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SMPLE CEREMONY MARKS THE
MEETING OF TWO GREAT MEN
Taft and Diaz Clasp
Hands on Historic
Ground
BOOMING CANNON
Each Congratulates the Other, and
Expresses the Greatest Admiration I
Coupled with Assurances of Hearty I
National Cordiality.-But One In
cident Marred the Day.
-t
L PASO, Texas, Oct. 16.-The long
expedted meeting between Pres
ident Taft and President Diaz
of the republic of Mexico, occurred
hare today. Outwardly it was attend
ad by a display of soldiery, a boom
of cannon and a ceremony suggestive
of supreme authority, but in the act
ual hand clasp of the two executives
and in the exchange of courteous
words which passed from lip to lip,
there was simple, but cordial formal
ity.
President Taft was the first to
speak. He assurred President Diaz
of his warm personal regard.
President Diaz assurred President
Taft of his high esteem of the man
who has accomplished so much for
the Phillippines, in Cuba and else
where and who had now the honor of
being the chief executive of so great
a nation as the United tSates.
President Taft, in simple language,
declared he was glad to meet Pres.
Diaz. He was glad to know the presi
dent of such a great nation; especial
ly glad to know the president who
had made the nation great. Both
presidents dwelt t:pon the cordiality
of the relations existing between the
United States and Mexico.
President Taft declared that the
meeting was not necessary to make
stronger the bonds of friendship; it
merely typified the strength of the
bonds as they already exist. There
were less than a score of persons ad
mitted 'to witness the meeting of the
two executives. Even these were
excluded later when President Taft
and President Diaz withdrew into an
inner room of the chamber of com
merce building, where the historic
meeting occurred, and were only at
tended by Governor Creel of the state
of Chihuahua, former ambassador to
the United States, who acted as in
terpreter.
The scene of today's ceremonies
shifter from time to time from this
thriving little city across the shallow,
wandering Rio Grande river to the
typical little Mexican settlement of
Ciudal Juarez.
In the customs house there Presi
dent Diaz received *a return call from
President Taft and again late this
afternoon entertained the American
president and a large dinner party at
a state banquet which in all its sur
roundings of lavish decorations, of
brilliancy in color, of wealth of silver
plate handed down from the time of
the Emperor Maximillan and in every
carefully considered detail probably
was the most notable feast ever serv
ed on the American continent.
At this banquet more formal and
public expressions of regard between
the two executive as to the represen
tatives of the people of the United
States and Mexico were exchanged.
The banquet also marked the end of
the day of international pageantry-a
day of cloudless skies.
Boy Stabbed.
The day was marred by but one un- t
toward incident.
A lad of 15 years was stabbed to
death by a school companion just as
President Taft was stepping from his t
special train upon its arrival in the
center of the city at 9:30 o'clock this
morning.
The boys were in the crush of peo- U
ple gathered in the plaza, and in I
pushing forward to catch a glimpse
of the president, became involved in
a fight. Noll Morgan, aged 14, pulled
a knife and before bystanders could
realize what was happening, Law
rince Wimber, aged 15, was lying
mortally wounded at their feet, a red
flow from his heart marking the ebb
tide of his life. Before an ambulance
could reach the scene, the boy was
dead.
The crowd about the place was so
great that even the wagon from the
morgue could not make its way
through and during most of the time
President Taft, was at breakfast, the
body lay on the pavement not forty
yards away. Some thoughful person
fianally tore down two American flags
from the decorations about the plaza
and spread them over the dead boy's
form. Morgan was arrested and held
In the county jail tonight. He is ut
terly crushed and a heart-broken boy.
Neutral Ground.
An interesting incident of the day
was the declaration of neutrality over
the El Chamizal territory, a part of
the city of El Paso, over which Mex
ice is contending for soverignty. The
Chamizal territory was formed when
the Rio Grande river took one of its
periodical spells of contrariness and
changed its course a mile or two to
the westward. The contention of the
Ameridan authorities is that this
change was gradual and was due to
natural accretion from the American
side. The Mexican authorities con
tend that the change was due to an
avulsion or sudden change of course
and that the United States gained no
natural territory by shifting of the
national boundary line. The matter
is still in dispute. It was agreed be
tween the governments of Mexico and
of the United States that the territory 1)
which lies on this side of the 'p
international bridge, should be re- c
garded as neutral and that neither:
American nor the Mexican flag should
be displayed thereon. I
As president Diaz made his way I
through the Chamizal territory to vis- i
it President Taft, the roadway was ,!
lined with American troops. As Pres- a
ident Taft passed over the disputed s
ground to return the call, the way
was lined with Mexicans. r
Dlaz Travels in State.
The day's ceremonies began with t
President Diaz in a state carriage, I
with gold hubs, gold mounted doors, :
black horses and gay cockades, cross- t
ed the international bridge with an a
escort of soldiers. The main body of I
Mexican troops were left behind at.
the bridge entrances. President Diaz
was driven at a smart pace through I
the Chamizal territory to be met at t
the boundary by the American troops ,
and by Secretary of War Dickinson. 1
A salute of 21 guns was fired and
President Diaz stepped from his own (
carriage into one provided by the I
American authorities. With an escort I
of two squadrons and three batteries 1
of American field artillery, the visit-,1
ing president, was taken through the 1
streets of the city to the chamber of
commerce building, where President
Taft, awaited him, at double quick
time.
President Diaz was attired in full!
dress uniform. Gold lace was at his
throat and his cuffs and a broad gold
sash was around his waist. The pres
ident's left breast was a mass of glit
tering decorations and all along the
line of march President Diaz was
cheerd by the crowds. with chapeau
in hands, he acknowledged the greet
ings with bows to left and right. Sec
retary of War Dickinson sat behind
him and an aide occupied the forward
seat in the carriage.
Secretary Dickinson in greeting
President Diaz at the boundary today
said:
Mr. Dickinson's Greeting.
"You are the first chief executive
of a nation to cross our borders. In
this act you are giving not only to the
people of your and our country, but
to the whole world, the biggest mani
festation of the cordial relations ex
isting between these contiguous sis
ter republics, and of your desire to
make them, so far as you can, per
p tual.
'We fully appreciate the honor of
your visit and we realize the magni
flcence of the noble purpose that in
spired, you. On behalf of the presi
dent of the people of the United
States, I give our assurance of their
cordial esteem for the republic of
A. Y. P. Fair Closes
In a Blaze of Glory
Most Remarkable Exposition Ever
Held in the Northwest Was
Highly Successful
IEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 16.-At
midnight tonight the 153.000 elec
I tric lights of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition were put out, closing the
world's fair of 1909, which from every
standpoint was more successful than
its most zealous friends had dared
to hope. The final mcoments of the
fair were as dramatic as its begin
ning, on June 1, when 40.000 persons
gathered at the natural ampitheater
and waited for the president's signal.
The last day had been devoted to
a saying good bye. The sun shone
brightly, the flowers were never more
Ibeautiful and the whole exposition i
looked as new and fresh as on the
e opening day.
SThe exercises of the closing day be
d gan at 2:30 p. m., with a display of
1HORSE'S KICK WILL
COST CHILD'S LIFE
o Four.year-old Son of Louis Globstadt
Is Fatally Injured on Ranch
P Near This City.
n From Sunday's Daily.
s The four year old son of Louis
a Globstadt, who lives on a farm near
's the Montana nursery east of this city,
'd was brought to the office of Dr.
t- Chapple late yesterday afternoon. An
-. examination showed that the skull
or the child had been fractured and
ty that the base of the skull was severely
ir injured. Dr. Chapple said last night
of that he could offer no hope for the
x- cnild's recovery.
he The accident occured yesterday af
sn ternoon when the boy went to the
ts ileld to drive in the horses. It is
nd said that he was usually accompanied
to in this task by the family dog which
he has a habit of snapping at the horses
uis and whose bites the animals have al
to ways returned with kicks. It is
an supposed that one of the horses
n- kicked at the dog and that the hoof
an missed its mark and struck the child.
se The blow was received over the left
no ear and fractured the greater part of
he the left side of the skull. The lad was
er tound unconsclouts in the field after
ie- the dog had returned to the house
ad alone and without the horses.
Mexico and its wise and beneficent
president and welcome you to their
countryr and its hospitality".
With President Taft when he greet
ed President Diaz, were Secretary
Dickinson and Postmaster General
Hitchcock, Captain Archibald W.
Butt, General Albert !Myer, U. S. A.,
Assistant Secretary W. W. Mischler
and C. C. Wagner of the white house
staff.
President Diaz was accompanied by
members of his cabinet and military
staff. The private interview between ,
the two presidents lasted for fifteen
minutes. It is officially stated that
it consisted of but an elaboration of
the public utterances of Messrs Taft
and Diaz, and that no matters of di
plomacy were touched upon in any
way.
Therefore an event like this that
marks the undying friendship of the
two countries, is one in which any
*persons who take part, may well have
pride.
"And, now, my friends, as I look
over this great assemblage, it looks
to me like an audience of Americans.
I discover you do not differ much
from the lines of people whom I have
met in the travel across the country
from Boston to California, and Wash
ington and then down the west coast
and swinging around the territories.
"Yiu are all contented with 'the
situation, ,because you think you have
achieved everything, but it is that you
are living in the happiness of the pros
pect of achievement. You think and
it is right that you should think so,
if you will excuse a colloquial expres
sion, you think that you have a 'cinch'
'in this corner of the United States.
'that these plains, that to a tenderfoot
look as Godforsaken as possible,
have in all of them a source fo wealth
that has already made you a com
fortable home and that in the fu
ture is going to 'build up here a
great metropolis and the state of
Texas and in New 'Mexico great
communities to which we of the old
er east will always look with the
greatest pride."
President Taft returned from Jau
rez at 8:35 p. m., and left for San
Antonio at 9 o'clock. The president's
cavalry escort got lost in El Paso
and could not find his train for 15 or
20 minutes, finally being sent in the
right direction by a surprised citizen
who saw the parade passing up a dark
street in an opposite direction from
the depot.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Wise of 417 North Thirty
first street, Friday. Mr. Wise is
secretary of the Billings Brewing
company.
Japanese fireworks. The exposition
band paraded from building to build
ing. serenating each. The Unit
ed States government building
was reached at 5:30 o'clock,
its daily closing hour. A cornet sound
ed "taps" and the band played "Auld
Lang Syne." The flags were hauled
down as the lifesaving crew on Lake
Union fired 21 guns and the doors of
the building were locked.
At night a great throng of people
assembled at the natural ampitheater
beside lake Washington and listened
to a classical 'band concert. At 11:30
p. m., the exposition officials and em
ployes marched from the administra
tion building to the ampitheater for
the final exercises. President Chil
berg made an address of thanks and
farewell and exactly at midnight he
opend a switch that darkened the
whole fair. A single bugle blew
"taps," and then in darkness but for
the stars overhead the vast audience
sang, "Auld Lang Syne," the street
lamps were lighted again and the
people went home.
The exposition was financed by the
people of Seattle without a govern
ment loan. An appropriation by the
state derived from the sale of state
land in this city was expended for
permanent buildings, which revert to
the state university on whose campus
the exposition was held.
The expositio paid all its debts
and earned a surplus, not yet comput
ed, for its stockholders.
0-- ---
CONGRATULATES PEARY.
Roosevelt Sends a Message to the
Explorer.
NAIROBI, Oct. 15.-Colonel Roose
velt today sent a cablegram to Com
mander Peary at Portland, Maine.
saying:
"I deeply appreciate your cable and
congratulate you from my heart. All
Americans, and indeed, all civilized
mankind are your debtors. You per
formed one of the greatest feats of
Ithe age.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The Roosevelt party arrived here
this afternoon from the north of Gas
onyiro. All are well.
Colonel Roosevelt has killed three
more elephants, completing the group
intended for the Smithsonian insti
tute at Washington. He has also
killed a bull elephant for the Ameri
,can Museum of Natural History in
New York.
c One- Fifth Off
Placed on
Sale Next on a magnificent line of 10-wire, 9-wire and 8-wire all Tapestry Rugs,
excellent stock, beautiful designs and just what
you need for the winter.
SWeek. Big Sale Starts Monday, October I1
Discount i nds Saturday, October 23
$25 10-wire Tapestry Brussels Rug, 9 feet by 12 feet, regular $20
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Farniture Furniture
Department jDepartment
S4 4 .++++++++++++++ 4.' 4
4 .
+ BAD MEN HOLD 4
* UP A SALOON 4
4. AT GALATA 4
* +
+ GREAT FALLS, Oct. 15.- +
+ The saloon of W. M. McCarter 4
* at Galata, on the main line of 4
. the Great Northern, north of 4
4 here, was held up by two men 4
4 at 8 o'clock last night. The +
+ bartender was shot and slight- +
+ ly wounded. 4
+ A small amount of cash was 4
* taken. The inmates of the sa- 4
4 loon were lined up against the 4
+ wall, but were not robbed. 4
4 The robbers escaped, leaving 4
4 no clue. 4
TWO MORE ROADS
ENTER LAKE BASIN
County Will Soon Open up Hlihgways
Which Will Place Laurel in
Touch with oCuntry.
From Sunday's Daily.
County Surveyor B. C. Lillis re
turned to the city yesterday from the
western part of the county where he
has been looking over roads recently
authorized by the county commission
ers and work on which will begin at
an early date.
e The two principal new roads will
t enter the southern part of the Lake
e Basin country and will afford the set
tlers in that district excellent facili
e ties for marketing their crops and
1. purchasing their supplies in Laurel.
e One road, about 10 miles in length
e will go up Canon creek, while the
,r other will cross the rimrocks through
o what is known as Allard's flats and
* will run for 15 miles into the south
ern part of the Lake Basin country.
s The country which both of the roads
(. will traverse is thickly settled with
dry land farmers who are harvesting
good crops. Mr. Lillis says that each
of the roads will have three hills
which will have to be graded and that
e in one place what is perhaps the
steepest ascent in the county will
have to be overcome.
1. The county surveyor will spend this
e. week in the northern part of the coun
ty. viewing routes which have been
d petitioned for. One route over which
11 settlers are trying to get a road runs
cd from Cushman to Ryegate and anoth
r- er is in the vicinity of Delphi. Both
of roids are badly needed and it is ex
pected that the board of commission
ers will take favorable action on
re them.
TWO MORE INFANTS.
ee Dr. Gerhart reports the arrival of
Ip two more Billings citizens, a daughter
i- having been born to Mr. and Mrs.
so George Gamble of 114 North Twenty
.i- second street and a son to Mr. and
in Mrs. Robert Duncan who reside at
313 Miles avenue.
BLACK MAN PUTS IT OVER KETCHIEL
IN A CONTEST OF TWELVE ROUNDS
Ketchel Landed the Cleanest Blow of the Mill, but Johnson
Had the Best of the Fistic Argument From the
Moment Time Was Called Until End
AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.--Jack
Johnson vindicated his right to
the heavyweight title today by
knocking out Stanley Ketchel in the
twelfth round. The end came so sud
denly that when Ketchel rolled onto
the floor and Rerefee Welch counted
him out, the 10,000 persons crowding
the arena were absolutely quiet for
a moment.
Even Johnson, who leaned against
the ropes, half dazed by his own fall
a moment before, did not seem to
know what had happened.
The whole action of the fight was
crowded into 34 seconds. At the be
ginning of the last round, there was
little to judge from in proceeding
rounds to pick the winner. The men
met in the center of the ring, clinched
and wrestled to Johnson's corner.
The negro broke away and poising
himself, dashed at Ketchel, who
sprang to meet him. Ketchel drove
his right at the black's lowered head.
Johnson ducked and the blow landed
behind his ear. He stumbled, fell,
and stretched out on the floor, land
ing heavily.
Ketchel backed toward the ropes
with a smile glimmering on his bat
tered, blood-streaked face.
Johnson Dazed.
Johnson rose slowly, as though
dazed. As he straighten to his knees,
his eyes encountered Ketchel's and
with the fury of a wild beast he leap
across the 10 feet that separated
them.
His right fist shot to the white
man's jaw.
The left crashed to the stomach
and the right swung again with the
speed of lightning, catching Ketchel's
head as he reeled backward from the
onslaught. Ketchel dropped in a heap
and Johnson, unable to stop his rush.
sprawled across his beaten rival's
legs and fell full length himself. The
negro sprang to his feet with a bound,
but Ketchel was out. Once, as the
seconds were counted out over him,
he feebly moved his arm and rolled
his head. He gave not another sign of
life and his seconds picked him from
the floor, barely conscious.
Johnson was still dazed. He clung
to the ropes and looked about him in a
bewildered way. The crowd broke in
to murmurings and seemed unable
to realize that the fight was over.
Ketchel won many friends by his I
showing today. From the time he en- t
tered the ring until he was carried
out, he was game to the core. Out
weighed, over-reached and in every 4
way the physical inferior of his gigan- I
tic opponent, he fought a cool, well
planned, gritty fight. His face was
puffed and he was bleeding at the
nose and mouth before three rounds
had passed, but he kept following the
negro about the ring, undaunted.
Black Man Held.
Johnson appeared to be holding
back all the time. Three times only
did it look as though he went in to
knock his man out; once when Ketch
el landed a clean left hook on the jaw
that broke the skin and raised a.
lump; once when a similar blow
caught him from the other side, and
the last time when he ended the fight.
Throughout the fight Johnson's
"golden smile" flashed out at inter
vals over Ketchel's shoulder in the
midst of their wrestling bouts. This
happened when he picked the smaller
man off the ground and set him down
again in another place. He did this
frequently and apparently without ef
fort.
Ketchel fought like a master. He
kept a long range, avoiding many
blows by clever ducking, but John
son jabbed his left into the white
man's face time after time. When
they clinched the black's head tower
ed inches above Ketchel's hair and
it looked as though a stripling were
wrestling with a man.
Twice Ketchel was thrown to the
floor by the rush of Johnson's at
tacks. Neither time did a blow land.
At other times, Ketchel avoided the
charges by skipping nimbly to right
or left or backing swiftly away. They
sparred for opening for long periods
and there was little fighting through
the earlier rounds. For reasons known
only to himself, Johnson preferred to
keep away and when he had felt the
force of Ketchel's wicked left hooks
he seemed more than ever ready to
go slow about his work.
Johnson Talks.
In his dressing room after the fight,
Johnson said:
"He is a good puncher and a strong
man. I must say that he has given
me a sorer chin than I ever had be
fore," and he rubbed his swollen jaws
reflectively while he talked. "He can
take some heavy blows," continued
the champion. "See there," and he
showed one of the gloves, sodden with
Ketchel's blood. There were several
cuts on the leather. "That's where
I uppercut him in the mouth," said
Johnson.
Ketchel said after he recovered that
a chance blow had finished him. "I
am in better condition than Johnson
now. Look at him. He is dazed. But
for that one blow I would have beaten
him."
The fight attracted the greatest
crowd in years. Over 10,000 people
were ranked around the walls and
overflowed the seats. Fully 3,000 were
turned away.
Promoter Coffroth started after the
fight that $40,000 had been taken in.
NEW SCHEDULE ON
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Many Changes in Running Time of
Through Trains with Two
New Limiteds.
The new train schedule which will
go into effect on the Northern Pacific
October 24 has been announced. The
schedule includes two new trains,
Nos. 7 end 8, which will be of the
equipment now in use on Nos. 5 and
6. Numbers 3 and 4 have been im
proved by the addition of observation
cars and compartment sleepers and
will be of the same standard that
the North Coast Limited was before
it was made an exclusively first-class
train this spring. Other improvements
in the service of the North Coast Lim
ited, which will run on a faster sched
ule than before, will be announced
soon. Following is the new schedule:
North Coast Limited train No. 1, 10:45
a. m., North Coast Limited train No. 2,
5:07 a. m.; No. 3, 12:49 a. m.; No. 4,
7:0,7 p. m.; No. 5, 10:50 a. m.; No. 6,
11:10 a. m.; No. 7, 3:10 a. m.; No. 8,
11:35 p. m.. No. 15 departs at 8 p. m.;
No. 16 arrives at 8:25 a. m.
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