The Anaconda Standard, 1913-01-09, p.11

THE ANACONDA STANDARD: THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1913. 11 ## Column 1 # VERY MUCH ALIVE IS W. E. COMAN ## REPORT FROM SHERIDAN THAT HE'S DEAD IS UNFOUNDED. ### CASE OF TOO MUCH COMAN **Butte linotype operator receives request to arrange for his burial, but he declines and extends the greetings of the season.** Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 8.—W. E. Coman, who died here after being ejected from a passenger train, was given a Masonic burial on instructions from Garfield Masonic lodge, No. 686, Chicago, of which he said he was a member. Today a letter was received from W. E. Coman of Butte, Mont., in which he says he is a member of Garfield Masonic lodge, No. 686, Chicago, but that he is not dead. W. E. Coman, a linotype operator in the Miner composing room, last night joined with Mark Twain in saying: "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." He was notified of his own death in a telegram received Christmas eve. The sender of the message thought he had a brother in Butte and wired: "Your brother, a machine operator, is dead here." He was asked to arrange for his own burial, but he refused. He sent this wire back: "Very much alive, Merry Christmas." He refrained from arranging the funeral details, but the dead man was buried as the Butte Coman. "It is a case of two many Comans with the same initials," said Mr. Coman last night. "Really I am not dead at all, but the newspapers said I was and I read it. There are three men I know of with the name W. E. Coman. One, Wilbur E. Coman, is vice president of the General Electric company of Portland. Until a few months ago he was general passenger agent of the North Bank railway. There are two men named W. E. Coman in Chicago. None is my relative." Last summer Mr. Coman took a trip through Yellowstone park and outfitted at Cody, Wyo., and there became acquainted with a prominent Mason who, when he heard that the dead man carried a card with the name W. E. Coman, decided to hold a funeral service for his Butte friend, unconscious that other men of the same name and initials had been in that section. When at Caldwell, Idaho, last summer, the Butte Coman heard that one of the Chicago Comans had been there. Coman is busy explaining that he is as alive as ever. "No one started to collect my insurance as far as I know," said Coman. He is anxious to find out who was buried for him. ### CROWING CONTEST TO BE HELD AT POULTRY EXHIBIT A unique feature of the poultry exhibition which opens this morning at the Auditorium, will be the crowing contest which will be held this evening. The cock with the most lusty crow will be awarded a special prize, and with the large number of birds entered there should be several chanticler shows rolled into one when this contest opens. The show, which is under the direction of the Southern Montana Poultry association, will run until Monday evening. "We will keep open on Sunday," said President J. L. Dorsh last evening. "As last year the Ministerial association of Minneapolis decided that the Minnesota poultry show in that city should remain open on the Sabbath, we will do likewise." About 500 birds, representing nearly every high-class species, were put in place last night, besides geese, ducks and other fowls. ### CELEBRATES RECOVERY AND BREAKS LEG AGAIN A few hours after being discharged from St. James' hospital, where he had been a patient for weeks with a compound fracture of the left leg, John Michaels of 1123 Waukesha street fell at the corner of Gallatin and Watson streets last night and broke the leg again. He was celebrating his recovery by a party at his sister's home. He was found by the patrolman on the beat. "That leg is my hoodoo," signed [sic] Michaels at the emergency hospital, where Dr. Horst reduced the fracture. "I had to fall only four feet in the mine to get a double fracture, and show me another who can break his leg in one place by falling four feet." Michaels is 30 years of age and a miner at the Mountain Con. ### ENGINEER WITH A JINX IS DANGEROUSLY INJURED John Brown, a pioneer engineer on the Northern Pacific, thinks he has a jinx pursuing him. Two weeks ago he was the victim of an unusual accident, when a rock bounded down the mountain side and struck the engineer in the cab. He lies at St. James' hospital in a dangerous condition. Last summer Brown stood by his engine in the Livingston railroad yard during a thunderstorm, when a bolt of lightning struck him and he was sent to the hospital. ### NOT ONE, BUT ALL. Every suit and overcoat in the Boucher store is reduced in price during this greatest of all annual clean-up sales. The windows display a few of the great bargains. For real values, visit Boucher's, 37 and 39 West Park street.—Adv. ### SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD MAN WANDERS IN THE HILLS After wandering in the hills for three days, John Smith, a 70-year-old prospector, was found by miners yesterday in a cabin three miles north of Divide. He was delirious and still is unable to tell of his movements since leaving his cabin. Deputy Sheriffs Holland and Noonan last evening brought the aged prisoner to the county jail. Smith was one of the first prospectors in the Divide country. ## Column 2 # JOINT INSTALLATION HELD BY HIBERNIANS ## CENTERVILLE HALL SCENE OF ELABORATE CEREMONIES. ### FOUR DIVISIONS TAKE PART **James J. Murphy and Mrs. Margaret Kiley in charge of session, assisted by choir and orchestra. Musicale, luncheon and dancing.** With elaborate ceremonies the officers of both the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the ladies' auxiliaries were installed last night at Hibernia hall in Centerville by James J. Murphy, county president for this district, and Mrs. Margaret Kiley, who installed the officers of the auxiliary lodges. The installation ceremonies were preceded by short business sessions of the different lodges. Following the installation a short but excellent musical programme was enjoyed. This was followed by a delicious luncheon, after which dancing was indulged in until a late hour. Attired in the full regalia of the order, the installing officers were assisted by a choir of voices, accompanied by the Hibernian orchestra. **Personnel of Officers.** There are four lodges of the order in Silver Bow county, the total membership of which is nearly 5,000. The officers installed last night for their annual term follow: Division 1—President, Mrs. Mamie Lenahan; vice president, Mrs. Margaret Connell; recording secretary, Miss Hannah Burke; financial secretary, Mrs. John R. Murphy; treasurer, Mrs. Lizzie Burke; sentinel, Mrs. Kate Heimes; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Bridget Shea; trustee, Mrs. Leahy. Division 4—President, Mrs. Anna Sweeney; vice president, Mrs. Mary Kabot; recording secretary, Mrs. Belinda Biland; financial secretary, Mrs. Mary Holland; treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Bowen; sentinel, Mrs. Bridget Kelly; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Julia Boland; chairman of the standing committee, Mrs. Susan Lynch. New Hibernian officers follow: Division 1—President, Judge J. J. Lynch; vice president, John R. Murphy; recording secretary, John C. Murphy; financial secretary, Jerry Egan; treasurer, P. J. Sullivan; sergeant-at-arms, Matt Kennedy; trustee, M. J. Casey; sentinel, John McGee. Division 3—President, W. P. McCarthy; vice president, Martin Joyce; recording secretary, T. F. Collins; financial secretary, Vincent J. Doyle; treasurer, P. J. Kelly; sergeant-at-arms, Patrick Rogers; sentinel, John Connolly; chairman of standing committee, E. Lawlor. # BUTTE MINING MEN CONTROL YERINGTON The annual meeting of the Butte-Yerington Copper Mining company was held at the offices of the company in the O'Rourke building last night. Of the 351,000 outstanding shares of stock, 250,000 shares were represented at the meeting William C. Siderfin presided at the meeting and the following officers and directors were elected: President, W. C. Siderfin; vice president, B. E. Calkins; secretary-treasurer, W. E. Wright. These officers, with Dr. Donald Campbell, Dr. T. B. Moore, John D. Pope and William Mitchell, comprise the directorate. The report of Secretary Wright had a pleasing effect on the stockholders. He reported that the litigation which has been pending on 9 of the 23 claims had been finally settled and that the company had been offered $150,000 for eight of the claims which adjoin the Mason Valley properties. The property is located near Yerington, Nev., and was organized by Butte men in 1907. The company is capitalized at 1,000,000 shares at a par value of $1 a share. At present the property is not working, but on account of the starting of the Mason Valley smelter work may be started within a few months. ### BUTTE BRIEFS. Mrs. M. G. Briggs of Walkerville will leave today for Los Angeles. Mrs. J. A. Clinton left last night for Tucson, Ariz., to spend several weeks with friends. Mrs. James J. Dwyer is reported seriously ill at her home, 647 West Quartz street. W. N. Bichler, president of the Pittsburg & Gilmore railroad, is in the city from Armstead. Mrs. Fred Jensen of Anaconda spent yesterday with Butte friends on her way to Spokane to visit with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Boxer. M. J. Wathey, a Chicago newspaper man, is visiting his father, J. S. Wathey, superintendent of the street railway company. Among mining men in town yesterday were Thomas J. Donan and W. R. Linze of Philadelphia and D. B. Myers of Los Angeles. E. P. Mathewson, general manager of the Washoe smelter, and W. N. Tanner, superintendent of the Anaconda foundry, are among the Copper city visitors in Butte. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Summers, former Butte residents, are in the city on the way to their home in Spokane. They spent the holidays with relatives in Minneapolis. ### WILL FILE COMPLAINTS. Prisoners in the county jail who have not been charged in complaints issued by the county attorney will be released on complaints immediately drawn. Cases of a dozen prisoners were yesterday investigated by Deputy County Attorney J. V. Dwyer. Carl Johnson, arrested a month ago, is charged with an attempted assault on Charles Swanson, proprietor of the National hotel. Alexander Thompson was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. ### WEIN'S CLEARING SALE. $17.50 for overcoats worth $30.—Adv. ## Column 3 # ACTS OF HEROISM IN ATTEMPTED RESCUES ## MEN HAVE NO THOUGHT OF DANGER WHEN AID IS ASKED. ### WAVES TOO MUCH FOR THEM **Life savers find they are unable to force their boat through breakers to save those seen in rigging of wrecked ship.** Astoria, Ore., Jan. 8.—Until the gale, which continued to rage all day without any apparent signs of cessation, moderates, no attempt will be made to remove from the Columbia river lightship the Point Adams life-saving crew and two survivors of the tank steamer Rosecrans, which went ashore on Peacock spit yesterday. After waiting until late today in the hope that the storm would abate sufficiently to enable the transfer of the marooned seamen, the tug Oneonta, which had been standing by since midnight Monday, returned to Astoria. The Oneonta brought news that all on board the lightship are well except Captain Wicklund of the life-saving crew, who is suffering from an injured arm. The Oneonta was unable to get into any except the briefest communication with those on the lightship. She learned that one of the survivors was Eric Landmark, the Rosecrans ship carpenter, but the names of the surviving quartermaster and that of the dead oiler, she did not ascertain. **Can't Identify Them.** Fred Peters, one of the quartermasters, who was washed ashore on North beach, was brought here late today. Before leaving Ilwaco, Peters attempted to identify the eight bodies that have come ashore. He remembered all of them as belonging to the crew, but was able to recall the name of only one, George Nelson, one of the quartermasters. He said today there were eight men on duty at the time of the disaster and 28 men in their berths. The night was a wild one, but it was decided by the officer in command that it would not be too hazardous to attempt the entrance to the Columbia. In the storm and rain the man at the wheel, according to Peters, mistook the North head light for the light of the lightship, which is anchored off the Columbia, and, gauging his position by the wrong light, steered the vessel off her course, the disaster resulting. **Backbone Broken.** The backbone of the Rosecrans was broken and there was nothing to do but wait, according to Peters. Efforts to launch lifeboats were futile. The wind and waves broke them from their lashings before any of the crew could man them. The 36 men on board waited bravely for the death which appeared certain. Captain Johnson stood at his post in the pilot house directing the men, while he himself suffered from a broken leg. Peters had just talked with his commanding officer when a big wave washed over the ship, carrying him overboard. He secured a plank and rode it on his hands and knees, until it was washed ashore five hours later. Peter Kruis, the injured life saver, who was a member of the crew of the Fort Canby lifeboat, which turned turtle on the very brim of the wreck, is a sturdy sailor from Holland. **Worst Ever.** Propping himself on his pillows at the hospital, he told the story. "I've pulled an oar through many a mass of combers, but that little trip yesterday was the worst I have ever gone through. Though the Rosecrans struck about 5:30, it was not until Surfman Theodore Roberrage went to the top of the hill, about 8 o'clock, that we discovered the stranded vessel. "It seemed to us that she had started in over the bar on the wrong course and when the captain saw his mistake he dropped both anchors. That's what held him so far from shore. If it had not been for those anchors the vessel would have come in far enough so that we could have got our breeches rigging aboard of her and probably saved most of the crew. "The minute the vessel was reported we began preparing to launch our boats. The combers were running mountain high. Captain Riner of our station gave the command and off we drove for the line of breakers. After we had pushed through the first line of breakers we could distinguish the three men hanging to the rigging, but try as we would we could not break through that wall of mountain-high combers which picked us up and tossed us back as if we had been of cork. When we had become entirely exhausted Captain Riner reluctantly gave the command and we returned to our station. **No One Could Eat.** "It was then about noon. Not a man of us could eat. The thought of those fellows hanging on to the rigging was too much for us. We wandered up and down the beach waiting for the sea to calm. As we could stand it no longer, we went in a bunch to the captain and told him we wanted to try again. "When we pulled from the station there were in the boat seven men. When we got out to the combers again we found we were no better off than before. With our little boat we were unable to make the trip and we pulled up alongside the tug Tatoosh to get them to tow us out, but Captain Reed would not hear of it. It was too dangerous. Captain Riner actually got down on his knees and begged Captain Reed with tears in his eyes to tow us out, but the Tatoosh captain could not risk his ship under the conditions. We were going to save those poor fellows or drown in the attempt. "When we reached the line of surf about a mile from the boat, I went into the air-tight compartment to attend the engine. With full speed we charged the line, but we were beaten back. Three times we tried this and on the third attempt a bounding sea picked us up and turned us end over end. The door of the compartment flew open and out I went, my lungs full of engine gas and with my leg out of commission from a jam against the engine when the boat lunged. **Nearly All In.** "I was caught in the swirl of a big comber and sucked down among the rocks. I was under water several minutes and, filled with engine gas as ## Column 4 I was, I was about all in when I was pulled into the boat. Three others went over when I did, but were picked up. "Our boat had landed with such force that she was split almost from stem to stern and she began to fill rapidly. It was then that the Point Adams crew came to our assistance and towed us two miles to the tug Fearless, which towed us to the Point Adams station. "Soon after we were aboard the Fearless our boat filled and, the air compartments being broken, it was not long before she broke her hawser and sank. "Though I was so sick that I could hardly hold my head up, when I learned that the Point Adams crew had rescued the three men, I was so relieved that I turned over and went to sleep." ### LORENZ MISSES PERFECT SCORE BY ONLY ONE POINT Due to lack of practice, the Butte sharpshooters, or, as they are officially known, the Rocky Mountain Rifle team, fell down badly in their shoot last night at their range in the basement of the State Savings bank building, and although Lorenz made a score of 199 out of a possible 200, the total score of the team was but 952, as compared to 957, made a week ago when they shot against Tacoma. Last night the local eagle eyes shot against Adrian, Mich., and next week they will shoot against Dickinson, N. D. The work of Lorenze last night was but little short of marvelous and had each member of the team made the same score, it would have established a world's record. # CASCADES AGAIN IN STORM'S GRIP (Continued from Page One.) Oranges advanced 50 cents a box today on the Los Angeles wholesale market. This was a direct result of the freeze. Grape fruit, which also suffered heavily in the last three days of freezing weather, went up 25 cents a box. Temperatures around 30 degrees were expected tonight in some parts of the citrus region, but the weather bureau assured growers that tomorrow morning would mark the end of the necessity of burning smudges in the groves. According to an official statement by the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, which concluded today a careful inquiry into the damage to citrus crops, the early estimates of loss have been exaggerated greatly. The actual damage probably will not be known for two weeks. Later examinations may show that not more than 30 per cent. of the fruit has been injured materially, depending on weather conditions. ### STILL COLD IN NEW MEXICO. Albuquerque, N. M., Jan. 8.—The cold wave which set in Sunday still has the central part of New Mexico in its grasp. Last night was the coldest on record here, 15 below zero. It was 12 below zero in Santa Fe, the coldest there in 30 years. At Las Vegas, 20 below established a new record. When responding to an alarm early today three members of the fire department were frozen severely and taken to a hospital. Both hands of Oscar McMullen, driver of a fire automobile, were frozen. ### GREAT NORTHERN GETTING BY. Everett, Wash., Jan. 8.—Word was received at Great Northern divisional headquarters late tonight that the mountain division probably would be opened for traffic tomorrow morning after a blockade of five days. Four rotaries which have been struggling with the slides that blocked the line have pierced the drifts and at 11 p. m. there remained only 50 feet of slide to be cleared away. ### KANSAS GAS IS GOING. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 8.—Temperatures ranging from 8 to 28 degrees below zero were recorded throughout Kansas today. A shortage of gas was general, despite urgent requests from officials of gas companies, asking citizens to cease using the product for heating. Salina experienced the lowest temperature, the mercury standing at 28 below zero. ### TAKES SUDDEN DROP Roswell, N. M., Jan. 8.—Roswell and the Pecos valley in Northeastern New Mexico again are basking in sunshine, with the temperature 13 above. This morning it was 19 below. There will be no crop loss except that of peaches. # BUILDING COUNCIL SENDS DELEGATE TO THE CAPITAL Discussion of the proposed workman's compensation act occupied nearly the entire session of the Butte Building council at the regular meeting last night. The council decided to send Prseident [sic] F. A. Bigelow to Helena to assist in bringing about the passage of the bill and work with the different labor leaders who are at present at the capital city in the interests of the proposed act, which is known as house bill No. 1. Business Agent Nugent was allowed a week's leave of absence, and as a part of his vacation will be at the Madison river, he was instructed to bring home several baskets of fish or stand a fine. # INCLUDE HERBERT HOCKIN IN UNION'S ENDEAVORS Indianapolis, Jan. 8.—An attempt to include Herbert S. Hockin, one of the 33 labor leaders convicted in the dynamite conspiracy trial, in the appeal from the sentences imposed by the federal court here, will be made tomorrow. At a conference today of Hockin's attorneys, J. E. McClory, acting secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and Hockin's wife, it was decided to instruct attorneys to petition the court of appeals at Chicago to add Hockin's name to the list. ### THIRTY YEARS TO PAY. Special Dispatch to the Standard. Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.—Senator Borah today introduced a bill giving settlers on government reclamation projects 30 years in which to make payment for water rights and exempting them from payment of interest on the twenty-million-dollar loan authorized a year ago. ## Column 5 # ANACONDA DEFEATS RELIANCE AT HOCKEY ## TEAM WORK OF THE VISITORS IS TOO MUCH FOR BUTTE. ### GAME IS EXCEEDINGLY FAST **In the best ice contest ever seen in Butte, the undefeated Anaconda experts win from Reliance by a score of three to one.** There might have been faster, more clever hockey games played this season than the Anaconda-Reliance contest last night, but it was not in this section of the country, and when the whistle sounded for the finish of play, the Anaconda speed boys had annexed another victory to their unbroken list by a score of 3 to 1. While every member of both teams starred at some time during the exceedingly fast game, the credit for the victory may be summed up in two words: "Team work." The visiting team started away like a quarter horse, and on account of its speed, compelled the Butte boys to play a defensive game. Of the 60 minutes play the puck was in Reliance territory 50 minutes and only the sort of hockey that makes the crowd stand up and yell was all that saved the Smelter city seven from piling up a lopsided score. Neither side was able to score in the first period, although the Anaconda team tried six times for goals during the first 10 minutes' play. The scene of battle shifted to the field for a few minutes, when the visitors again had the Reliance team fighting like demons. A fast dash by Dixon, captain of the local team got the puck near the Anaconda goal, and while the fast work was at its height the whistle sounded for a cessation of play. **Anaconda Scores.** Within a minute after play started in the second session Clucas, Bowman and Flanigan worked the puck toward the Butte goal by a series of clever hockey tricks. With his teammates blocking the opposition, Smith shot a goal from a hard angle. Within a minute after play resumed Butler and Bowman worked the puck into Butte ice and Flanigan shot a short goal. Butte put on excess pressure and got the disk into the visitors' territory, but Butler and Smith worked it out of danger, and McKay shot a long goal. During the last minute of play in the second session, Statz and Kelly out-maneuvered the visitors, and Dixon worked the puck to close quarters and shot the only goal for the Reliance. Neither side scored in the third and last session, Butte making a heroic but futile struggle to even the score. Both Clark and Butler were sent to the fence for a minute, each for a strenuous struggle after the rubber, but on the whole the game was as clean as hockey can be, where so much speed and ginger is injected into a contest. **The Lineup.** George Swan made an excellent referee and the work of J. Cameron, as judge of play was most efficient. The teams lined up as follows: | Anaconda. | Position. | Reliance. | |---|---|---| | La Londe | Goal. | Goninan | | Butler | Point. | Hadley | | Bowman | Cover. | McKinnon | | Clucas | Rover. | Dixon | | Smith | Center. | Kelly | | McKay | Left wing. | Statz | | Flanigan | Right wing. | Clark | **Standing of the Clubs.** | Clubs. | Won. | Lost. | Pct. | |---|---|---|---| | Anaconda | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | | Blackrocks | 2 | 1 | .667 | | Reliance | 1 | 3 | .250 | | Wanderers | 0 | 3 | .000 | **Beginners' Hockey Game.** As a preliminary to the league hockey game at the Butte Hockey rink next Sunday, two teams will play two 15-minute periods that should be one of the most enjoyable ice contests ever seen in Butte. No one will be allowed on either team that has ever before played hockey and neither team is allowed to practice for the contest. One team is called the Grizzly Bears, while the other team is called the Terrors. Emmet McGrath will manage the bears, while the destinies of the Terrors are in the hands of Matt Cuff. Both teams have arranged for a dozen substitutes and as all the players are good skaters, but know nothing of the many tricks of the hockey game, the contest should be a novelty. # INDOOR BASEBALL LEAGUE ORGANIZED IN MISSOULA Special Dispatch to the Standard. Missoula, Jan. 8.—At a big meeting of the fans here tonight the Garden City Indoor Baseball league was organized for the season. There was an election of officers, a report that four teams were ready to become members of the league and a committee was appointed to prepare the schedule of games, it being planned to play two games each week, the gymnasium at the university having been secured for the season. ### STATE HOTEL ARRIVALS. Finlen—Roy Webb, Missoula; A. P. Harks, Warm Springs; W. C. Creighton, M. E. Foley, Great Falls; Mrs. Louis Potter, Mrs. R. Mallathin, Dillon; Mrs. H. Goodall, G. C. Cartier, H. T. Sheehan, Helena; Mary Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stone, Roy Weles, Divide; E. J. Watters, Sheridan. Thornton—H. L. Deeney, Glasgow; Mrs. H. Bell, K. Ross, Missoula; Frank E. Hirsch, W. C. Sharp, M. H. Gerry, Helena; C. B. Oliver, Feely; W. A. Cook, Virginia City. Butte—N. J. Bielenberg, Deer Lodge; F. E. Evans, W. C. Cadwell, Great Falls; C. Benson, Pipestone; John Maguire, J. Smith, J. Pauly, Alder; Mrs. Parker, Missoula; L. P. Pilger, P. E. White, Anaconda; E. A. Austin, Home Park; C. S. Wood, Charles Gainier, Livingston; D. P. Lake, Whitehall; J. E. Allen, Lewistown; James Crokett, Three Forks; H. J. Radaef, S. C. Ashby, Helena; H. E. Chapman, Dillon; C. E. Carwin, Pony; J. F. Keown, Bozeman. ## Column 6 # RECALL PETITION IS CONSIDERED A JOKE ## NO APPARENT REASON FOR SUCH ACTION IN MISSOULA. ### MR. RHOADES IS SUSTAINED **Mayor's colleagues on commission declare that if he is guilty of extravagance, they, too, are in the same boat—Petitions a joke.** Special Dispatch to the Standard. Missoula, Jan. 8.—The petitions which have been circulated for the recall of Mayor Rhoades of this city have been much discussed here since their existence became known. The result of this discussion has been that the petitions are considered a joke. They are of unknown origin and so far as can be learned no signatures have been attached. Coming at a time when the council had already invited the co-operation of a citizens' committee in working out a plan to further reduce the city's expenses, and appearing almost simultaneously with reports from the councilmen showing that every department of the city had been conducted with less expense than under the previous administration, the recall petition seems to the Missoula people most untimely. The commission form of government under which Missoula is operating gives the mayor but one vote in determining the expenditure of moneys and a petition charging him with extravagance is practically meaningless unless it is made applicable to Commissioners Houston and Price. Regarding their positions, these councilmen made statements today. "It seems to me that any charge of extravagance on the part of the council is a [sic] much to be blamed on all three of us as upon the mayor. No expense of any importance has been made without the whole council agreeing to it. We do not believe that we have been extravagant, but if there is any basis for the charge, Mayor Rhoades is no more to blame than myself and Commissioner Price. I believe I have made a good record of economy in my particular department, and I believe the whole council has been economical in general, and the economy has only begun." Commissioner Price said: "I agree with Commissioner Houston as to the responsibility of the whole council for the expenditures made. It is my belief that we have been economical. Both my department and that of Mr. Houston have made great economies in spite of a great burden of extra work in my department. Mr. Rhoades' department, that of city finance and public property, has its force cut as low as possible. The expenditures were agreed to by the whole council and we're all equally responsible." # DOESN'T THINK MUCH OF BANK INSPECTION Washington, Jan. 8.—Faults in the national banking laws were discussed today before the house money trust committee by Comptroller of the Currency Lawrence A. Murray. Mr. Murray spent more than three hours under examination by Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the committee. Mr. Murray agreed with many of the criticisms of the national bank act advanced by Mr. Untermyer. He asserted that the act as constituted at present was "ineffective and inadequate." Mr. Murray furnished the committee such data from his office as President Taft had directed him to supply, which, however, was but a small part of the information which the committee asked. Mr. Murray condemned without reservation the practice which, he said, was a growing evil, of directors and officers of national banks accepting "personal compensation" from borrowers of the banks. He said that legislation should be passed providing for "criminal prosecution" of the practice. Mr. Murray favored a provision of law which would prevent the stockholders of banks transferring their stock on the verge of collapse of their banks and he also indorsed a scheme to force banks to make public the list of securities held as assets by national banks. Questional [sic] by Mr. Untermyer, Mr. Murray outlined the method of the examination of national banks by his office and asserted that, under the present system, the inspection was ineffective. "It is merely superficial examination, is it not?" asked Mr. Untermyer. "Yes, that is about all." The comptroller said that there are about 105 bank examiners to superintend the affairs of 7,500 banks. In reply to questions, he said that in New York city these inspectors worked with the bank examiners of the clearing house association and co-operated with them in connection with the appraisal of loans and securities held by banks. Mr. Murray said that his knowledge of clearing house associations was merely incidental and that he had answered complaints from banks which said certain clearing house rules were detrimental to their business by saying he had no jurisdiction. He said that bank examiners fixed the value of securities by the price on the New York Stock Exchange when the stocks were listed there. "Then if the stock quotations is for a false or fictitious value, the examiner accepts it?" asked Mr. Untermyer. "Yes." In answer to questions as to the granting of national bank charters in localities where banks already were operating, Mr. Murray said a few charters had been refused because he believed "the locality already was over-banked." "Do you think this committee can ascertain whether there is a concentration of money or credits without knowing the details of the management of national banks?" asked Mr. Untermyer. Mr. Murray said he could say nothing on that point. He said he had prepared a statement of the loans of banks which could lend more than $1,000,000 to an individual, but that he could not present this statement unless directed by the president. ## Column 7 # OCEANS ARE OWNED BY A COMBINATION ## ALL STEAMSHIP TRADE PARCELED OUT, SAY WITNESSES. ### NO INDEPENDENTS CAN LIVE **Everything is pooled and when an oppositon [sic] line is started "fighting boats" put it out of business in a hurry.** Washington, Jan. 8.—Testimony about a "shipping combination that controlled the commerce of the seas with a stronger grasp than any combination which ever has existed in the trade between the states" was presented today to the house merchant marine committee. Shippers told of being at the mercy of the combination. W. H. Douglass of the New York exporting firm of Arkell & Douglass, declared that a combination of German and British lines existed, controlling the ocean and that the steamship managers in London were able to direct the course of trade at their will. A. D. Hitch, secretary and treasurer of the Hagenmeyer Trading company of New York, trading with Brazil, declared that the only independent line to South America was the Lloyd-Braziliero line. John C. Seager, former representative of a conference line, testified that his lines, the present Hamburg-South America and the Lamport & Holt line, were in a combination. "When did the combination start?" asked Representative Chandler. "About 1895 or 1896," was the reply. The witness explained that the combination had a system of deferred rebates and pooled the freight and commissions. "You mean it pooled the profits?" inquired Representative Humphreys. "Yes, sir," Mr. Seager replied. "We frequently got instructions to put on a 'fighting boat,'" Mr. Seager further testified. "That is, to put in the berth a boat with rates so low as to drive a competitor out of business. The loss was divided pro rata among the lines." William Lowery, South American agent for the Pan-American mail, which it is claimed was driven out of business by the "trust," said: "We have built the Panama canal for the benefit of British ship owners, unless this government aids an American marine." "The idea that the ocean is free is about as big a fallacy as exists in America," testified William H. Douglass. # DESPERATE WHITE SLAVER CAPTURED BY DETECTIVES Seattle, Wash., Jan. 8.—Joseph Miller, 25 years old, an alleged white slaver, was arrested yesterday by detectives who found him hiding in a secret room in the basement of his residence. Miller, whom government agents have been seeking three years, is held with his wife on a warrant charging them with being unlawfully in the United States. Detectives found where the Millers lived several days ago, but were unable to find Miller. Yesterday they raided the house and, after arresting Mrs. Miller, made a thorough search of the premises. During this investigation one of the detectives saw a rug move and, removing it, found a trap door leading into a secret room in the basement, where Miller was hiding. Miller had three pistols and three rifles in his hiding place and a loaded revolver was found on the dresser in Mrs. Miller's room. # STATE AUDITOR ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF OFFICE STAFF Special Dispatch to the Standard. Helena, Jan. 8.—State Auditor William Keating made known his selection for his office staff today. James McCarthy of Butte will be the new deputy auditor. B. F. Bowman of Plains, deputy commissioner of insurance; John F. McCormick of Missoula, state fire marshal; Miss Mae E. Senieur of Helena, chief clerk; Miss Ida Easterly, bookkeeper, and Miss Lillian C. Wenzel of Lewistown will be stenographer. Mr. Bowman, who has been appointed deputy insurance commissioner, is an old-time resident of Western Montana. He is a newspaper man and editor of Western Montana during almost the entire time he has resided in that section. ### TESTIFIES IN STEWART SUIT. Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 8.—Testifying today in the district court here in the suit of the Stewart Mining company against the Ontario company, to quiet title to the Ontario vein, M. W. Bacon, manager of the Stewart company, corroborated the testimony of Chief Engineer William Clancy as to the dip of the disputed vein from the alleged Stewart apex into Ontario ground. Bacon testified also that it was through the efforts of the Stewart company to uncover ore in its claims that the Ontario company first became convinced that the Ontario claims contained valuable bodies of lead and silver. ### CONSOLIDATION FAVORED. Special Dispatch to the Standard. Helena, Jan. 8.—Following the example of merchants in other cities in this state, the Helena Retail Merchants' association, at its annual meeting, adopted a resolution favoring the consolidation of the two telephone systems operating in this city. ### TETON BONDS SOLD. Special Dispatch to the Standard. Helena, Jan. 8.—News has been received in Helena that the Northwestern Trust company of St. Paul has purchased the $100,000 issue of road and bridge funds of Teton county. The trust company was recently acquired by James J. Hill. ### GOVERNOR BURKE INDORSED. Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 8.—The North Dakota legislature in joint session today unanimously adopted a resolution indorsing retiring Governor Burke for a seat in President Wilson's cabinet. ### FORMER TREASURER DEAD. Covington, Ky., Jan. 8.—Enos H. Nebecker, treasurer of the United States under Harrison, is dead at his home here today from a complication of diseases.