Anaconda Standard (Newspaper) - June 15, 1911, Anaconda, Montana WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY Probably fair WEATHER FORECAST FOR Fair VOL 285 MONTANA THURSDAY MORNING JUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS TWO OF THOSE CONCERNED IN GOTHAM'S LATEST SENSATION AND ONE OF THE LETTERS HA DIFFICULT TIME IN INFOHMATI01V IT WANTS Former of America company to pro ho not H O Have confidential an stock transfer book keeper and letter writer on a of n year Washington Juno hours today by Charles R Heike for the secretary of tho American Sugar Refining com pany in telling the house In committee that he nothing ahnut the policies or Inner tory of the company particularly Ir the years when H O Its president The witness described lUa position with tho company as that of a sloul transfer man bookkeeper and letter writer He ridiculed the idea he was the confidential agent of saying ho was not a big enough man for that Ho that tho government had him out HB tho mischief maker In tho customs frauds charged to tho American Sugar company simply because It had to have some one to fasten them ou The matters which the committee tried to out but concerning which Mr Helke claimed to know but little wera many Intercut One the Interest of thn Sugar Refining company In tho tional Sugar Kenning company lie said the former owned pre- ferred stock in tho latter or a little more than one-half but ho had no Idea of why Just a little more than one- half was purchased Neither did he know whether the American Sugar lining company was cognizant of the claim now under litigation that common stock In tho National wan In existence at tho time It chased the preferred stock Lit tie of the Inner history of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company deal wan from tho witness He admitted that tho American Sugar Refining company loaned to Regal through Gustav A Kissel of whom Mr spoko no agent and that a majority of tho stock of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company with the voting power thereof was given as collateral security Ho could not remember that the stock voted that the Pennsylvania refinery abandoned Immediately nor could he remember bow the deal wan closed Did the American Sugar Refining company make It a business to loan Inquired Representative rett of Tennessee They loaned plenty of money yes said Helke Still Money Has the American Sugar Refining company recently loaned any Yes to some trust companies Don't you know that as a matter of fact the very day this stock was turned over as collateral to tho can Sugar company with the voting power an arrangement was brought about whereby the vania I don't know anything about that at Mr Holke Interrupted I know one made the loan Do you know anything about tha suit that wan filed growing out of the persisted Mr I cannot explain positively James M Beck counsel for tho American Sugar Refining company told committee the debt tled an a renalt of the suit We loaned and In the end we got payment of the loan by re- turning our collateral on Thirteen PROGRAMME STAYS AS FIRST PLANNED Washington June attempt to extend the legislative programme of the democratic majority at the extra sion of congress failed completely night at a caucus of the democratic representatives The result Is a re- determination of the crats to their efforts at this session to the tariff Among mattew which tho caucus turned down the providing for a change from throe to five years us tho enlistment period In the army nnd reorganization hills duced by Chairman Hay nf the com- on military affairs Bills which tho committee on naval affairs wished to have pressed at this session and other minor bills and emergency wore denied consideration Tho of Iho caucus simply Hint we will go ahead with tho programme as originally al Iho opening of tho Mild Underwood After Hie caucus several members declared might bo another lator to determine upon a shorl extra but thn lenders ex- pressed the opinion hut nothing further would bo added to Hie I nt mi mi It MM Wll I tit CHE OF LETTERS WHEW DEMOCRATIC FIERCER OF WISCONSIN MAKES ILIS SPEECH IX TIONAL HOUSK INTERNATIONAL BARRIERS BROKEN DOWN HIS REASON Washington June maiden speech of Representative Victor er of Wisconsin the only socialist member of congress was the feature of an otherwise dull day's debate in house on the for tho revision of the woolen schedule Mr Berger the on the ground that t would break down international Representatives Kahn of California and Moore of Pennsylvania spoke the Representatives rd of and Gocke of Ohio In favor of It While purposing to vote for the Underwood wool Air In his speech declared that there s no such as protection to labor n tariff bills and that any such pre- ense was because lie said the measure was of small concern to the lass meant no m cha nge In heir conditions but he would support he because it is in lino with social nd political evolution tends to destroy he old tariff superstitions and to bring nto closer relations the peoples nf the He denounced all forms of tariff as to labor but did not advocate VERBAL CLASHES ENLIVEN SESSION he immediate abolition of taxing because lie said labor could it withstand the sudden change The tariff was never de- to protect the aid Mr Berber that was an hought ana because tho ad votes Ho said only protection labor en- was to be found in the trades lions and In thu utilization of the and strike In reply to questions as to why San had appeared to be corrupt rule of laboring men Mr lerger declared that San Francisco a glaring example of big business sing labor unions as political tools NORTHERN HAYTI SEETHING SITUATION DESPERATE Kingston Jamaica lime by describe condi- in as serious ighting there lias boon desperate he government forces have been tered nnd the rebels things their own way General one of the hns taken refuge in a consulate Supporters of General Antenor min formerly minister to Britain leader nf tho revolt of are jubilant over the prospect of placing in the presidential chair Incendiary fires are reported in various parts of tho republic NO DRUNKARD BEYOND REFORMATION HE BELIEVES Boston June cane of ness no matter how Is considered beyond recovery and no however slight Is considered to be without said Robert A Wood president of tho South End House Boston tonight In Ing tho final session of tITo thirty-eighth conference of the National Conference of Charities and tions the of which was enness Mr Wood advocated Institutions for persons arrested for Intoxication Washington Junn now nro established In Montana as follows county Henderson ter county T HURR Sweet Oman county linnen White Tall loy county Wado H Duun Washington June United States Steel corporation intends to gest to the Stanley steel trust gating committee the calling of whom the committee may over- look and who may throw light on ters in question in the inquiry and also suggest that questions be asked of certain witnesses it the committee fails to bring out facts possessed by such witnesses R V Lindabury counsel for the Steel corporation before the committee declared this to be his intention today at the close the examination of James former vice president of the Steel corporation In answer to an inquiry by Representative Young of Michigan It Is our said Mr bury to suggest questions overlooked that wo think pertinent and witnesses whom we think in all fairness should be called The committee will exercise its dis- cretion as to whom it will said Chairman Stanley Of course I Mr Lindabury replied that the committee would not refuse to summon witnesses we gest That will be determined when the suggestions are Mr Stanley re- plied They The Steel corporation counsel and the chairman clashed again over the duction of some railroad rate figures relating to the Steel trust railroad in- In the Lake Superior ore region The chairman had secured rates per ton on ore hauled by the Duluth I Iron Range and the Duluth Mesaba Northern steel trust roads from the I Interstate commerce commission and had employed an engineer to compute 1 from these figures the rate per ton per mild Tho purpose was to show that the rates charged for hauling ore over the steel trust roads were exorbitant The charges he said were paid from one steel trust pocket to the other but resulted In unjust cost to independent owners and thus Increased unfairly their cost of production Mr Lindabury objected to the duction of the figures computed out the identity of their author Who Is authority for those ha asked An engineer and expert accountant whom I employed to make the matical said Mr Stanley Well it should not appear in the record that these figures are and I think the record should show the said Mr Lindabury IB Responsible The man was an employe of said Mr I might Bay he Is thoroughly competent and was ly in the service of the Carnegie Steel company and tho United States Steel corporation Might I ask if he is Mr inquired Mr Lindabury Yes you might said Mr ley but T assure you the name is of no consequence In this record It was as it I had done It myself I am re- sponsible for the figures If they are wrong they may be corrected Determined to discover why the Steel corporation could sell steel rails abroad cheaper home the announced Its summoning James A Farrell president of the to explain the situation James Gayley former vice president of the corporation acknowledged ho could not tell and referred the com- to Mr Farrell who for years had been in charge of the export ness of the concern WRECK OF MAINE TO BE EXPOSED TODAY REMOVAL OP COFFER DF LOW ENOUGH TU INVESTIGATE BELIEVE ALL BODIES WILL BE RECOVERED WITHIN WEEK WED OVER Washington June senate on the first day's consideration of the Canadian reciprocity listened to speeches by Senators Curtis of Kansas and McCumber of North Dakota in opposition to the measure made the the unfinished business on the calendar and without opposition changed tho regular daily hours of meeting from 2 o'clock to noon Senator In charge of the tonight expressed satisfaction at the outlook saying he believed there will be gradual co-operation in bringing the discussion to a speedy close During the progress of Mr ber's speech lie engaged In a spirited colloquy with Senator Marline of New Jersey Mr McCumber was attempting to show that the American farmer had failed to receive his share of the of the last few years Mr tine's questions were Intended to de- the fact that tho failure was due to the protective policy but Mr contended that thn American charge for agricultural products had been by conditions In other duo to the tariff Your specious arguments and dis- honest policy havo failed to put broad Into the mouths of tho Mr Marline fairly shouted Yon gave MS a dose of your theories In responded tho North Dakotan and liy Jingo wo don't want any moro of It ONE KILLED IN COLLISION Special to the June wan wnn sorlouslv hurl and J W and John Me Aboo were Injured when a switch engine collided with a at Wyo shortly midnight last Tho load and Injured were members of a Short Uno Waterfall Wyo STRIKE OF SEAMEN London June strike of men and firemen was launched officially at Liverpool and at some of the other ports of the British isles and the nent this morning The first big ers to be tied up were transatlantic liners in the early developments of the strike there appeared to be a lack of cohesion among the men at most of the ports which explained the comparative j indifference of the ship owners who continued to scout the idea of any really serious inconvenience Tiie strike was formally declared night nt London Glasgow Cardiff i Bristol Southampton Liverpool and 1 other British ports and also at Belgian nnd Dutch ports but the chances of any great strike seem re- I Havana Juno sundown morrow the work of removing the water from cofferdam Inclosing the wreck of the battleship Maine will be carried to a point low enough to reveal portions of the wreck submerged for 13 years including part of midship affected by the explosion the whole and a portion of the berth deck In which It Is believed lie most of the unrecovered bodies The board of officers was fully satisfied that the stability of the cofferdam cants It with the pumping operations The water stood at the foot level Tomorrow morning the mosl powerful pumpa will be put to work to reduce the level which will permit the partial of the upper part of the after section from the stern to Im- mediately forward of the engine room space where the explosion severed the forward section Including the 10-Inch ret on the starboard side All this latter portion of the vessel is submerged many feet in excess of the after part and probably will not bo re- until the dam is completely tied and a great quantity of mud Tile present intention of ths board Is to permit the water to remain at the level possibly for several days It is believed that within a week or ten days sufficient progress will have been made to permit the recovery of all the bodies OLD Halifax Scotia June provincial general elections today ro- In a victory for tho government which has carried of the 38 scats In tho province Halifax three oral s with a majority for tho of and for tho lowest of 705 A notable feature of tho election was the defeat of throe memborn of tho C of works and minea Hon U F Pearson in nnd Wane In Yarmouth Premier has n large in The In this province now havo yenrs moro to add to their 20 years of rule The opposition In tho last numbered live It will now 11 Special Dispatch to the Bozeman June ices with the elaborate and impressive ceremonies of the Elks marked the ob- servation here of the one hundred and thirty-fourth anniversary of the tion of the stars and stripes as the national emblem The feature of tho evening was the address of Associate Justice W L of the court of Montana The programme opened at the opera bouse ut 8 o'clock this evening Tho was crowded The stage was decorated in bunting nnd flags in fusion with heaps of flowers at ond In the center was the clock ing to H The officers of the lodge occupied the stage together with Judge Holloway Exulted Ruler M II Wilson presiding Tho Star Spangled Hanner sung by tho audience an the first ber on the Chaplain A M Brandenburg offered prayer and a quartette composed of It A Young A1 ford Yorgey C A and A M saim Our Flag Attorney George Y Patten read a brief history of the flag after which Carl C aang Wrap tho Flag Around Me Boys The and other of the then con- ducted the altar service Tho totto sang Lang Syne and then Chairman Wilson Introduced Judge Many from neighboring cities were In Every house on Main street and many vate resiliences were profusely with wiu VISIT Special to ho Standard Great Junn return for tho visit made hero last winter by tho R men oC nrr now g by the local of pc for an lo for tho men of tho city which will c nemo time hiring the t of the present month MRS FORD A PALSIED TO COURT ahe rialt in Cooler took money from Four railroad null H In in York safely deposit HIT In tew flint fold hy Cincinnati June Charles L confessed defaulter to ilic extent of stepped from the court in the trial of S Cookc here day back to his uell and entered Jeannetto Steward a ble Du Barry now a pathetic palsied valid With voice shaking holding a handkerchief to her tyes she admitted hiding in for Cooke and then declared that he had told her thai it had been taken from the Big Four She said that she had or 51.500 of this amount for ha self and when shown a signed by her indorsed by Cooke for said the former bookkeeper o the railroad had forced her to turn tha amount over to him In all essential details her testimony fit ted into and supplemented that of War had related that when h discovered that Cooke way short the de fendant had promised to return some o the money and hupl subsequently visited home and given him Opened Their Cache Mrs Ford today said she had ac Cooke to the resi dence one night but had remained out Bide until Iho latter had finished his call that Cooke then said It's all right go to New and that they opened tho cache she had Wall street vault and she aided in counting bills to the tota amount of According to the woman ex planation of his methods in acquiring thl money was that he just helped himself Mrs Ford's cross-examination is to be gin tomorrow Attorneys for the defens were willing to undertake it at the after noon session but the woman's physician objected She testifying at the risk o icr he told the court and the respite was granted Warriner again today resisted success fully attempts to lead him into an ex of men higher up He here were any such men that he had pleaded guilty and accepted a prison sen ence at the behest of Rig Four officials or that he had ever as an officer of the road paid out money for illegal rebates Pity for Warriner was then dismissed and in charge of a deputy led back to the coun y jail A dramatic silence fell on room the name of Mrs Ford was called Tho wore a heavy veil am she lifted it a murmur of awe am ran through the room She gave he name as Jeannette S Ford and her resi dence as a hospital Who is maintaining you wa he next question My bills nave not been she re but 1 have some furniture hope to sell How many children have Two a boy and a girl They are now with was the response accom by twitchings that low closely this question had pressed iome She is still indictment YOUNG WORKMAN DROWNED WHEN FERRY ROPE BREAKS to the Standard Juno a ferryboat on the Missoula river near the ranch a few mile up tho Hell Gate valley from this afternoon John McCloskey was drowned and a fellow workman had a narrow escape with his life The two were employed at the Bandmann and had across the river in he ferry to bring back a load of brick When part way across the river the broke loose from its cable and started down the stream which is now high mm jumped for the boat but after a hard struggle against the current and In spite of the efforts of a of men working on a railway trestle underneath which he was swept sank His body has not been recovered John McCloskey was 24 years of age and late of Geneva He was a nephew of Police Magistrate H M Small of this city and a fine manly fellow who had made many friends during his two months residence here Further will be made to recover the body tomorrow BAIL FOR GIRLS IN STOKES CASE REDUCED BY COURT New York Juno In tho eases of Lillian Graham a girl and Ethel nn Illustrator charged with the of W 13 D Stokes tho nl re horseman reduced today from to each In went side court A further reduction In ball will bo asked lor Is rapidly recovering IN special Dispatch to tho Great Kails Juno will o crowded with HlBhtHcors tio of the aeroplane flights to tin given by Kly from wit where he appear the nf Urn Northern Montana Pair The will ho cloned during Iho afternoon will Inko from Hie grounds game IT SHOWS SIGNS OF DOCTORED to If any one in department in under of having committed he the of finding Dny portrait voucher on floor Washington June of doctoring the now famous Day trait voucher a consequent lively col- between Knox and Chairman of the house committee and the testimony of Disbursing Officer Morrison's senger that he found the voucher on the near Morrison's desk after the archives had been ineffectually ransacked featured today's state de- investigation Correspondence between Secretary Hoot and Consul General Michael at Calcutta indicated that the mysterious difference between the amount of voucher and the actual amount paid to the painter was applied to emergency accounts probably to Chinese matters according to Mr Michael The exchange between Mr Knox and Mr brief and the feeling subsided quickly Mr Morrison will he re- called to explain how the voucher to be among the crumpled en- near his waste basket at the close of the day's work long after the search for the document had been on little Payment The secretary explained ly to the satisfaction of the tee the payment of to Hale son of former Senator Hale of Maine for services in connection with Canadian boundary negotiations Mr Knox produced the sections of the treaty of 1903 which authorized with Canada to establish tha line through bay Mr Hale was employed for this work formed his duties to the satisfaction oC Secretary Root and Secretary Knox approved his of a few after coming into control of the state department Mr Hale was not employed actually to locate the boundary but for tho diplomatic work of agreeing on the line Passamaquoddy said Mr Knox When he failed to reach an agreement with Great Britain thp ter automatically went to arbitration Congress then appropriated for that work but Mr Bryce and I sat in my one day and settled the ter ret regarding It of enough to go to the expense of arbitration We reduced our agreement to writing it became a treaty between the United States and Britain and as such was ratified by the senate Secretary All at Sea As to the voucher signed by Albert Rosen thai the portrait painter calling for of which sum Rosenthal got but Mr Knox could give no data He only knew that he had a search for It as soon as he about the case and that the failed to reveal any trace of the voucher letters that were posed to be with It A week ago Said Mr Knox Mr Mr Carr chief of the consular bureau brought voucher and papers to him saying that they had on the floor of Disbursing Clerk rison's office Did you make any inquiry to out how they got asked man I said Secretary Knox and could lesrn nothing All I know about the whole ease Is embodied ip this voucher and the papers to At this point Secretory Knox added a new element to the mystery You will be Interested In another receipt from Mr Rosonthal that is at- on Page Eight SEEKS DETAILS DF Concord H Junn affidavit lied In tho United States court hers oday by Dr Foster Eddy son of the late Mary Bakor Iddy asking tho testimony of persons bo taken In connection suit brought by Fostor Eddy o have the residuary clause of Mrs will declared void and the clue of her estate divided between olt and George W Glover of D Mrs Edy's son Former United Statos Senator ler counsel for Glovor Stephen A Ullage treasurer of the Flist Church f Christ Scientist Boston Calvin A rye formerly Mrs nd coachman Mrs Augusta K on of New York M nd Daniel II am In ie Thn facts desired to Ixi brought out y tills testimony to Mrs discovery In thn arl or ig disease her relations with Mrs teuton details of tha nml of tho First Church nf dentist of anil tho n which tho agreement was pro and Fouler In consideration of a agreed not to contest i will
