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therefore outside the regular police pen
sion system. He draws $500 a YEA
Another fifty-thrcc-H ear man is Henry i
Storrs who used to he clerk in tn
Finance Department. He also gets si,jo"
year.
The man who served the city longcsi
was Just a year more in service than Mr
iioproft and Mr.. Storrs-ffty. four years
all told. Men with gray heads now must
have seen him doing his work IN Contra
Park when they were children. iIe j.
Fhlip Holmes mendg"ric keeper az
iached to Ch" Park Department IN Man
haitian and Richmond-Which means III.
Central Park menageric. lie is "A years
old nov.
Tho highest pension paid to any man or
the list goes TO Horace LOOMS. who was
consulting engineer for the Borough o.
Manhattan. He is 70 years old now and
was IN service for thirty wears. His per
sion is $4,000.
The next highest is 5000. which zoe.
10 Martin j. Browne, who was assistant
engineer of the Bureau of Sewers. He
was thirty years in service. Charles Y,
.>dee, chief clerk OF the Board Of Estimate.
who retired two months ago. draws 5000
also. lie IL - Years old and was forty
years In the service Of the city,
Three women are on the list Margaret
Raleigh. 50 years old. served for thirty
years as cottage attendant in the Park
Department. She draws $500. Mrs. Jane
. Nancy, also IN the employ Of the Park
Department, retired after thlrtH-ou. years
Of service Sh. gets t3io.il year.
Elizabeth Stone, % years old, vas
matron in tn" department of Correction
She was thrty-thrce years IN service ard
gets $3.50 year.
The average term of SorN zee Of the pen
sion"rs was thiriy-sc"en Years fitty ny"
10 years old or older. Under the Grady
law city employees of specified grades
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CouTANT BURIED AT TRINITY.
AGED banker Laid at Rest In Vault
With Ancestors.

The Coutant vault In old Trinity church,
ward was opened yesterday afternoon to
receive the body OF Lawrence Braine
Coutant, who died Thursday at the resi-
dencs OF his daughter. Mrs. Walter Banta
In Sterling place. Brooklyn,
The Coutant vault IL next to the tomb
NJ Cant. James Lawrence. one or Mr..
Coutants ancestors.
David Coutant. who came from france
I'm the eighteenth century, founded the
family In this city. Mr.. COutant was his
great grandson. David Coutant was a
mariner Of the first John Jacob Astor.
Lawrence Brainc Coutant vas 81 years
old and a native New Yorker His busl-
ness life was passed with tho Bank OF
New York. His wife died twenty-five
years ago
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ANOTHER COAL ROAD
PUT ON THE GRIDDLE
Delaware and Hudson Lent
Money TO Subsidiary and
Got No Interest.
THE BORROWER ALSO LENT
But Coal Company Received In.
terest-fnquiry Adjourns
for Six Weeks.

fH!LApELPiiIA, Jan 1.-THE Delaware
and Hudson Railroad and the Delaware
and Hudson Coal Company were under
fire at to-days sessions OF the Interstate
Commerce Commissions inquiry into the
anthracite railroads and coal companies.
After the sessions were ended the in
duiry was adjourned for six weeks. When
II is resumed the side OF the railroads
will be presented
The same system OF interlocling direc-
;orates was shown In the case OF the
Delaware and Hudson and the Delaware
and Hudson Coal Company as in the
cases Of the other roads under invosti-
CATION.
Among the roads investigated by the
attorneys for the Government during the
series of hearings in this city are IN
Reading. Pennsylvania, Lchigh Valley
Jersey Central. and Delaware, I.acka-
wanna and Western.
w II. Davies. comptroller OF the Della
ware and Hudson Coal Company, told
how the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
the coal company bonds and supplied any
ueHClency III tne interest payments OH
the coal company's stocks and bonds.
The witness insisted that the railroad
had been reimbursed for all money spent,
but counsel for the Government was not
satisfied until documentary evidence OF
the repayment had been produced. This
was in the shape OF a report to the In
terstate Commission. saying that $685.
900 In full settlement of all claims had
been paid to the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad by the Delaware and Hudson
Coal Company.
Lender to GOAL Com pa nics.
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad
was in the habit Of lending money to its
subsidiary coal companies. the witness
admitted. This money went to pay the
taxes OF the little coal companies and
kept them going. No interest had been
paid on the majority Of these loans, Mr..
Davies said.
When on two occasions the Delaware
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and Hudson Railroad needed money in
hurry the necessary sum was Dor
rowed from the Delaware and Hudson
Coal Company. said Mr.. Davies. and he
added that the railroad paid interest on
this loan. lie also said that the coal
company actually owed the railroad nearly
$1,000, 900 when one loan was made,
Seems a curious state OF affairs" COM
rlented j. j. Hickey. counsel for the Gov
ernment 'Why didn't the coal company
pay its debt instead OF lending that
money"
Mr.. Davies explained that the coal com
pnny was afraid tn do 40 nj that date
for fear the unexpected might happen.
THAT loan was repayable on demand"
lie said, 80 Il was safe proposition.
The debt was paid IN full In due course"
When asked 10 furnish a list OF those
shipping coal over its lines. the railroad
furnished the commission with a list of
cons!gnees III New York ana New Eng
land. Asked about this discrepancy be-
tween question and answer. the attorney
for the road said the Delaware and Hud-
son Coal Company actually shipped the
coal. but the consignee was listed ON the
roads records as the shipper
The Reading systcm.
W, ". Morgan, an expert accountant
attached TO the Interstate Commerce
Commission, took the witness stand in
the afternoon and testified to the relations
between the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company. the corporation which
actually operates the trains. and the
Reading company. the big holding cor
poration, which owns all the engines, cars
and other equipment ana leases them to
the operating company.
The railway company also pays per
cent interest on SlS.0O0,O00 lent by the
Reading company to buy some equipment
which now belongs to the Reading COM
pany. so that the railway company de-
spite the amount OF money 1t pays out
adds nothing to it's actual resources
The Reading Coal and Iron Company,
on the other hand, has owed the Reading
company s7,.000.000 for about fifteen
years and has paid only about per
cent. interest.
The Port Reading Railroad, a short line
running into Port Reading, y. j., does
10 per cent. Of the total haul from the
coal fields to tidewater, but is paid about
SO per cent. OF the total prices charged,
The other 66 per cent. goes to the Read
ing Railway Company, which does 90 per
cent. OF the actual haul. said Mr. Nor
gan. He added that the entire capital
stock OF the Port Reading Railroad Com
pany in owned by the Reading company.
The stock pays a IL per cent dividend.
Speaking of the tugs and barges oper-
ated by the Reading Railway, Mr., Nor
gan said that they were really operated
at an annual loss.
1.-THE railway company tries to make
II look as though the tug and barge sys-
TEN made "A profit by putting down the
net receipts and forgetting to mention
that the barges and tugs are all leased
from the Reading company" no said.
"This rental IL 80 steep that the opera
Al ~ el,a tt.fp ox,at haa Lad
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BRIEF FILED TO SPLIT
LACKAWANNA'S RULE
Railroads Control Of Coal Com
pany shown in Fed
cral Action.
ULEGALlTY IS "CLOAKED"
Nincty-fiyc Per Cent. Of Coal
Concerns Stock Held by
Roads shareholders.
u.LEGALITY IS "CLOAKED"

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.-THE Govern /
non,'s brief against the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad and the !,
delaware. lackawanna and Western Coal !
Company In the action to break up the
alleged anthracite monopoly was filed to-
nav with the United States District Court
Of New Jersey. sitting here Frederic II.
coudcrt and Howard Thayer Kingsbury.
special assistants to the Attorney General
IN the anthracite cases. presented the
brief
The suit against the Lackawanna was
started in February of last year by At
,oruey- neral wckersham, after the
supreme Court decision OF December,
lsis IN the Temple Iron case. II has
been followed by suit against the Reading.
flied last September.
The Government directs it's argument
Ar the present brief to the sham" nature
o, the separation of the railroad from
It's coal properties through the device
Of separately organized coal selling
company whose stocks were distributed
among the railroad shareholders.
The I.ehigh Valley followed similar
device, which will undoubtedly be pro-
ceeded against by the Government in
event of "a victory In the Lackawanna
suit Argument is to be heard by the
court on January ~ under special en-
noJi,inu certificate filed by the Attorney
General
Tba action IL brought under the COM
r,odi,,ss clause Of the Vepburn act. for
Kidding "A common carrier to engage I'm
business as a produc,r i'm commodities
transported over its lines which also "A
general provision OF the Constitution of
Pennsylvania of 1874 forbids. Violation
OF the sherman antitrust law is also al
legged
The brief recites that as "A result of
the Supreme Court decision OH the COM
nodities clause. the Lackawanna. in 1909.
turned over the marketing Of its coal
10 u coal company of the same name. whose
stocks were distributed among the roads
shareholders through payment OF cash
dividend OF 30 per cent, with which the
coal stock could be purchased
r. -
'nree A'S""es'
Tie Government presents its case in
three arguments as follows:
Il. The relations between the railroad
eompany and the coal company are such
that the transportation in interstate COM
mcrce by the railroad company of coal
purporting to have been sold at the mines
by the railroad company to the coal COM
pany is a violation of the commodities
clause
"'rhe railroad company and the coal
co,rn.nv ar. actually the same body Of
ind v,du,ls ,nasaueradinC under two dit-
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.Cloakiug Old Facts"

Describing the device OF the separa'e
coal company to sell the prouuct OF '"s
railroads mines the Governments priei
saws. ,
devicc loaking old facts under new nc
tons, that the policy OF the nation ior"u-
lated into statute by Congress, was 10 oe
effectively thwarted. Instead OK coh'pieteIs
divorclng the coal mines from the raiIoau
business AS the law intended shouid oe
done the railroad merely arranged tnat
It's coal selling department be clothed WIN
'ur!stic personality which new personal
~ In the domain Of fiction anecteu noun
ing in the domain OF fact. ,
THE business went along IN prac.'can'
the same old way with the same EN-.
plovses. WHO seem to have been Ignorant
OF anv substantial changes; even free
TRANSFORMATION was still furnished them as
FAR as possible. as though they han sun
remained the railroads employees
The "sharn' nature of the separation Ii
related in the fact that at the time the
coal comnany had received only sl2.ooo
In capltai subscribed by its directors IL
had already contracted TO purchase within
thirty DAYS nearly 100000 OF coal
The fact that the directors OF the coai
co,,n,ry With one exception, who were
not officers OF the railroad company the
hrlof continues were sons or the uircc-
tors OF the railroad company carried me
relation Of fliation existing pet"een .ne
two beyond the mere realm OF V,oios'
analogy into that OF concrete actuaIty'
The directors sons were George r.
Baker Jr.. Henry II. Taylor and James A.
"The latest s.ockholders' lists put In
.,tdcrca s.ys the brief. SHOW that
about % per cent. of the ssock OF 'ne eoa'
COMPANY is held by stockholders OF the
railroad company owning So per cent o'
the stock OF that company
THE actual control OF both compalhes
Is still more closely held. maJorNy y,
the stock Of the railroad company ID ne.u
by thirty-nve stockholders; majority
of the stock of the coal company Is held
by tNenty-nine. OF these twenty-ninc an
hut one are included among the thirty
tive who hold the majority OF the STOCK
OF the railroad company
Theory Of Legerde mais.
The Government brief. showing that
there IN no acceptance by the coal COM
pany OF tho coal mined by the railroad
company until the coal reaches some point
along tho railroad line where the coai
company makes use OF II, holds that II 10
only by 'some theory OF legerdema,n
that the defendants can claim that Tue
title 10 the coal passes from inc ra''roa'
10 the coal company at the mine.
Nothing was In fact really changed
n SAYS of the coal company device. All
went on "a before. The commodities
clause had served no purpose save as an
apparent sOp to the Cerberus or pup'ic
opinion. The admitted economic eVii
thrived a. before with the added vice OF
subterfuEe, calculated to breed contempt
Tor the law II unchecked by 1udiciai de-
cree.
10th companies have prospsrsd mar
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l.. Z. Hollander & Co. Employees Mu-
tual Benefit Association will hold their
annual dance on Saturday evening, jan
uary 20. at fpbst's Coliseum.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-02
CLASS AA TEAMS SUFFERED MORE FROM FED
-, RAIDS THAN MAJOR LEAGUES ~
RYHUQH s. FULLERToN.

BYHUGH s. FULLERTONs
Gilmore and his Federal Leaguers
were striking at the American and
National Leagues when they. made
their assault upon organized baseball,
but the heaviest blow fell upon the
Class AA leagues the American As
ISOLATION and the International
League, Just what effect the Federals
have had on the Class AA leagues is
yet to be seen. One thing is certain
and that is that the Feds were not
satisfied to upset the dope on the
major league races, but have spilled
all the form of the International and
the Association.
The Class AA owners are left in
a sad state, being showed back below
the major-minor class by having the
Feds placed above them.
But if you do not believe that the
Class AA leagues are trying harder
than ever before to get good ball
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clubs, study what they already have
done this spring. They have spent
more money for players, have spent
more on training their teams and
have formed a closer alliance with
the majors that insures their getting
the best of the players who will be
turned back by the majors. The Paci-
fic Coast League did not suffer so
much from the raid of the Feds.
have looked over three of the
American Association teams this
spring. 1t is impossible to compare
them as to strength, because they are
so filed with new material
Louisville is maHnga desperate eff
fort to get back toward the top. And
Jack Hayden's team looks as, if it will
press the issue right from the start.
The teami is wen-conditioned and the
extra expense of training is well in
vested
1t has a strong squad of young
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Hendrix of the Indians wants some
of O'Day's surplus material. and
when the team leaves, the Hoosier
city the latter part of the week it
is, probable that some aspiring ath-
letes will be in the discard. =. Bronkie
and Heating are two men that Hen
bricks is particularly anxious to land.
O'Day is keeping his own counsel,
and has given no intimation of the
men he will dispose of.
Frank Schultz is still III in an
EvansvillelHospital, and may be I'M
able to report until the Cubs leave
Indianapolis. He has bad cold which
threatens to develop into pneumonia.
The doctors have prescribed absolute
rest for the star outfielder.
The Sox Seconds ran into some
real opposition at Salt Lake yester-.
day, winning Ito from the Murray
team of the.Union League. Mayer and
Blackburne each walloped two hits,
and Berger's double helped count the
lone tally. -
Zimmerman held the Unionists
easily, but is not quite up to the major
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standard. and viii probably be drop
ped on the way east
The first squad blew into FL Paso
and found that no preparations had
been made for game. A picked team
of soldiers was gathered, and the
Hose copied in a farce, Is to l.. The
Sox knocked Is hits off the soft pitch
ing. Jasper, House and Johnson heav-
ed for the big 1eaguers, and found the
opposition easy.
] Today the firsts play in Abilene,
and Friday and Saturday they are
billed for games in Fort Worth, where
the opposition should be stronger.
Pat Newman, the Houston man.
ager; who soaked John McGraw in
the jaw, was fined $50 by the club
owners and definitely suspended.
Rain kept the Mackmen and Phil
lies idle yesterday.
Federal League magnates held a
secret session. yesterday at the Chi
cago A. A.. All clubs in the league
were represented. 1t was given out
that the5meeting was called to give
the schedule fuFther%eeAsideFation
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25
Child Was Badly Scalded


The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. M. West was severely
burned about the back and lower
limbs Wednesday when she pull
ed over a teakettle full of boiling
water onto herself. The little
one was standing on the open
oven door reaching into a bucket
of prunes and on attempting to
get off the door caught her sleeve
over tie spout and pulled the
kettle of hot water over onto her
back. Mrs. West entered the
room just at this time and held
the child's clothing away from
its body as much as possible but
could not prevent the child from
being badly burned. DR.. Orr
was called and dressed the burns
and the little girl is resting as
easy as can be expected, but the
burns on one leg are quite deep
and will take some time to heal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25
School Notes

The boys and girls of the high
school and upper grades have
organized basket ball teams the
past week. The boys elected Ira
Gentry, captain and George Rice,
treasurer. The girls elected
Marie Libbey, captain and Lille
Mclaughlin, treasurer. They
have fitted up a playing court
back of the school house and will
practice there until cold weather
sets in when they hope to get a
hall and play inside. Their sched-
ule of games will include all sur
rounding schools who have teams.
County Superintendent P. M.
Glanville, of Grangeville, visited
our school on Monday and report
ed himself much pleased with
the way the work was starting
out.
Casper Manwaring entered
school Monday morning. He will
try for the eighth grade diploma
in the spring.
All history classes are studying
the present European war.
The high school botany class
made their first excursion Mon
day afternoon.
1t is the intention of Superin-
tendent Jenkins to have the
Chronicle print the names of the
pupils who have been neither alb
sent nor tardy each month.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25
Trades Home for
Montana Ranch

J. V. Baker this week closed a
deal for the sale of his residence
property here and forty acres of
land south of Keuterville to a
Mr.. Edwards, of Montana, TAX
ing in exchange 320 acres of farm
land east of Conrad. The tract
secured by Mr.. Baker is slightly
improved and partly under culti-
walton. No money changed
hands on the deal. Mr.. Edwards
will come here next spring to re-
side and Mr.. Baker will occupy
his house until that time. He
does not intend to move to Mon
tana but will continue in business
here as at present. This deal
gives Mr.. Baker 300 acres of fine
farm land in Montana and he
figures it will eventually be worth
a considerable sum.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25

A press dispatch says the Ser
vians have retaken Liubovia from
the Austrians and the losses were
heavy.
A news agency dispatch is au-
thority for the statement that
the Germans have entrenched
and mined the approaches to
Brussels and also are fortifying
the region around Ath, northwest
of Mons, to prevent the Belgians
falling on the Germans should
retreat from France be forced.
A German Official report says
the Russians lost in the battles
near Tannenberg 10000 men
killed and 80, 900 captured.
Another German report says
that a single German submarine
sank the three British cruisers in
the North sea Tuesday. While
the location of this daring torpedo
attack has not been definitely es-
tablished, it is assumed that it
took place somewhere off the
mouth of the Kiel canal. The
latest estimate of the casualties
in the disaster gives about 14OO
of the 1900 officers and men on
board the three warships as lost.
British aeroplanes have invad-
ed Germany and dropped bombs
on Zeppelin airship hangar at
Dusseldorf. The Germans claim
no damage was done.
According to dispatch receiv-
ed from Paris a Russian cruiser
has sunk a German cruiser and
two German torpedo boats in the
Baltic sea.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25
The Returns
Repudiate Herwig

1t is a noticeable fact that Her
wig, the anti-saloon politician,
lost out in every case. He sup
ported Nugent and Hawley was
nominated; he asked for the
nomination of Lewis and Haines
got it; he was for Sweeley and
Taylor landed. Here at home he
staked his fortunes on Kirkpat-
rick and Hayes was the victor.
The men who Herwig supported
are undoubtedly good men but
the people of Idaho are sick and
tired of dictation of this sort and
forcefully expressed themselves.
Herwig, the freebooter and poll
tician, was repudiated in every
instance.
1t is interesting to note that
newspapers of all shades of poll
ical opinion condemn Herwig and
his methods. Democrats, repub-
licans and progressives denounce
eleventh hour, dark lantern
methods. AS those are the only
methods Herwig knows he must
go or his cause, if such he has,
but of which we are very doubt
full, must suffer. There are thou
sands and thousands of honest
sincere men and women in this
state who are members of the
anti-saloon league. They look
upon it as an instrument for the
promotion of prohibition. Her.
wig is perverting its ends. Poll
tics and that of the cheapest and
most reprehensible character, and
not prohibition is the end and
purpose of Herwig. He is simply
a freebooter preying on a good
and noble cause and upon thou
sands of good and noble men and
women.
We say again that Herwig
must go or else the temperance
cause in this state will be set
back years. The returns of the
late primary election cannot be
misread.
1t has been suggested, that
Herwig does not want statewide
prohibition. Such would cause
him to loose his job. AS state
wide prohibition is in sight Her.
wig must get busy. He must
stir up a factional fight among
the temperance people. He did
it at this election. He did it be-
fore with the prohibition party
in this state. We would turn the
temperance people of Idaho a.
gainst Herwig. Caldwell Trib-
une.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-09-25
Big Odd Fellows
Parade in Lewiston

Tuesday, Sept. 10Th, will be
Odd Fellows day at the Lewiston
Charleston "Sapatkine." The ex-
position company is Offering
beautiful prizes, one for the lodge
having the greatest number in
parade wearing regalia, one to
the lodge coming the greatest
distance (no less than twelve
members), another prize to the
lodge making the best appearance
in parade.
Besides the Sapatkine will pay
transportation to and from the
fair grounds to all Odd Fellows
wearing regalia in parade. The
showing made in this parade by
the order will strengthen Odd
fellowship throughout this terri
tory.
So all you three-link men are
kindly solicited by the manage
ment of the Sapatkine to help
make this the largest gathering
of Odd Fellows that has ever
been seen in Lewiston. e
VIM. BoLLINGER,
Secretary-MaEk