor.
"'the presidept and I are personal c
frlia'td- e has done me many kind.
,hoses and I have tried to repay them
jp l'r as opportunity has served. He
i prs i rile f most amiable gentleman
btt at this time he seems to have been
IS a baed temper; because he sees de
teat staring him In the face. I would
p.y nothlng unkind about him but I
cannot and will not permit his per
191W strictures and his bald mis
daft0,ment of historical facts to go un
bhallenged.
"My observation and experience I
prove to my mind that Senator La a
Follette and the insurgents are able
to take care of themselves. So I leave
them out of this Interview. They
will no doubt take up the cudgels In
their own behalf.
"The presldent's criticism of Mr.
Underwood and myself, which In es
sentially a criticism of all democrats
In the house and senate, because all
democrats stood together, is absolutely
Sncalled for and Is as ungrateful a
performance as I can remember: for,
It it had not been for the action of the
democrsts in the house In both the
ixaty-first and the Sixty-Becond con
greuses In lining up almost unanl
ipously in favor of reciprocity with
Canada he would have been the most I
thoroughly discredited and humiliated I
president since the days of Andrew
Johnson.
"With all the rifluence and patron- I
age of his great oftlefice, he could not
muster a majority of house' republi- I
cans for reciprocity either In the
Sixty-first or the Sixty-second con
gress. After 'we pulled him out of the
hole In the Sixty-first congress he
wrote a letter of thanks to Mr. Mc
Call of Massachusetts and the repub
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Class Ad History
XCIV.-EARLY IN THE MORNING.
Another illustration of the prompt consideration
which is accorded The Missoulian class ad is furnished
by a Monday-morning experience. Here's the ad:
LOST-AT RIVERSIDE PARK OR
on Missoula streets, child's signet
bracelet, Initial "H." Leave at the
Missoulian office for reward.
This ad was published Monday morning. The
bracelet which had been lost was worn by a little girl
who visited Riverside park Sunday afternoon. It was
a precious keepsake*and its loss was deeply mourned.
Happily, the grief was short-lived. Before 8 o'clock
Monday morning, the bracelet was brought to The
Missoulian office. That was one more proof of the
fact that the people in this locality have the class-ad
habit. They read The Missoulian's classified page.
If you h Lye a want, there is the place to make it
known. The cost is )uf one cent a word. If you're
out of work, The Missoulian will print your ad for
nothing.
"SMOKE FARMERS"
REACH SUPREME
COURT
Washington, Aug. 29.-A legal
fight of Fred J. Bliss to have the
smelter of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company near, Anaconda,
Mont., declared a public nuisance
because Its fumes and smoke are
alleged to be deadly to vegetation
for 100 square miles around, reached
the federal supreme court today.
The transcript of the case constl
tutes 67 large, printed volumes and
estabilshes a new record for bulky
cases in the supreme court. The
recent Standard Oil record consist
ed of only 23 volumes.
HELP TO PIONEERS.
IS SPEECH'S
THEME
COLONEL BROWN OF PHILIPS- W
BURG DELIVERS PLEA TO OLD c
SOLDIERS AND GUESTS, ii
Hamilton, Aug. 29.-(8pecial.)-The a
principal feature of today's program tr
of the three days' reunion of the vet
erans of the civil war brlng held at
Ward's Grove, two miles south of this
city, was an address this afternoon by a
Colonel Frank D. Brown of Philips
burg. Mr. Brown is historian of the
Montana Pioneers' society and chose of
the trailmakers of the state as the tr
subject of his talk. His address was di
well prepared and voiced an eloquent ta
plea for the aged prospectors, trail- tc
makers and pioneers of the state, the cc
Phllipsburg man arguing that it was th
the state's duty to see that a state hi
home was prepared and maintained T
where these men to whom the state cc
owed so much could spend the last G
days of their lives. He cited Instances R
of aged prospectors, the real trail fi
builders of the state, who were in a fa
condition which demanded help from hi
some source. He maintained that the
least the state could do for them was
to see that their last days on earth
were without want or neglect. His
address was well received by the
crowd present.
Attendance Good.
Considering that it was the first
day of the reunion the attendance was
remarkable. The grounds are pret
tily laicdout among the pine trees and
are resplendent with the national col
ors and many tents are scattered
among the trees. A mixed quartet
from Corvallis was present today and
added much to the pleasure of the ex
ercises. One of the veterans' far
famed dinners was served this noon
to a large crowd and was thoroughly
enjoyed. Besides Colonel Brown's ad
dress, today's program was featured
by addresses by D. T. Golf, and J. B.
Overturf.
Mrs. Robert McConnell of this city p
delighted the assemblage with a reci- t(
tation appropriate to the occasion. tl
Attorney George T. Baggs of Stevens- w
ville will be the principal speaker on ri
tomorrow's program. The music and fI
recitations will be furnished by talent ,
from the local high school. Another
big free dinner will be served tomor
row.
.OWIt
SOY KILLS FATHER.
Middlesboro, Ky., Aug. 29.-Follow
ing a business transaction, Pleas
Southern, a young farmer living at
Stony Fork, near here, today fired six
phots Into the body of hism ..'ar, Dave
Southern, killing him instantly. TIh
young man then surrendered to the
authorities.
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH.
Fairfax, IlI., Aug. 29.--Mrs. Jennie
Young was burned to death near here
today when her home was destroyed.
Three grandchildren were burned
severely, but rescued.
WHERE TWENTY-SEVEN MET DEATH
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aouI C~~~p
Diagram of the Manchester wreck
of the Lehigh Valley and a map show
ing the exact location of the wreak.
Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 29.-The
wreck of the C. A. R. train of 14
coaches and two engines which was
dcrailed on a trestle here at noon
August 25 was out' of the most un
usual accidents In railroad history. The
two engines and two day-coaches
forming the fore part of the train
were in no way injured and remained
on the track, as did the last eight
coaches. The middle section, consist
ing of a Pullman, diner andl two day
coaches, was complietely demolished,
resulting in the death of 27 people.
The diner and Pullman were hauled
across the trestle before they left the
tracks and rolled down an embank
ment. The day-coach following the
diner broke loose from the other cars
and left the trestle, hitting the masonry
work with terrific force and dropping
40 feet to the bottom of Canandaigua
outlet. The day-coach next in the
train ran off the embankment and
dropped, head foremost, to the bot
tom of the creek with the rear ex
tending above the tracks. In this
coach was the greatest mortality, as
the passengers were piled in a heap of
humanity in the fore end of the coach.
The Pullman which followed this day
coach and in which were many of the
G. A. R. veterans returning from the
Rochester convention just missed the
fate of the four preceding cars by the 2
fortunate breaking of the coupler which
held It to the rest of the train.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
VICE PRESIDENT
TALKS
ROAD WILLING TO MEET REPRE
SENTATIVES OF EACH UNION
BUT THAT'S ALL.
Chicago, Aug. 29.-W. L. Park, vice
president of the Illinois Central road,
tonight Indicated that the officials of
the road have determined not to deal
with the federated shop employes, rep
resentatives of whom are now here
from the south. In an official state
oient Mr. Park said:
"We received a communication from
the international union officials ask
ing for a conference and have said to
them that we will meet accredited
representatives of union with whom
we have contracts to discuss matters
connected therewith."
M'r. Park refused to amplify the
statement, but representatives of the
labor union said the statement in
dicated a refusal to recognize the fed
eration.
A Reiteration.
President McCreary of the federa
tion, who spent most of the day con
ferring with representatives of the in
ternational union, said Mr. Park's
statement was a reiteration of former
expressions. He said:
"We have known that the company
was willing to meet with the inter
national officials of the nine unions.
Some of the plficials upon whom
power to act has been conferred by
the International presidents have not
reached here. I expect them tomor
row and by the following day ex
pect negotiations will have reached a
stage where we can make public the
details of our conferenlces."
Representatives of the union spent
the day in secret conferences with
federation officials, but so far none
of the organizations has niet with
any railroad officials.
PIONEER DIES.
Butte, Aug. 29.-Word was received
In the city tonight of the death of
Georhe Bennetts, aged 86, a pioneer
of Alder gulch and Meaderville, which
occurred Monday. Mr. Bennetts was
the father of John B. Bennetts of
Butte. Mr. Bennetts came to Mon
tana about the time gold was dis
covered In Alder gulch. He washed
gold there for some time and then
Sent to Mealerville,
WILL REMOVE THE MAINE,
SWashington, Aug. 29.-As much of
the wrecked battleship Maine as the
available funds will permit, will be re
moved or prepared for removal from
Havana harbor. Congress will then
be asked for an additional $2501000 to
carry on the removal of the ship and
to place the iemalns of the dead Ptll
ors In the liatlonal cemetery,
rZAX u ONPA Io.
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ocu!~ertf.
BEATTIE DEFENSE
SCORES BIG POINT
Boy Witness Says He Saw Blood Spots on Road Other
Than Have Been Told of by Other Witnesses---Con.
troverts Theory of Prosecution.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va . Aug.
29.-An auburn-haired boy, talking
swiftly but clearly, revealed on the
witness stand today to the surprise of
both defense and prosecution. In the
trial of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., for
wife murder, that he had observed
several blood spots along Midlothian
turnpike where the crime occurred.
Hitherto it had been presumed no
blood spots except one near the
place where Mrs. Beattle Is supposed
to have succumbed, existed.
Alexander Robertson was the boy
and what he told the Jury unex
pectedly in response to a question
from counsel for the defense entirely
upset the plan of the prosecution to
rest its case today. Prosecutor Wen
denburg announced that it would be
necessary for him to now call at
least seven or eight witnesses to con
trovert the boy's testimony.
On direct examination by Prosecu
tor Wendenburg when the latter was
seeking to show where the boy found
a certain yellow hairpin similar to
that worn by Mrs. Seattle. Robertson
referred to its distance from "the
first blood spot."
"Were there two blood spots?" asked
Harry M. Smith Jr., counsel for the
defense In apparent surprise. The
boy then told of a second blood spot
and of several other smaller spots
near It.
Contention of the Defense.
The revelation concerning the pres
ence of more than one blood spot Is
in line with the contention of the de
fense that all blood on the road oozed
from the car In which Beattle alleges
his wife was shot. The prosecution's
theory has been that the large blood
spot in the road at the place where
Mrs. Beattle is alleged to have been
killed resulted from a murder com
mitted outside the machine and not
In the seat, as Henry alleges.
The prosecution has pointed out by
witnesses that blood was found on
CHIEF BOB MENTRUM
LOSES HIS JOB
HEAD OF ANACONDA FIRE DE
PARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS
OUSTED AFTER TRIAL.
Anaconda, Aug. 29.-(Speclal.)-Chilf
Robert 8. Mentrum of the Anaconda
fire department, who has been at the
head of the local fire-fighters for about
15 years and who is admittedly one of
the ablest chiefs in the northwest, was
removed from office at 1:80 this morn
Ing by the city council after an execu
tive session, lusting five hours. The
basis of the action of the council lies
In charges brought by Assistant Chief
Ecklund, who i. Mr. Mentrum's broth
er-in-law. The allegations include
neglect of duty, abuse of men in the
department and infraction of pre
scribed rules. They were sustained
by a vote of 9 to 3. Mr. Mentrum or
ganized the local department, coming
here from Missoula, where he had a
good record as chief. There was
much personal feeling In the case and
there is a wide division of sentiment
In the city. Mr. Mentrum has been a
popular officer except with the element
which is atways opposed to discipline.
The Injection of politics Into the ap
pointments to the department lies at
the root of the present trouble,
either running board of the car and
that the dust pan underneath the car
would have caught any blood that
trickled through the front part of the
machine from the seat and that all
the blood visible had hardened on the
floor of the car just beneath the
steering wheel.
Robertson was summoned as a wit
ness by the prosecution only for the
purpose of stating that he had found
a hairpin, but his testimony on cross.
examination Indicated that he would
be an important witness for the de
fense and he 'may be called by that
Hide. In the meantime the prosecu.
tion will gather witnesses to show
that many people looked for other
blood spots and found none.
Proseoution Soon to Rest.
The prosecution announced just be.
fore adjournment of court at 4:30 to
day that after the Introduction of
several witnesses along this line to
I morrow it would rest its case.
The Robertson boy, a brother of a
replrte.r on one of the Richmond pa
pers, has been employed about the
courtroom in carrying his brother's
manuscript from the courthouse to the
I telegraph office nearby and as he fin.
HIshed in the witness chair te grabbed
s several sheets of matter written by
his brother about his own testimony
and dashed to the improvisnd tele=
graph office in a barn, 75 yards away.
Henry (', Beattie, Jr., the accused.
and Paul D. Jeattie, his cousin, who
yesterday on the witness stand told
of an alleged confesslon by Henry
concerning the murder, were confined
in separate cells In Chesterfield coun
ty jail tonight. Paul hitherto had
been kept in confinement in Richmonld
In defeault of bond, but today after
he finished on the witness stand,
Judge Watson ordered his retention in
jail here.
Paul Beattle's story of yesterday
was not shaken inl the cross-examin.
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EXPERITS TESTIFY
FOR GEIDEL
NEW YORK DOCTORS SAY THEY
BELIEVE BROKER JACKSON
DIED NATURALLY.
New York, Aug. 29.-In the fight to
save Paul ;.hldI from the electric
chair, the defense today introduced
testimony tending to show that Wil
liam H. Jackson died of heart disease
and not as a result of chloroform ap
plied by the 17-year-old boy.
Dr. Max ,. 'Tai'mey, an expert wit
nles fur the defense, n anllwer to a
hypothetical question, declared he be.
leved that the "cause of death was
heart failure due to degeneration of the
heart."
On cross-examinailotn, however, the
doctor admitted that some of the con
ditions of Jackson's body pointed to
strangulatiolt.
Dr. Melton Albert Nobles of Phila
dellphia said that M.r. Jackson died of
hemorrhage, cleused by a diseased con
dition of the arteries near the heart.
UP AGAIN.
New York, Aug. 29.-All grades of
refined sugar were advanced 10c a
hrndred pounds today.
FIRE PROTECTION
IS AUGMENTED
BY FUNDS
WVasthington. Aug :^ --tin ;Intant
,of the d.tger ,of a Irhius forest
fire In (Orlgon, the slason having
been partilcularly dri, the forest
service ha. sh added $2n ih, I, 'hI ip
prnpriation lmade this y, ar to the
stal e forest fire p lrot tillil. Al
ready the $,.ii000 a .trl,iprinit, l trl y
in the seasoin and $2'.0i. uivn hati , rI
has beenll used up Aas~ I:i, For
ester Paltter said tllay that the de
structive fires of last y.ear hadI
taught the service lessons In meth
ods of rntlrctin.tll Nu.r!iros n*ew
trails haivt h hle I lt and to .i.ephne
wires lplt lUp.
LIGHTINING STRIKES
PALLBEARERS AT
CANONSBURG
FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF MOV
ING-PICTURE HORROR FULL
OF INCIDENTS.
Canonsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.--Tile first
of today's funerals of the victims of
Saturday night's pictiure-show ihrror
took place heire this morlling and lc
fore nightftll 17 out of the 1S who
were killed will have been buried.
The first funert l was that of Gleorge
Kay, the 13-year-old Non of Professor
R. H. Kay), director of oltmusl in thile
publec schools.
Throngs sitid sllently in thel' trilees I
as the funerllls passed the scnell of
the disaster.
As the casket containing the body
of Stephen MaIsti.wi.. ticket seller in
the lovnllg-piltlure show, was belnlg
borne to to th grave In the Rlalvish
Catholic cemetery here last 'ev'llling.
lightning struck a Iree' under which
the procession wIas pasing snd tile
six Ipallbearers wsre knocked down.
John Hodle, a brother-in-law of Mas
tiowlcs was rendered unconscious and
the mourners were panic stricken.
The casket dropped Into the mud,
where it lay until the party flad re
covered from the shock. IIodle was
not seriously injlred.
A wedding In the forelgn settlement
seriously Interfered with some of the
funerals, as two grave diggers failed
to complete their work In the ceme
tery. The graves for the victims had
been started, when the men were
summoned to the weidding. Droplping
their work they hastened away and
when the funeral parties arrived it
was necessary to secure other ilhor
ers. while the people waited in the
rain.
cO-RESPONDENTI IN SINCLAIR CASE
WONDERS WHAT THEY THINK OF HIM
MR. AND MRS. UPTON SINCLAIR
New\ York, Aug. 9. --ltHar 'h ii l.
the Kansas pott. namted as ct-re.
worker, Ihas i. ught aeaiielt hil tit,
said todayl th-t lie dlil not kllow
whether ihe and IMrs. Si.lair ever
would be married. The ipoiet, who has ani unllueat l slittution and if the pare
spent many years traveling antl verse iunns Involved In It iwertl of thle Uawll
making, saidl he was ciontenlt with the sort, lthir wo\uld lrttlthiy be attacke
present situation, whlrh hlie sai wuld w ill an(d critiniito and recrlinllttltot
be strail.htened out in a way that Hut 'we ar not o lthat rlt."
will bring happiless to all cotlernled.l l Th' polet aid he tWyoIltlieled ,Wb
"The present" said Mr. Kemll, "li they thought uo himll i' u.D. .
FIFTEEN LIVES
IN GRAND
TOTAL
ESTIMATE OF DEATH IN STORM
OFF THE CAROLINAS 18
MUCH INCREASED.
ISLE OF PALMS SUFERS
Marooned People, Guests at Hotel*
Wait in Hourly Feee fr Death-.
One Man Holds Revoel That HI
Might Shoot Himself tather Than
Be Drowned-Damage to ehlppingk
tihtrihato, .4 '., Aug. 29.-Addt
tinltl reports from th" country sur.
rounding (C'harleston r.'civild tonight
bring the list of dtitid nas result of
the atornml of Sunday night up to 15.
Th,' Ifst is expeteed to 1b enlaarged.
lwhen rleports are re elvId from the
1111'e I-mllote Inlatlds. c'harlehtrn tn.
night rests tranquil under clear skies,
InI the losW co nttry, the rlt Is much
suffering iand datnger of sickness,
Heavy rins Inast night contributed to
the hlight of water in streets and
yards, 4nItny floors being Inundated
iilth loss to household effects.
TheI steanmer Apache' f iithe (lyde
IIne, which was retw..rtil in difficulty
off thie c'arollna coast last night, ar
rived here safely today.
At the Navy Yard.
Washlngton. Aug. 29 -Tbe satrm
a hlch swept the south Atlantic coast
Sunday night left its Imprint int the
na.vy. SIx torped hboats wr re wrenched
from their moorings at the ('itarieston
navy yard alnd tassed as toys hiigh
upon the beach. Malny bhul!dings of
the yard are believed to be wrecked.
N estmllnate of the damage can be
made here because of the Interrupted
telegraphilc service. It I tnot believed
that any lives were iont at the navy
yard.
The conmnandant aippealed for $20.
000 as an emptg untld with which
to make lmni .i'~ repallrs.Y. alll9h
this amt.nt will not cover thie 1on
sustained by the navy, acting Secre
tary of the Navy Winthrop late today
authorlzed an expenditure of $1l,000
for the miost urgent work.
It is learned that rorfas and doors
are strewn about the statlin and that
many of the wharves and sea walli
have been almnost detrllpised. The
lighting and power wires are on the
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