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Montana Bank Closed. Butte, Mont., Aug. 9.-On the order of Governor tSewart and Attorney General Kelly the State Savings bank of Butte was closed here today by State Bank Examiner H. S. McGraw. It was reported suspension was only temporary and had been caused by the failure of the institution to obtain money from eastern correspondents.
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SAVINGS BANK AT BUTTE IS CLOSED Butte, Mont., Aug. 7.-On the order of Governor Stewart and Attorney General Kelly, the State Savings Bank of Butte was closed here today by State Examiner H. S. McGraw. It was declared the suspension was only temporary and had been caused by the failure of the institution to obtain money from its eastern correspondents. Baggage Transfer. Call us If in a hurry. Peasley Transfer & Storage Co. -advertisement. tf Phone 73.
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Savings Bank Closed Butte, Mont., August 6.-The State Savings bank of Butte was closed today by the state bank examiner. It was said the suspension is temporary and was caused by failure to obtain money from eastern correspondenta.
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Montana Bank Closed. Butte, Mont.-On the order of Governor Stewart and Attorney General Kelly, the State Savings bank of Butte was closed Thursday by State Bank Examiner H. S. McGraw. It was reported that the suspension was only temporary and had been caused by the failure of the institution to obtain money from its éastern correspondents.
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MONTANA BRIEFLETS. SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE What Has Happened in Montana During the Past Few Days Helena, Aug 5.-By a decision W. by J. Miller Smith in the o. Judge last evening the statements J. Boyle, Earl Johnson of Tong Dan case campaign and J. Lovelace may appear in the book, but the statements of Nathan not Godfrey and J. E. McCormick are the be printed for the reason that Mcpetitions to of Messrs. Godfrey and time Cormick were not filed within the prescribed. Helena. Aug. 5.-Robert E. Miller, S. E. Wallingford, pleaded guilty Judge Clements in the to forgery, and was alias before court today He district given casha in the penitentiary. worth of bad checks, bank by him as ed year Kentucky $850 identified drawn agent on of a liquor company. He was a the forger who fleeced Phillipsburg as merchants out of several hundred dollars, and is believed to have operated in other Montana towns. Great Falls, Aug. 5.-At last night's meeting of the city council a petition bearing 45 signatures was received the that the council request of Chief of and in the event that resasking resignation Pontet, Police the Robert is not forthcoming, that steps to remove the recites as a reason petition be ignation taken official. for is inca- such The proceeding that the chief pacitated a from performing the duties and of the office by his advanced age that a younger man would better serve the interests of the city in its protection. Bozeman, Aug 5.-The city of Bozeon the eve of the thitry-first anman, reunion of the Society of Monis one nual tana pioneers, flutter twinkle of bunt- of ing, pennants, fiags and a The gaudy dress is preparfor the golden and jubilee on ation lights. Saturday. silver in anni- The of incoming today. Scores of versary first Bozeman wave pioneers bent Bozeman struck and men reached in advance of the came early to be sure acThey one grey-bearded day reunion. of commodations, and from all parts of the state. Butte, Aug. 6.-On the order of Stewart and the State eral Governor Kelly, Savings Attorney State Bank Gen- Exclosed here today by H. S. McGraw. the suspension was was aminer clared caused It only was by tem- the deand had been of the institution to failure porary correspond- obtain money from its eastern ents. Great Falls, Aug. 6.-For the first time since the strike of switchmen years ago the did not issue any several smokestack big smelter smoke pullLast night the fires were the plant is now down. One furnace in the refinery burning closed today. ed and department. practically only is will be to but this probably hours. permitted Of nearly die out in a few 1,000 men at a week there are now not more ago, employed the works officials. than 100, including cierks and Before the end of the week this number will be materially reduced. Butte, Aug. 6. The property of the Copper eighty men, opemploying Butte-Ballaklava suspended company, erations tonight. Sput. C. W. Newton that the are unannounced quote smelters able to any price on copper and no could be a could be had for ores shipsettlement assurances given when ped. The mine and smelter of the East Butte company will suspend Saturday night. Miles City, Aug: 6. Word has been the that and George received Trautman, by sheriff's postmaster office storekeeper at Broaddus, had shot a five times. country, George Sandall, rancher Deputy of sheriff that Truscott has gone out to investigate. Broaddus is about 125 miles from Miles City. Trautman has been under bond to keep the peace for some time. Hamilton. Aug. 6. The sawmill of the Anaconda company at shut down for Hamilton Copper Mining yesterday an It is understood the is shut down of the the deindefinite shut down period. Butte the mines, result of the mand for mine timber being thereby decreased. Helena, Aug. 7. Ten squatters on state near to county, land will have Scobey, vacate, the Sheridan state land board denying their application for the state to its relinquish favor prior right to the land in of them. The applications of two other settlers for this to be done were granted. Kalispell, Aug. 7.-The cherry harvest is one of growFlathead the largest fruit ers in the have ever known. A. W. Merrifield, who has the largest in the is a car of not shipping cherry orchard cherries, Flathead, and is through with his crop. J. C. Wood Geo. have sweet and and cherry orchards, Grubb, who have made large large profitable shipments this year. Miles City Aug
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NEWS OF A WEEK IN CONDENSED FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. Happenings That Are Making History -Information Gathered from All Quarters of the Globe and Given In a Few Lines. INTERMOUNTAIN. Pete Catsoulas, a striking coal miner and leader of the Greeks at the Ludlow tent colony, was arrested at Trinidad, Colo. He is charged with the death of nine employees of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company killed during the battle at Forbes in April. Local labor disturbances cannot be taken as an indication that there is general dissatisfaction among organized workingmen of the state, according to the testimony of Governor Stewart before the federal industrial relations commission at Butte. Portland, Ore., was chosen as the city for the 1916 convention of the supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias, at the business session of the Pythian convention at Winnipeg, Man. On the order of Governor Stewart and Attorney General Kelly, the State Savings bank of Butte was closed August 6 by State Bank Examiner H. S. McGraw. It was reported the suspension was only temporary and had been caused by the failure of the institution to obtain money from its eastern correspondents. Placing all of its employees at the Bingham mines, the Arthur and Magna mills and the Bingham & Garfield railroad on half time, the Utah Copper company has issued orders to reduce its output 50 per cent and ordered a corresponding reduction in its pay rolls. Hamilton George, the 11-year-old son of J. M. George, a farmer living about two miles from Provo, Utah, was struck by a bolt of lightning and instantly killed. Two powerful submarine vessels just completed at Seattle for the Chilean navy have been sold to the Canadian government. They proceeded to Victoria, B. C., under their own steam. They are each 150 feet long nd of 420 tons. DOMESTIC. Preston Griffin and Charles Hall, negroes, charged with killing a groceryman were taken from the Monroe, La., city hall tower and hanged by a mob. Less than twenty-four hours before Henry Holmes was lynched in connection with the same crime. Heavy advances in the prices of nearly all staple groceries are announced by Los Angeles wholesale grocers. They said the European war created a strong demand and prevented importation. Mrs. E. H. Welling of Trenton, N. J., head of the finance and executive committee of the New Jersey Congress of Mothers, has sent out a call to the national and state congresses of mothers, asking them to take steps for the holding of mass meetings to urge peace in Europe and to indorse President Wilson's offer of mediation. Dr. Olaf Lange, a dentist of Chicago, while insane, killed his wife and 3-year-old son and committed suicide. He stabbed Mrs. Lange and the child and then beat in their heads with a hammer. Funeral of thirty unidentified victims of the wreck at Tipton Ford, Mo., where forty persons are known to have lost their lives, were held at Neosho. The bodies were so badly charred it was impossible to identify them and they were buried in unmarked graves. Charley White's cleverness and experience proved too much for Joe Azevedo in their twenty-round boxing contest at Coffroth's arena at San FranCisco, the decision being awarded to White in the eighteenth round. The Knights of Columbus' annual convention closed at St. Paul after Seattle, Wash., had been selected as the 1915 convention city. The British steamer Craster Hall, which sailed from New York, June 26, for Valparaiso, is aground in the Straits of Magellan. The armored cruiser Tennessee, converted for the time into a treasure ship, left New York, August 6, to carry millions in gold to the many thousand Americans who are in want in European countries. The Japanese premier, Count Okuma, in an interview expressed his regret tha+ the United States had not been able to mediate in the European conflict, which, if it continues, he said, means the destruction of western civilization. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul tunnel through the Cascade mountains, which is 12,000 feet long and which will reduce the altitude of the crossing 443 feet, was broken through by a blast on August 5, and men from east and west clasped hands through can
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Butte Liquor Dealer Fails. The saloons and liquor houses of Frank Walker, among the largest in Butte, went into the hands of receivers in consequence of the closing oi the State Savings bank, which carried Walker's funds.
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MONTANA BRIEFS The state reunion of the Elks lodges as held at Helena this week. Rear Admiral Staunton and wife of Washington, D. C., are making a tour of Yellowstone National park. Montana's golden and silver jubilee closed Saturday at Great Falls with fun and frolic after six days of celebration. A. J. McDowell, father af C. T. McDowell, prominent rancher of Troy, died recently at the ranch home of old age, aged 84. F. D. Williams, first assistant in the office of the state bank examiner has been appointed receiver of the State Savings bank at Butte. His bond was fixed at $100,000. Emma Goldman, the noted anarchist, who used to create a police riot every time she appeared in public, arrived in Butte Sunday and there wasn't a ripple of excitement. Officers of the law are convinced that highwaymen who held up 14 stage between Old Faithful inn and the Thumb lunch station July 27 has made his escape into the Jackson hole country where the highwayman whose hold. up of the coaches was done in almost the same manner escaped in 1909. One hundred men from Great Falls and Kalispell were sent to a fire in the Blackfeet forest; 45 men from Missoula to Soudan and Stark; 25 men from Missoula to Bonita for the Gilbert creek fire; 45 men from Missoula to Iron Mountain and Superior, for a fire near Quinn's spur and six from Missoula to Clinton, is the record for Sunday. Because of disturbed conditions resulting from the European war, the $450,000 bond issue which the city of Billings was to offer at auction recently was withdrawn. This will delay acquisition of a municipal water plant, but does not void the contract with the Montana Water company, from which it was purchased. Another result of the war's effect upon financial conditions is the stoppage of work on the largest paving contract which was ever let by the city. The senate has passed a bill which permits publication of land office notices in dailies, as well as in weekly newspapers. It is now required by law that these notices shall be pub. lished only in weekly papers, nearest the land affected, but Senator Meyers' bill permits publication of such notices weekly in the Saturday issue of daily papers, if the local land officers so desire, the publications to run the same 1 length of time in the daily as in .the weekly. Another bill passed by the d senate permits homestead entrymen to divide their five months' leave of ab sence each year into two periods, if they so desire. This bill heretofore passed the house.
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HEINZE AND HIS BUTTE BANK. Was a Heavy Borrower, as Shown by Report of Receiver. Interesting disclosures were made yesterday as to the affairs of the defunct State Savings bank of Butte when Receiver F. D. Williams filed an inventory of the bank's condition with the district court. The estate of the late F. Augustus Heinze owes the bank $221,292.05, and in addition, Heinze also had indorsed notes for $40,000 upon a loan to the Bingham Central Railway company of Utah. and for $50,000 upon a note of his brother, Otto C. Heinze of New York, and a note of J. A. Coram of Boston, associated with Heinze in several of his promotion ventures, for $109,250.22. Heinze's collateral consisted chiefly of United Copper stock, Bingham railway bonds and Stewart stock. H. Mason Raborg, former president of the bank and a friend of the Heinzes, borrowed $15,565.17. giving as security principally stock in the bank and mining stock of indefinite value.
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Stockholders Sued for $300,000. Butte, Mont., Dec. Receiver F. D. Williams of the State Savings bank has begun suit against stock. holders to recover the total of the capital stock of the failed bank, which is $300,000. Under the laws of Montana stockholders are responsible. Edward Hickey, president of the bank and head of the Tuolumne and Pilot Butte Mining companies, is sued for the largest amount, $75,666.66.
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Stockholders Sued for $300,000. Butte, Mont., Dec. 9.-Receiver F. D. Williams of the State Savings bank has begun suit against stockholders to recover the total of the capital stock of the failed bank, which is $300,000. Under the laws of Montana stockholders are responsible. Edward Hickey, president of the bank and head of the Tuolumne and Pilot Butte Mining companies, is sued for the largest amount, $75,666.66.
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Stockholders Sued for $300,000. Butte, Mont., Dec. ).Receiver F. D. Williams of the State Savings bank has begun suit against stockholders to recover the total of the capital stock of the failed bank, which is $300,000. Under the laws of Montana stockholders are responsible. Edward Hickey, president of the bank and head of the Tuolumne and Pilot Butte Mining companies, is sued for the largest amount, $75,666.66.
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NEWSINMONTANA Events Happening in Various Parts of the State. HEINZES HEAVY BORROWERS Other Men Also Debtors of Butte State Savings Bank, Receiver Reports. The first report of Receiver F. D. Williams on the condition of the State Savings bank, which failed at Butte early in September, shows that the Augustus Heinze estate, Otto C. Heinze, a brother, of New York; J. A. Corom, formerly a well known Heinze official, and M. S. Largely, are the chief debtors. Heinze had borrowed $221,292.05; his brother, $50,000; Corom, $109,250.22 and Largely, $30,130.35, the statement shows. Largely, who was a director, also endorsed loans of $42,000 to the Largely paper mills and $5,500 to the Hudson Mining company, a Largely concern. In addition to his borrowing Heinze endorsed a loan to the Bingham Central railway, a subsidiary of the Ohio Copper company, with which Heinze was connected. H. Mason Raborg, former president of the bank, borrowed $15,565.17, the chief security for which was shares of State Savings bank stock. An inventory filed by the receiver shows paper resources of $2,263,688.50. The total loans reached $1,300,111.85. Overdrafts were $65,000 at the time of the bank's suspension.
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Stockholders Sued for $300,000. Receiver F. D. Williams of the failed State Savings bank at Butte has commenced suit against stockholders to recover the total of the capital stock of the failed bank, which is $300,000. Under the laws of Montana stockholders are responsible. Edward Hickey, president of the bank and head of the Tuolumne and Pilot Butte Mining companies, is sued for the largest amount, $75,666.66.
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montana SQUIBS The annual show of the Montana Poultry association was held in Stevensville this week. At the meeting of women voters held at Helena this week was a delegation from Butte. John Summers. an old resident of the Bitter Root valley, died in Los Angeles recently from cancer. The board of missions of the Episcopal church for the diocese of Montana held their midwinter meeting in Bozeman this week. Fifty thousand dollars for the Montana exhibits at San Francisco and San Diego was assured Friday when the state senate concurred in the house bill appropriating that amount, Under the leadership of D. McGuire, state organizer for the Farmers' Society of Equity, the farmers of Madison county are rapidly filing into line and locals of this organization are springing up all around the country. Recommendation has been made to Governor Stewart by the state livestock sanitary board that the quarantine against Canada on account of the foot and mouth disease be lifted Feb. 1, but that it be continued against eastern states. Leaving Butte Thursday, and carrying a crowd of several hundred Montanans bound for the Panama exposition, the Montana special run by the Salt Lake route will make but one stop between Butte and Los Angeles. The single stop will be at Salt Lake. f The body of Mrs. Kate Bills, who recently figured conspicuously in the e divorce court was found in the basement of her home Saturday at Butte. r The woman had been beaten to death. y Joseph and Walter Reese, brothers, and neighbors of Mrs. Bills, are being held by the officers in connection with the case. g y Sheriff Henderson of Butte, presided at the meeting of Montana sheris iffs in Helena this week when they with county officials, including coune ty clerks and recorders, assessors, treasurers and commissioners, met in e Helena. It is planned to revive the th old state association of sheriffs, or g ganized in 1905. The state senate has appointed a as special committee to investigate all ustate departments, all state bureaus ne boards and commissions, and to re rport on the afficiency and economy he in the administration of each. The committee is directed to submit any es bills for remedial legislation that i may deem proper. he ut Judge Erickson at Deer Lodge Sat es urday made an order denying the mc ietion for writs of habeas corpus in the cases of Muckie McDonald, Bradley auWinchester and Smith, who were con cavicted on charges growing out of th he Butte miners' troubles. They were Te ad manded to the custody of the officer of the state prison. athe After Attorney Joseph H. Griffi ok announced that F. D. Williams, re ast ceiver of the State Savings bank Butte will receive about $60,000 fo his services, 299 of the 300 depositor in of the bank at a mass meeting vote elto attempt to oust the receiver b means of a petition to the distric ed court. It was the sense of the mee using that a Butte business man can b selected to handle the affairs of th bank in a more satisfactory manne ucIn the death at Kalispell of O. in Main another gap has been made the ranks of the few surviving men on bers of the old Sun River Roundup a age sociation, which for many years du thing the cow times was the leadin the stock organization of Montana. M reMain, better known as "Hod" Mai int was one of the pioneer stockmen the the northern part of the state. A n tive of Michigan, he came to Montan in the '60s, and in 1870 went to th Sun River valley with Ed Dennis, se tled on what is now known as the o Jim Adams home ranch, near the tow of Sun River. anH. V. Alward has resigned 915. cashier of the First National bank Kalispell, Mont. lay ear. The Kalispell land office has I ceived the plats of the villa sit atly around Flathead lake, and it is tl rky belief that the department intends 1t. offer them for sale in the near futur probably about July 1. AthterTwo hundred sawmills are co restantly at work ripping up into buil ing material for new homes, the 7 000,000,000 feet of standing timber of Montana, as estimated by State F couester J. C. Van Hook in his bienni the report submitted to Governor Stewa by The agricultural appronriation
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Angeles recently from cancer. The board of missions of the Episcopal church for the diocese of Montana held their midwinter meeting in Bozeman this week. Fifty thousand dollars for the Montana exhibits at San Francisco and San Diego was assured Friday when the state senate concurred in the house bill appropriating that amount, Under the leadership of D. McGuire, state organizer for the Farmers' Society of Equity, the, farmers of Madison county are rapidly filing into line and locals of this organization are springing up all around the country. Recommendation has been made to Governor Stewart by the state livestock sanitary board that the quarantine against Canada on account of the foot and mouth disease be lifted Feb. 1, but that it be continued against eastern states. Leaving Butte Thursday, and carrying a crowd of several hundred Montanans bound for the Panama exposition, the Montana special run by the Salt Lake route will make but one stop between Butte and Los Angeles. The single stop will be at Salt Lake. The body of Mrs. Kate Bills, who recently figured conspicuously in the divorce court was found in the basement of her home Saturday at Butte. The woman had been beaten to death. Joseph and Walter Reese, brothers, and neighbors of Mrs. Bills, are being held by the officers in connection with the case. Sheriff Henderson of Butte, presided at the meeting of Montana sheriffs in Helena this week when they with county officials, including county clerks and recorders, assessors, treasurers and commissioners, met in Helena. It is planned to revive the old state association of sheriffs, organized in 1905. The state senate has appointed a special committee to investigate all state departments, all state bureaus, boards and commissions, and to report on the afficiency and economy in the administration of each. The committee is directed to submit any bills for remedial legislation that it may deem proper. Judge Erickson at Deer Lodge Saturday made an order denying the motion for writs of habeas corpus in the cases of Muckie McDonald, Bradley, Winchester and Smith, who were convicted on charges growing out of the Butte miners' troubles. They were remanded to the custody of the officers of the state prison. After Attorney Joseph H. Griffin announced that F. D. Williams, receiver of the State Savings bank at Butte will receive about $60,000 for his services, 299 of the 300 depositors of the bank at a mass meeting voted to attempt to oust the receiver by means of a petition to the district court. It was the sense of the meeting that a Butte business man can be selected to handle the affairs of the bank in a more satisfactory manner. In the death at Kalispell of O. S. Main another gap has been made in the ranks of the few surviving members of the old Sun River Roundup association, which for many years during the cow times was the leading stock organization of Montana. Mr. Main, better known as "Hod" Main, was one of the pioneer stockmen of the northern part of the state. A native of Michigan, he came to Montana in the '60s, and in 1870 went to the Sun River valley with Ed Dennis, settled on what is now known as the old Jim Adams home ranch, near the town of Sun River. H. V. Alward has resigned as cashier of the First National bank at Kalispell, Mont. The Kalispell land office has received the plats of the villa sites around Flathead lake, and it is the belief that the department intends to offer them for sale in the near future, probably about July 1. Two hundred sawmills are conantly at work ripping up into build ing material for new homes, the 70,000,000,000 feet of standing timber in Montana, as estimated by State Forester J. C. Van Hook in his biennial report submitted to Governor Stewart. The agricultural appropriation bill now before the house carries $843,100 for miscellaneous expenses of the ad-
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# Five Suits Filed In Federal Court Five suits were filed yesterday in the Federal court as follows: John Donnellan versus Rochester Crown Point Mines company and L. A. Friedman, H. H. Hunter, J. T. Goodin and H. J. Murish as officers and directors of the company. The suit is for $10,000 and 40,000 shares, claimed by plaintiff, as belonging to the Rochester Crown Point Mines company from the sale of the Cousten tunnel and the block or lease No. 4 to the Rochester Mines company, and held by the defendant as trustees. The plaintiff asks for a writ of injunction, restraining the defendants from doing any business whatsoever pending the suit and also asks that at the proper time, and on sufficient cause being shown to the court, that an order be made by the court appointing a receiver and also asking for the dissolving of the company and terminating its affairs. The plaintiff Donnellan is the holder of 150,000 shares of the stock and represents other stockholders in the suit. Thomas A. Kepner of Reno is attorney for plaintiff. The Pioneer Reduction company versus F. C. Beedle and the Belleville Tailings association. This suit is for a one-half undivided interest in about 150,000 tons of tailings, owned by the Rhodes and Argentum Mining companies of Nevada. The tailings show by assays that they are worth about $1.12 in gold and eight ounces in silver per ton. The property is located at Belleville, Mineral county. A. G. Miller is plaintiff's attorney. F. D. Williams as receiver of the State Savings Bank of Butte, Mont., versus E. W. King. Suit is brought to recover a judgment on five promissory notes given by defendant to the bank, amounting to about $46,667, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, from May 1, 1910. H. C. Davey versus Albert Stock, a suit brought to recover $3,000, the value of an automobile. Plaintiff claims that defendants, without plaintiff's knowledge, took an automobile belonging to plaintiff, used it and then abandoned it and when found was practically worthless. An additional sum of $500 for expenses is also asked for. D. and C. Mining company versus J E. Johnson, for a failure, as claimed, to live up to requirements of a certain lease and contract made between the parties. Judgment for $6,000 is asked for.
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# NEWS FROM THE COURT HOUSE. A civil action to collect a note has been filed against W. S. Parkhurst by F. D. Williams, receiver of the State Savings bank of Butte, Montana. A. L. Fletcher is attorney for the plaintiff. A suit to quiet title to a piece of real estate has been filed by James E. Ward against Lincoln county, et al., Henry Hall and J. C. Martin are attorneys for the plaintiff. The board of county commissioners met Monday as a board of equalization for personal taxes. After completing this work a few bills were allowed and some other small matters received the attention of the board.