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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
INDIAN HORSE THIEF
IS ROUNDED UP

Joe Magee, half breed from the
Blackfeet reservation at Browning,
was arrested Monday afternoon by
Officer Metcalf on charge of horse
stealing. Both Metcalf and Special
Agent Harmon had received tips
that he was in town. Metcalf
rounded him up in the Brewery
saloon, where he accosted him and
relieved him of gun before he re-
allied what had happened, and
then took him to Jail, where with
the assistance of Harmon, the
evidence was put to him so strong
that he confessed to the crime.
He says he stole three colts from
another Indian on the reseve, who
had also stolen them from another
man by the name of Broadwater,
that he had turned them back to
the man he had stolen from, but
being apprehended by the Indain
police thought it best to get out of
the country and was making his
way to Portland.
1t appears that there has been a
gang of horse thieves operating on
the reservation for the past few
years, that the agents have been
having a grea; denl of trouble with
and nave not been able to lay
hands on. From the evidence
found in this mans pockets he
might be one of them.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
Pleased with Situation.

E. A. Wilson, who is connected
with the Great Northern expert
mental farms of the state, was in
the valley Saturday looking over
the stations in his charge. He was
very much pleased with the results
as he finds them here, and is es-
pecially elated over the experiment
farm at Chester, where they have
had practically no rain at all. Good
crops of wheat and oats were raised !,
while in the country about those
cereals were a total failure, which
goes to prove again that if the soil
is properly worked good crops can
be raised in spite of the light rain
fall.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
They Will Admit 1t.

Manager McNeely has wired for
J. G.. Thompson at Idaho Falls,
Idaho, offering inducements for
him to come here and pitch game
against the Hamilton baseball team,
Sunday or Monday. For these
games the local team will be
strengthened up and, we think,
will win the series without Thomp-
son. If Manager McNeely wants
to add to his pitching staff, we
would suggest Archie Coins, the
Whitefish star, who has many ad-
mirers for his baseball sense, and
would probably not object to help
ing out the local team against rank
outsiders. Archie would sure look
good in Kalispell uniform. Kali
ispell Times.
Archie is using that level base
ball noodle of his to get the White
fish team to the top where it can
rightfully claim the title, Champs
of the state', and it looks as if he
will get there, too, SO he will not
have time to save Kalispell's shat
tered baseball reputation.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
Structural Steel Arrived

After being held back with their
work for over ten days for the
want Of the structural steel for the
new building, the contractors were
able to go ahead with the work
Monday morning. The steel beams
in question arrived from Pittsburg
Sunday morning and it wont be
long now before the fronts on the
two new buildings will be COM
pleted.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11

not use check protector to per-
forate them so they could not be
made payable over certain
amount or erasures made.
The first intimation of the
trouble appeared here Saturday,
when the First National Bank re-
ceived notification from the head
quarters of Grant, Smith & Co.,
that their checks had been raised,
and to look out for them. The
bank officials here wired back
for the cancelled checks, so that
the matter could be checked up.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Hunt,
representing Grant, Smith & Co.,
arrived with the raised checks,
and after going over the books
the merchants here were found
to be heavy losers.
The report was made public
Tuesday afternoon when the men
who had been defrauded
were notified. Sixty checks
in all had been tampered
with, which, being raised ten
times their value, made a very
neat haul. Most Of the paper
had been cashed in Whitefish,
and a few in Kalispell, Butte,
Helena and few other outside
points.
Nearly every business man
here was stuck for various sums,
ranging from $40 to $4OO.
A great many theories are ad-
vanced as to how the game was
worked, but it was done so nicely
that even experts are at sea,
as each check was properly en-
dOrSed.
All were time checks and had
been issued during the month of
April, May and June, and were
cashed here by business men Sat-
urday night, July 2, until the
9TH, as they were nearly all de-
posted in the bank July S.
1t is believed by some that an
organized gang had been gath
ering up these small checks for
some time and making them
over, then came to Whitefish at
the most opportune time and dis
posed of them during the time
the bank was closed, so there
was no chance for detection from
that source. No fraudulent
checks have been found outside
of this bunch, or since this date,
so apparently they just fixed up
the one batch, got them cashed,
and cleared out.
The trouble was not discovered
until the cancelled checks were
sent back to Grant, Smith & Co.
and passed into the auditors
hands, who found that the
amount did not coincide with the
time books.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
First Dance of Season.

The social season is getting a
rather early start this year. The
G. l. A. to the B. of L. E. have
placards out announcing a grand
ball in Skyles' hall on Wednesday
evening, August "a. The football
team comes next with their dance
on September 8.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
VICTIMS OF
WHOLESALE FRAUD
Very Clever and Systematic Plan of Raising Checks
to Fictitious Values Has Been Practiced
Whereby Many Business Men Are Heavy Losers

Merchants and other business
men of Whitefsh received a Sc
we're shock Tuesday when it
was discovered that in the aggre-
gate they had been defrauded
to the tune of $1,000, or there
abouts, thru raised checks that
had been issued by Grant, Smith
& Co.,, contractors of Spokane,
who are building the double track
for the Great Northern from
Java to Summit.
They have a force of over a
thousand men at work in the va
rious camps, the majority of
them foreigners, and most of
them come to Whitefish to buy
their clothing and supplies, and
their checks have been accepted
by the business men without any
question whatever. In this case
some of them had come in and
purchased small bill of goods,
offering these checks in payment
and receiving the difference in
cash.
All the checks in question had
been made out to Italians, and as
far as the merchants can tell
they were presented to them by
Italians, and no two checks by
the same man.
The original amounts were all
small, none of them being over
SO, but it seems had been raised
by very cleverly forging the let
ters ''ty" after the amount writ
ten out, and a cipher annexed to
the numerals, thereby raising it
to ten times it's original value.
Six dollar checks were made to
read sixty, 'seven dollar checks
raised to read Seventy" etc.
Some think the original figures
were erased by an acid and new
ones substituted, and so it ap-
pears in some cases; but if such
is the case it is one of the clev-
ervest pieces of work ever done
in this line, because close scrutiny
fails to reveal that they have
been tampered with in the least
in erasing.
Just how or by whom the forg-
cry was executed is a mystery,
and not the slightest clue has
been obtained up to the present
date, as the time which has
elapsed since the forgery was
committed has given the crimi-
nails ample opportunity to make
good their escape.
The First National Bank of
Whitefish has notified the Bank
ers' Association, who will take
the matter in hand and endeavor
to discover who is responsible.
1t was a comparatively easy
matter to raise these checks, as
the company issuing them does
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
Cut By Mower.

Alvin Anthony of Eureka, who
las been working for Billy Rich of
pat place this summer, met with a
|ainful accident last week while
powing, by falling on the blade of
be scythe, cutting his knee badly.
Fe was brought here on No. 2
thursday and placed in the hos
ftal.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11
Announces Engagement

Mrs Jemima Duncan announces
the engagement of her daughter
Catherine, to Mr.. John Woodwork
GOOdell.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcintosh
and Mrs. Watson, of Kalispell
spent Sunday here visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Latter.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-08-11

Before you boast of your ances-
ters hide the family photograph
lbum.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
TUBES
IN FEDERAL OFFICES.
Custom House and Appraisers
Warehouse Now Connected.

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-The opening
of the pneumatic tube service between
the Customs House and the appraisers
warehouse during the next few days is
expected to enable the New York GUS
toms officials to greatly expedite the
passage CT merchandise through the
local customs. Up to the present time
invoices, appraisement orders and other
official paper from the collectors office
have been dispatched by messengers
between the two buildings by means Of
the elevated railroad.
This method has required nearly an
hour for the round trip, whereas the
tubes under tests made by the New
York Pneumatic Service Company dur
ing the past week have demonstrated
that the official papers may be trans
mitted between the two buildings in a
practically instantaneous manner The
Pneumatic Service Company has COM
pleted it's tests n as soon as formal
approval comes from the treasury de-
partment in Washington the tubes will
be put in operation by the government.
The appraisers office, in charge of
George w. Wanmaker, is transacting
nearly 81 900, 000, 900 of business yearly,
and the new service will make 1t pos
sible for the appraiser to receive in
voices and other official papers with the
minimum of delay.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
MORTGAGES RECORDED.
NEWARK

Belle Duckenfield and husband TO John
]. Quinn, east side Ridgewood avenue, In
feet south from Marie place. SLOT.
Jacob Epstein to Savings Building and
Loan Association, south SIDE South Orange
venue. II feet east from Beacon street.
$500.
Fred Capozzi to Newark Building and
Loan Association, south side State street,
ga feet east from High street, $1,000.
Harry Pallant. eft al to same, east side
Wickliffe street, 251 feet north from south
Orange avenue, $4,000.
Rosario Fiore to United States Brewing
Company, north side Eighth avenue, south
west corner of 139 Eighth venue, $500.
Pietro MARITIME to Gustavus A. Richards,
southwest corner Warwick and Adams
streets, $50. -
nue., 1900.
William f. Werner to Ethel B. Head
ley, east side Dover street, 25 feet south
Abraham Satz ct al to German Savings
| Bank, southwest corner Fifteenth and
Morris avenues, $4,000.
west side Bergen street. G4 feet NORTH
from Runyon street $500. 49, .
Rebecca Weissberg and husband &c
David NJ. Ein, north side Bigelow street
90 feet east from Peshine avenue, s535.
William c.. Fielder to Fidelity Trust
Company. east side Arlington street. q
feet north from Nichols alleys; and sec
Matilda Gassi to Franklin Savings In
/ stitution, north side East kinney street
| east from an alley, $4,000.
Horace Wilson to Reliance Building and
Loan Association, northeast side Whittier
| place., 261 feet northwest from Freling-
huysen avenue. 81. LEO.
Horace Wilson to Aetna Realty Com
pany. northeast side Whittier place, 26l
feet northwest from Frelinghuysen ave
Jeanette Lewis to Isaac Sandusky. west
side South Tenth street, -55 feet northwesf
from Peat street. Sl75.
Patrick Dawson to John s.. Zetn, Newark
and Belleville, north side Dawson street
$50 feet west from Garden avenue; aud
| second tract, $1,000.
sareh NJ. Maeee and husband to Single-
ton Van Setback tGtardfan), west sidt
North Fourth street, 375 feet south from
Sixth avenue, $1,000.
Sabine D'Auria to William Leyser. west
| side Roseville avenue, $50 feet north from
Chester avenue, $500. :.
Sarah ]. Kilcullen and husband to Loui:
/ Schlesinger. south side Grant street, o.
Henry NJ. Reeve to Ftremen's Insurance
Company, west side Broad street, SO feet
south from Eighth avenue, slS,o".
TOWNSHIPS.
Belle Duckenfeld and husband to Louis
J. Wurth. Irvington, northeast side Oiym.
pic terrace, 100 feet west from Stuyvesan
avenue. $1,000.
Phebe A: Bremen and husband to Ed,
side Ridgewood road, south corner Win
throp place, $1,000.
Marie V. Mitchell and husband TO Eas'
Orange Building n Loan Association
| East Orange, south side hamilton street
25 feet west from North Clinton street
$1,30n
and Loan Association. North Caldwell
centre Mountain road, 10 feet north from
c. Z. Hopwood's land. $500.
Charles +. Reesch to Bloomfield Savings
Institution. Bloomfield, west side walnut
street, 10 feet south from Montgomery
street, 81, $50.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
STOCKS OPEN DULL
AND ACTIVE, ISSUES
SHOW HEAv|NESs
Fractional Declines Are the Rule
of the Day-Western Mary
land Advances.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The stock
market opened dull and with general
fractional declines. Southern PACING
and Great Northern Ore Certificates
dropped " each and some heaviness
was shown by such active issues as U.
s.. Steel, Atchison and A~maigamated
Copper. Western Maryland advanced
" a point on extremely moderate Of
ferings.
IL a. m.-With speculation promising
to be the dullest for weeks rast all in
centive to trade was hacking, and the
execution of some small selling orders
sent prices down a fraction. Union
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Atchison.
United States Steel and ~Amalgamated
Copper advanced u below yesterdays
closing and showed little inclination to
harden when the selling stopped.
Noon-The market closed heavy.
Speculation drew to q close for the
year on the Stock Exchange, with
prices on a down grade. Not much
effect was made on values, but the
absence of any demand impelled the
bear professionals to make a feeble
demonstration as the session ended.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
THE CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Crop damage re-
ports from India lifted wheat prices a
little today. Severe cold in the Pun
jab was said to have injured the
growing grain. There was also gossip
that with the United States consuming
at the present rate the outlook was
for q much hotter milling demand in
January and February. The fact that
pit offerings We're small tended like
wise to give the market a bullish tone
The opening was the same as last night
to a shade higher. May started al 96A
to 96s@97, showing the same variation
as the market as a whole; rose to SIN
and reacted to 96M.
Buyers, though few in the corn pit,
Ssfre more NUMEROUS han h sellers,
ana there was . feeling of firmness in
consequence. May opened unchanged
to a shade off, at 4Sh to 48h@%, and
advanced TO 1874.
: Beafish crop figures handed out by
he Canadian government led to a
slight reaction, but were Offset by news
Of discouraging prospects in Western
Europe, especially France. The close
was firm. with May at 9sM@s7, a net
gain of a shade.
Buffers. though few in the corn pit,
were more numerous than the sellers,
and corr advanced to 4SA.
Later the buying force, such as 1t
was, grew less and prices fell off some
what. The close was steady, with May
u net lower at 48%@k,
Oats reflected the str ength Of wheat
and corn, but had scarcely any other
sign of life. May began exactly where
it had closed, 34%@S4B and went to
BAN.
Provisions w e hard to get hold OF
ane~sascended with hogs. First sales
were a shade to 15c. higher. with May
options at 1880 for pork, 10.17MQ10.2o
for lard, and $50 for ribs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
PROMOTERS
WOULD OWN THE CITY.
Most Sweeping Transit Franz
chise Ever Contemplated Wanted

CHICAGO, Dec. THE Chicago
Subway, Arcade and Traction Conn
pany will go before the Council COM
mittee on local transportation at it's
next meeting and ask for the most
sweeping ordinance ever granted by
any city in the country. The company,
which, according TO Dwight H. Perkins,
former architect for the Board of Edu-
cation, stands prepared to reveal it's
financial hackers as soon as the Coun-
ell displays interest, will ask for a
franchise to construct a complete sys-
tenn of passenger and freight subways,
a complete outer harbor. an extensive
system of docks and warehouses and TO
carry u Immediately the Chicago plan
scheme.
A soon as the City Council OF
enough members show their willingness
to grant US franchises for what we
want" said Mr.. Perkins, 1--WE are pre-
pared to take them to New York and
introduce them to the heads of the
financial institutions who have agreed
to put up the We estimate
that more than 800. 0oo. 900 will be re-
CURED"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
s1o000o.o 00 CORPORATION.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec, 31.-The
United Properties Company of Cali
fornia, with a capitalization of 5000, 900, /.
tb5, was chartered at Dover yesterday
for the purpose of effecttng a merger of
all the public utility companies of Oak
land and Berkeley. Cal, tncludfnV the
ferry line that connects Shosl places
with San Francisco. The charter was
taken out by the Delaware Trust Com
pany,, of Wilmington, at the direction
OF Christian B. Seabriskie. of 100 Will
lam street, New YORK; 1t is the larg-
est concern ever organized under the
Delaware corporation laws.
The directors are from New York,
San Francisco and Oakland. They are
F.. M. Smith, w. S. Lewis, r. q. han
ford, Gavin McNab, C. b. Seabriskie.
w. r. Alberger and Dennis Searlesk.
Harry w. Davis Is the necessary resi-
dent Delaware director.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED
EXCESS FARE REDUCED,

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Hereafter the
Southwestern Limited over the New
York Central will carry passengers to
Syracuse and Rochester, but they will
have to pay an excess fare of IS cents
to the city first named and 81 to the
second.
Heretofore State passengers were not
carried unless they were willing to
occupy Pullman space with through
passengers and pay an excess fare of
81, which led to complaint, and the
matter has beer adjusted as the result
of an appeal to the Public Service Com
mission, second district.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
THE PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged. Spring patents, $40
@5.40; winter straights, 4.1504.25; win
ter patents, 4.4544.75; spring clears,
4.10Q4.40; winter extra No. 1. 8.40@3. 10;
winter extra NJ. 2, 3.25@c.4o: Kansas
straights. 4.5094.65.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2 Western S2h {. o. b.
New York.
Wheat-With Liverpool closed and
owing to general holiday sentiment
wheat was dull and practically un-
changed. Nothing of Importance in the
news. May. 10a% @1o2N.
Beef - Steady; mess, 1S.o0@1f.O0:
family, 18.00Q1s.5o; beef hams. 24.S'9
2700.
Pork - Steady; mess, 22.oo922.5o
family, 2S.O0@24.5O; short clear, 10000
1900.
Lard-stesdy; middle West, 1o.7o@
1880 nominal, 3"
sugar-Hctjday.
Parliamentary. refined barrels.
TAO. W
Coffee-spot, QUIZ No. 7 Ric. 1aA;
No. 4 Santos, 1879
Molasses-Qr ct; New Orleans, open
kettle, 30@50.
Hay-Steady; prim Ito; No. 1, i.1o;
No. 2, LOO; No. 3, s09s5.
Butter-Quiet; unchanged; recei- =,
ALA.
Cheese-Firm; unchanged; receipts,
LOSS; no exports. 81.
Eggs-steady; unchanged; receipts.
4,5S5.
Poultry-AiivG, fli.; Western chick
ems, 12b @lo5 lot Is, 149%; turkeys,
14@1S1s. Dressed, irresulaA; Western
chickens, 11@ff Ywis, HOBS; turkeys,
1902.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS
ENLARGE THEIR PLANT.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.-The Ger
man-American Hosiery Company has
increased Its capital to $3.50. 900 and en-
iarged the mill equipment. The plant
now contains 100 ~full-fashion machines,
fifty latch-needle knitters. seventy-ave
sewing machines and thirty-seven loop
ers, which are operated on ladies' and
misses fine cotton Isle and silk hosiery,
plain and ribbed full-fashioned goods,
which are sold through New York. The
company does its own dyeing and fin
ishing. Robert Meyer is president.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
INDEPENDENT MFRS OF
MOTOR CARS ORGANIZE,

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-An organiza-
ton to be known as the United States
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Associa-
ton is to be formed at a meeting which
will be held here next week. The call
for the meeting is signed by Thomas
Aldcorn. Of Chicago; Carl F. johnson,
of milwaukee,, and Carl w. Kelsey, Of
Hartford, Conn. The association will
take in ell the independent manufac-
turers of automobiles.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
AMBASSADOR REID AND
MRS. REID SAIL FOR HOME.

LONDON, Dec. s1,-Whitelaw Reid,
the American ambassador to Great
Britain, and Mrs. Reid sailed for
New York on the Caronia today for a
months holiday at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid probably will,
spend much Of their vacation in Cali
fornia. They are accompanied by their
son, Ogden Reid. and will be Joined
later by their daughter, Mrs. John H
Ward, who will sail for New York on
January 7.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
ERASE BLACK MARKS
AS NEW YEARS GIFT

BUFFALO, N. ", Dec. 31.-Em-
ployees Of the Buffalo and Susquehanna
have been notified that all discipline
records against them will be destroyed
with the close of the year. and they will
get a New Years gift of an opportunity
to begin anew with a clean slate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
PLAN PULLMAN SERVICE
FOR PANAMA RAILROAD.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-The 18TH
mian Canal Commission purposes to
establish a Pullman service on the
Panama railroad. Officers of the COM
mission believe that many passengers
will prefer to cross the isthmus In a
Pullman car rather than remain In the
vessels while they make slow progress
through the locks of the canal. The
running time across the isthmus by the
railroad is two hours and five minutes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
RANK cLEARINGS FOR WEEK.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The statement
of clearing house banks for the week
give days. shows that the banks hold
$7,S42. 500 more than the requirements
of the 25 per cent. reserve rule. This
is "a decrease of 2,225, $50 In the pro-
r%vrtionate cash as compared
with last week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
MERGED CANADIAN BANKS
WOULD DOUBLE CAPITAL.

OTTAWA, Dec. 31.-The Union Bank
of Canada, which has just acquired the
United Empire Bank of Toronto, gives
notice in the official Gazette, issued to-
day, that it will apply to the treasury
board for leave to increase its capital
stock from 81, 900, 900 to 5000, 900.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. Dec. S1.-American securi-
ties started quietly. steady here today,
but support was lacking and prices
eased off partially. The closing was
quiet, with values a small fraction
either side of parity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31

The following stocks were quoted ex-
dividend yesterday, except for cash:
Lehigh Valley common and preferred.
American Telephone and Telegraph,
Northern Central, Philadelphia and
Trenton. Central Coal and Coke com
mon and preferred, United Gas I'M
provement end Tonopah Mining.