The Butte Miner, 1914-03-18, p.1

THE ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN BUTTE—IT COVERS ENTIRE NORTHWEST *Weather Today* — Rain or snow and colder. THE BUTTE MINER *Weather Tomorrow* — Cloudy. VOL. LI—NO. 178. BUTTE, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1914. ESTABLISHED 1876. ## Column 1 # BUTTE HONORS MEMORY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT [spans columns 1-2] ## Parade the Greatest of Its Kind in History of City—Eight Hundred Attend High Mass at St. Joseph's Church—Crowd Fills Auditorium at Afternoon Exercises—Day Closes With Young Folks Tripping Light Fantastic at Local Halls. [spans columns 1-2] Butte's big Auditorium was comfortably filled yesterday afternoon with sons and daughters of Erin, who assemble once each year to do honor to the patron saint of Ireland. The affair was held under the auspices of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Much enthusiasm was manifested by those present. The day was the greatest in the history of B[u?]tte Gaels. James J. Murphy, county president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, presided. His introductory remarks were timely. He told of the feeling in Butte among the Irishmen for a closer union. James B. Mulcahy delivered the address of the day upon "The Life of St. Patrick." The speaker prefaced his remarks by declaring that so much had been said upon the subject during the past day or two he doubted if there remained anything for him to speak about. But contrary to this he delivered an excellent talk and was greeted with a generous applause. [I?]ncidentally Mr. Mulcahy told of the st[r?]uggle between England and Ireland, declaring the former nation had made three treaties with Ireland, during the life of the speaker and had broken each one. "I hope the time will never come when Irishmen will substitute the cry 'God Save the King' for the beloved 'God Save Ireland,'" he said. The program was opened by selections from the Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. Miss Alice Dalling and Willie Dalling followed with excellent selections on piano and violin. Such well-known singers and entertainers as Mrs. Martha Collins, M. J. Gavigan and Ed Lee were on the program. The program: Selections of Irish airs, Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. Introductory remarks, Chairman James J. Murphy, county president Ancient Order of Hibernians. Instrumental duet, Miss Alice Dalling and Willie Dalling. Vocal solo, "Come Back to Erin," Miss Marie Hickey. Reading, selected, Miss Imelda Kelly. Vocal solo, "I'll Take You Ho[m?]e Aga[i?]n, Kathleen," Jame[s?] Murp[h?]y. Jig and reel dancing, the Gaelic league juniors, the Misses Mary and Josie McCarthy, Anna Church and Helen Downey. Vocal solo, "Killarney," Mrs. Martha Collins. Reading, selected, Miss Helen Tallon. Address, James B. Mulcahy. Instrumental duet, Miss Fleming and Willie Fleming. Vocal solo, "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls," Miss Minnie Tinetti. Reading, selected, M. J. Gavigan. Vocal solo, "Molly Bawn," Ed Lee. Eight-hand reel dance, Gaelic league, Misses Angela Church, Daisy Ryan, Norah Murphy, Laura Welsh; Daniel Leahy, Daniel Mullins, Patrick O'Brien and William Murphy. Vocal solo, "Mother Machree," Miss Lillian McNulty. Selections of Irish airs, the Irish Volunteers' fife and drum corps. ### Parade [a?] Success. The parade formed in Centerville, moving down Main street to Granite. West on Granite the line turned south on Montana street going east on Broadway to Arizona and then south to the St. Joseph's church. As the first event of the day the parade came as the most successful one of its kind in the history of Butte. Some estimated the procession to be over one mile long. Visitors from Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Helena and other Montana cities were in line. # Walls of Burned St. Louis Building Fall, Killing Two, Burying 15 Under Debris [spans columns 1-2] St. Louis, March 17.—Two persons were killed, fifteen were buried under debris, and about ten were injured when the west wall of the Missouri Athletic club building, which was destroyed by fire a week ago, collapsed today and crashed through a four-story building occupied by the St. Louis Seed company. A thirty-mile wind caused the collapse of the wall, which was seven stories high. A few minutes before the collapse, Building Commissioner McKelvey, who was directing 170 men in the work of exploring the ruins of the club, feared the wall would fall and ordered his men out of the debris. This action probably prevented a heavy loss of life. The four-story building occupied by the St. Louis Seed company had weakened apparently during the burning of the Missouri Athletic club building, which adjoined it on the east, and when the brick wall crashed on the roof of the four-story building, the walls of the latter gave way and all above the second floor crumbled. Hours after the accident it was impossible to determine how many had been buried in the ruins. Many doubtless escaped, but tonight 10 to 14 were unaccounted for. In addition, six injured had been taken from the ruins, two were known to be dead, and several still were in the debris. James Cobb, an employe of the seed company, apparently was dangerously hurt, but he directed the work of the rescuers who tried to extricate him from the ruins. Electric lights were strung about the debris that pinioned him, and while the workmen tugged at the heavy timbers, Rev. Father Kennedy, a Catholic priest, administered to him the last rites of the church. Father Kennedy also administered last rites to another man buried in the debris. Two other priests worked in the ruins giving last rites to the injured. ## Column 2 The Ancient Order of Hibernians formed the biggest delegation, there being but few members of that organization who failed to turn out. Many Hibernians from Anaconda were in line. A strong representation from the Robert Emmet Literary society marched. The Gaelic league was in line almost to a member. In addition to the drum corps of the Irish volunteers, the crack corps from the Anaconda chapter of the A. O. H. attended. ### Hundreds at Church. Over 800 men attended high mass at St. Joseph's church in the morning. Rev. Father McCormack delivered the sermon. He told of St. Patrick, his birth and his influence on the history of Christianity. He said in part: ### Tribute to A. O. H. "And let me say to you, brothers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, your organization has played such an important part in defending and upbuilding our sublime Christian heritage that you may well be styled 'Bulwark of the Church.' Gather into your society the stout, sturdy sons of St. Patrick. By their affiliations they will continue their abiding love for their motherland and prove to be the highest type of citizens in this great land of their adoption. "May the name of St. Patrick never shine less in the generations to come, but like a banner, inscribed with dates of history, may it float over the battlefields of spiritual conquest. "We may well look to St. Patrick as the rock from which we were hewn. In him and his numerous successors we see combined the admirable passion for knowledge and love of fatherland. Here lies one great provi[n?]ce for our devotion to Christian truth and may every succeeding decade see the children of St. Patrick more and more distinguished among those who [c?]ontribute to every branch of learning. May they be leaders for religion's sake, b[e?]nefactors of a suffering hu[m?]anity, phys[ic?]ians of a world cherishing its own di[sc?]ontent. May they look to the island of [sa?]ints and scholars, that now arises in the [m?]orning of its hope, for examples of unis[on a?]nd concord between the [justifiable?] [r?]ights of religion and the utilities of human science. ### Hope for Ireland. "No longer do we meet to speak of Ireland's sorrows. The sunburst of her glory, long waited for, is now shining upon her, and, from the hill tops of undying Irish hope, her sons and daughters will be rulers in the land where for centuries they were denied the common rights of men and Christians. And let us hope that their last grand effort for a united and progressive Ireland will prove to the world that the Irish race at home are able to accomplish in material and spiritual things the resources with which they have been so richly endowed." ### Delightful Day. The weather could not have been more ideal for the day. During the morning a warm sun made conditions ideal for both marchers and spectators. Of the latter the sidewalks in the downtown section were crowded. ### Ends in Dancing. As a fitting conclusion of the day the young folks took charge, having engaged three of the local dance halls beforehand. At the Coliseum the crowd was immense. The same conditions prevailed at the Hibernian and Pallas halls. It was a great day for the Gaels. Another body lay across the body of Mr. Cobb when the rescuers reached him. It had been transfixed by a piece of scantling. An aged man was found pinioned in the basement of the seed company building. To take him out alive it seemed necessary to release him by amputating his leg. Physician injected morphine into the pinioned leg and were about to amputate when workmen succeeded in moving the debris. In the seed company building at the time of the accident were 10 or 12 customers and a large number of workmen engaged in repairing the building, three women and five or six men office employes. All the customers in the building are believed to have escaped with slight or no injuries. The injured were for the most part office employes of the seed company, or workmen repairing the ruins. William Roebling, an office employe of the seed company, seized a third-floor window sill as the walls crashed down, and hung there until firemen rescued him. ### BANDIT BAND SCATTERED. Douglas, Ariz., March 17.—The bandit band which destroyed two railroad bridges on the Cananea railroad Saturday was dispersed today, according to official dispatches from Hermosillo, and two prisoners captured will be executed tomorrow at Hemosillo [sic]. There were 20 in the band, according to Colonel Calles, commander of insurgent garrison troops, and the captives confessed that they were recruited in Douglas by a man named Perez Martinez, said to be acting for Huertaistas here. The band was dispersed after a brief engagement near Ojo de Agua and a constitutionalist cavalry detachment continued in pursuit of the fugitives. ## Column 3 [photograph, spans columns 3-5: a fife and drum corps in striped uniforms with drums, standing in a street] *The fife and drum corps which participated in yesterday's exercises.* [caption, spans columns 3-5] [photograph, spans columns 3-5: a long rank of uniformed men with rifles and flags before a brick building] *The Irish Volunteers.* [caption, spans columns 3-5] # FLEE FROM FLAMES AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE ## Scantily Clad Young Women March Orderly Through Smoke to Safety. Wellesley, Mass., March 17.—Perfect discipline, coolness and bravery on the part of students and faculty members prevented any loss of life or injury when College hall, the oldest of the Wellesley college buildings, burned today. The 150 young women students, 50 instructors and 50 maids were in their beds when the fire was discovered. None of the scores who marched in an orderly procession through smoke-filled hallways suffered so much as a scratch. The building was left a blackened shell by the flames. Within its crumbled walls was wreckage representing a loss of $900,000. Of this amount $100,000 was the estimated value of the personal property of the students, nearly all of whom left in scanty attire. Louis K. Morse, treasurer of the board of trustees, said tonight that the college would recover perhaps $600,000 of its loss through insurance. ### CY WARMAN SERIOUSLY ILL. Chicago, March 17.—Cy Warman, poet and author, is seriously ill at a hotel here. He was stricken Sunday and remained unconscious for more than 24 hours. # VILLA'S ARMY HARD PRESSED BY FEDERALS Juarez, March 17.—Heavy fighting with the rebels hard pressed was reported here tonight. A force of federals is said to have met Villa's army at Escalon, an important railroad town 100 miles north of Torreon, and both sides having been reinforced the battle is said to have raged fiercely all day today. The railroad from Torreon runs north through Escalon to Jimenez, Chihuahua, and beyond. On each side of the road are mountains. These for 10 miles are marked with rifle pits dug in previous revolutions. It is reported that the federals, whose numbers are not known, moved out of Torreon in two detachments pursuant to orders from President Huerta. One detachment is said to have moved over the plains west of the railroad with the mountains between it and the road, while the main body went directly by rail to Escalon. The eastern detachment evidently was trying to get in Villa's rear, as it was moving [in?] the direction of Jimenez, which is 55 miles north of Escalon. General Urbina of the constitutionalists, however, had been posted at Rosario to guard against just such a strategy and last Saturday is said to have encountered the advance guard of the federals at or near that city, which is about 110 miles west of Jimenez. He is said to have been outnumbered and to have telegraphed in an alarm for more men and artillery. The battle at Escalon, apparently nicely timed by General Velasco, the federal commander, to occur after reinforcements had been detached to assist Urbina, is believed to have begun last night or early today. No details are available. The bare facts of an important engagement were contained in a telegram of only 15 words. ## Column 4 # DIVORCE GRANTED THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. GOELET ## Wealthy Husband Had Annoyed and Embarrassed Her by Petty Acts. Newport, R. I., March 17.—Mrs. Elsie Whalen Goelet, prominent in society circles of New York and this city, was granted a divorce today from Robert Goelet on the ground of extreme cruelty. By mutual agreement, the terms of which were not made public, both are to have custody of their older son, Ogden, aged 6. The mother is to keep Peter, aged 2, their only other child, until he is 6 years old, when she is to share the custody of the child with the father. Neither Mr. or Mrs. Goelet was in court and the suit was uncontested. All the testimony was by depositions, which were read in tones so low as to be barely audible. Justice Barrow, in announcing his decision, said: "The testimony shows the continuous use of insulting, vulgar and abusive language by Goelet toward his wife, accompanied by numerous petty acts to annoy her and embarrass her, and accomplishing this result, the effect has been, according to the testimony, a serious impairment of her health and the conditions fully warrant granting this divorce." Elsie Whalen, the second daughter of Henry Whalen of a well-known Philadelphia family, became socially prominent in the Newport season of 1905 when, as a debutante, her beauty attracted much attention. Robert Goelet, the only son of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, fell in love with her and they were married at Wayne, Pa., on June 14, 1906. Miss Alice Roosevelt was one of the bridesmaids. Rumors of an estrangement were current during the latter part of 1913, and on Jan. 21 of this year she filed a suit for divorce in the local court, alleging cruel and abusive treatment. Robert Goelet was born in 1870. His father, Ogden Goelet, was considered one of the richest men in New York and was an ardent yachtsman. For nearly 20 years two cups which the elder Goelet presented to the New York Yacht club furnished a feature of the yachting season. Robert Goelet was graduated from Harvard in 1900. His sister, Miss May Goelet, married the Duke of Roxburgh. # PLEA FOR IMMEDIATE INCREASE OF RATES Chicago, Mar[ch?] 17.—That the eastern railways be permitted to put into effect the 5 per cent increase in freight rates at once for which they have asked the interstate commerce commission, pending the investigation of the case was the plea of Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, in a statement to the Railway Gazette. "The railroads have introduced testimony which we believe should convince the commission our financial necessities are real, immediate and pressing," he declared. "This being the case, the longer any action to relieve these necessities is deferred, the more serious the consequences to the railways in particular, and to the business of the country in general, must be. "It would seem that the fair thing would be to grant the increases and then go on with the investigation of the transportation practices. If the commission's final decision should result in further increases in the carriers' net revenue, it could make such reductions in rates as it considered justifiable." ## Column 5 # "HOLDING COMPANY" BILL MADE PUBLIC ## Acquisition of Stock in Rival Concern to Throttle Competition Is Barred. Washington, March 17.—The "'holding company" bill, as approved at a White house conference last night for incorporation in the administration trust legislation program, was made public today by Representative Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the house judiciary committee. The "holding company" bill would provide: "That it shall be unlawful for one corporation engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to acquire directly or indirectly the whole or any part of the stock or share of the capital of another corporation engaged also in interstate or foreign commerce where the effect of such acquisition is to eliminate or lessen competition." It would further provide, however, "that this act shall not apply to corporations purchasing such stock solely for investment and not using the same by voting or otherwise to bring about or in attempting to bring about the lessening of competition. "Violations of the act would constitute misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both." In its concluding section the measure provides that "nothing contained in this act shall be held to affect or impair any right heretofore legally acquired." # HAS NEW NOSE MADE FROM HIS RIB Baltimore, March 17.—With a new nose, made from one of his ribs strapped to his face, which was denuded of features in a sawmill accident three years ago, Ross Allen, a young Canadian, is recovering from a remarkable operation at a hospital here, it was announced today. It was the most important of a series of skin grafting which have given him new lips and now a new nose covered with skin taken from his forehead. The last operation was completed a week ago and is considered a success by the surgeons. # 2,000 DRESSMAKERS IN NEW YORK STRIKE New York, March 17.—Of about 5,000 members of the Misses and Children's Dressmakers' union, mostly women, who were reported at the point of striking, nearly 2,000 left their employment today. About 100 of the smaller manufacturers are affected. No disorder resulted. ### DENIED BY REBELS. Douglas, Ariz., March 17.—Reports that F. T. Cromwell, the mining man from Portland, missing since December, had been shot by order of constitutionalist officials, were emphatically denied today by Col. P. Elias Calles, commander of the rebel garrisons in Sonora. He said he had never heard of Cromwell until asked by Consul Hostetter at Hermosillo to look for him. New York, March 17.—Johnny Dundee of New York defeated "Special Delivery" Hirsch of Chicago in a ten-round bout here tonight. Dundee weighed 127 pounds and Hirsch, 121. ## Column 6 # MONTANA THE PIONEER IN CONVICT HONOR SYSTEM [spans columns 6-7] ## Gov. Samuel V. Stewart in an Address Before the South Bend Knife and Fork Club of Indiana Tells of the Success Attained by His State in the Working of Prisoners Without the Use of Armed Guards. [spans columns 6-7] ### (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) South Bend, Ind., March 17.—Speaking before the South Bend Knife and Fork club, an organization before which the biggest minds of the country have been expressed, Gov. S. V. Stewart of Montana, tonight stirred an audience of 300 men to unusual enthusiasm. His address on "Applied Humanity in Prison Control," striking the popular chord. ### Surprises Audience. The governor surprised his audience by telling them that Montana was the pioneer state in the working of prisoners on the honor system and received the closest of attention when he went into detail as to the results obtained in the employment of convicts outside of prison walls and without the use of armed guards. ### Particularly Appropriate. The address of Governor Stewart was particularly appropriate for an Indiana audience, inasmuch as an agitation is now on in this state to extend the honor system to the state penal institutions. Governor Stewart upheld the idea of the suspended sentence and also the indeterminate sentence law, which is yet to be introduced in Montana. ### Knife and Fork Club. The Knife and Fork club of this city is an organization which holds monthly meetings for the discussion of national problems by men of national prominence. During the five years of its existence, vice-presidents, governors, United States senators, educators and men of literature have addressed the members. "The term 'west' has been a misnomer for these many years. The real 'west' has not been on the Pacific slope for a long time, but has been located in the Rocky mountain region for more than a generation. One hundred and eight years ago President Jefferson sent two intrepid young men into the then unknown west on a mission of investigation. Lewis and Clark explored many regions and furnished to the world the first authentic and comprehensive information relative to the intermountain country lying immediately west of the then existing outposts of civilization. "But they found white men and white settlements already on the Pacific coast, and their discoveries were only important as they revealed the magnitude, the wealth, the beauty, yea, the very existence, of that country of rugged mountain, fertile valley and verdant plain now included in the mountain states. Whatever may have been the purpose of President Jefferson in this matter, or however highly he may have esteemed the results attained, it is certain that the real value of the information obtained far exceeded his most extravagant estimates. "In the century that has passed since Lewis and Clark made their toilsome and perilous journey across the continent the scenes have shifted with rapidity and precision. There is now no unknown land on the continent, if, indeed, in the world. The work of exploration in the United States was long since achieved, and gave place to exploitation, which is now happily giving way to development and conservation. The frontier, like the twilight zone between right and wrong, is rapidly disappearing. There is no more 'wild west' except in shows of that # Great Excitement Follows Assassination of Parisian Editor by Minister's Wife [spans columns 6-7] Paris, March 17.—Not since the Dreyfus affair has any event in French history so stirred the imagination of the French people as the shooting of Gaston Calmette, editor of Figaro, [b?]y Mme. Caillaux, wife of the minister of finance. The immediate effect is a tense political situation all the greater in view of the imminence of the elections. M. Caillaux, broken in spirit, resigned from his post today and the cabinet was subject to several changes. The lobbies are seething with all sorts of reports, and the resignation of Ernest Monis, minister of marine, and even the whole cabinet, is rumored. The most reliable opinion seems to indicate that while the elimination of M. Monis is possible, the resignation of the ministry is far from likely, the deputies being unanimous that the budget must pass before the election. Among parliamentarians the affair is considered as a great and an unexpected boon to the antirepublican party which will not fail to exploit it to the utmost with the object of discrediting the government at the elections. Throughout the day crowds assembled around the Caillaux residence, the Figaro office, and Saint Lazare prison, where Mme. Caillaux occupies a cell. For the most part the crowds were composed of curious spectators, although many rowdies circulated and attempted hostile demonstrations. The police, however, had no difficulty in handling them and made many arrests. Late tonight the Royalist association was called out by Leon Daudet, the leader. He mounted a table outside a well-known boulevard cafe, and harangued his followers, attacking M. Caillaux in violent terms to the accompaniment of shouts of "Down with the assassin, Caillaux!" M. Hennion, perfect [sic] of Paris, in com- ## Column 7 designation, and these are most popular in the extreme east and across the water. "For half a century after the Lewis and Clark expedition the territory now included within the borders of Montana remained in its primitive state. Nothing therein developed to challenge the attention of the world and settlement in its onward march had not reached the region. Fifty-one years ago placer gold was found in such quantities as to startle the world and attract thousands of people. One year later the territory of Montana was born, and entered upon a career as a commonwealth. For 25 years it existed as a territory and then was admitted into the sisterhood of states. So that you see this year marks two important anniversaries for Montana. "Montana is really the pioneer in the working of prisoners under the honor system; that is, in the employment of the inmates of the penitentiary on the outside without the presence of armed guards. For 22 years there has never been a time when we had fewer than 100 prisoners employed at outside work, and that without the use of armed guards. The fact has never been advertised, and our people have never considered it extraordinary or unusual. They never thought to talk about it. In other states the system has been tried for the first time in recent years and much has been made of it. It was a revolution in these states—something new and therefore sensational. We grew into it. It was begun with us in a small way and really without any intent to work out a great system. "For many years our prisoners were kept by contract. By 'contract' I do not mean that the prisoners were hired to contractors at so much per day to be exploited in factory labor, but that the state paid the contractor a stipulated sum per day for he [sic] care and maintenance of each prisoner. The contractors owned a large ranch adjacent to the prison. One of the contractors was something of a student of human nature and he began to experiment. He allowed short termers and trusties to work without guard; he put them on their honor and sent them forth to appropriate tasks. He found that the men were anxious to get out of the cells, away from the cold gray walls of the prison and into the open where the sunshine might beat down upon them and the free air fill their lungs. He found that they would work hard and faithfully; in fact, endure hardship rather than go back to the cells. Gradually the contractors discovered that some of the long termers were often safer than short term men, and that the honor system worked most effectively, with few exceptions, and these were notably confirmed criminals and tramps, or 'hoboes.' Men of definite criminal tendencies can rarely be trusted and the warden tells me that 'hoboes,' even in for short terms, are never safe. Often they will make a break for liberty with only a few days to serve, especially if they hear the whistle of a freight train or imagine they feel the itch of the roving foot. "Some years ago the state took over the plant of the contractors and the senior partner of the old firm was made warden for the state. He came to the office with the years of experience (Continued on Page Two—Col. One.) mand of a large body of police, harried the manifestants up and down the boulevard and finally scattered them, the Royalists fleeing with shouts of "Down with the republic! Long live the king!" A score were arrested and many were bruised in the scuffles. Daudet made a second attempt to organize a demonstration with the assistance of another Royalist leader, Maurice Pujo, outside the Opera Comique. The two men were arrested after a sharp struggle. Earlier in the evening half a dozen mobs assembled in parts of the city on the left bank of the Seine and endeavored to make their way to the chamber of deputies. In every instance formidable battalions of police barred the streets and dispersed the mobs. # THOUSANDS OF IRISH PARADE IN NEW YORK New York, March 17.—Thousands of loyal Irishmen polished up their silk hats, stuck shamrocks in their buttonholes and marched up Fifth avenue today in honor of their patron saint. The superb weather filled the sidewalks with spectators. The paraders, 20,000 strong, marched four miles. ### SUMATRA OPERATOR ROBBED. (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Sumatra, March 17.—The operator for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul here was held up and robbed early this morning of $350 by two masked men. The operator's feet and arms were tied and he was gagged. He was found three hours later by Agent Hayes. Deputy Sheriff Griggs of Forsyth arrested two men here today who partially answered the description of the outlaws.