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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-02
GERMAN SHIPPING
LINE INDICTED
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to meet with and deliver to ships OF
other countries their cargOeS.
1t was alleged that false valuations
Of the cargocs were made al the Gus
tom House. a well As untrue state
ments as TO what the cargoes consist
ed of.
re effect the conspiracy, II was
charged. George Koettcr on August D
last asked John II. Cans. of the Cans
Steamship Company, to clear the steam
ships Bcrwind and Lorenzo. and told
him to get the clearance papers through
the Berwind- White Company or Yves
sells. Kulenkampf & Co. On the same
day. it is alleged, Carl Bucnz had a
meeting and conference with hoettcr
at the Hamburg American offices, al 10
Broadway, and told him that the Ber-
wind and the Lorenzo were loaded with
coal. and directed him TO proceed TO
the Custom House TO obtain the clear
ance papers. BuenOs Ayres was the
port which bUenz is said TO have speci-
fed as the destination TO winch the
vessels, according to their papers, were
to sail.
Letters in Indictments.
Mention was made in the indictments
Of some Of the Norwegian steamers
which the Hamburg American Line
chartered for the purpose OF coallhg'
provisioning and watering the cruisers
in the Atlantic. Letters to the cap
tains of the steamers Fran and som
merstad. which were loaded and about
to sail for assistance OF the war yes
sells when their owners IN Norway
ordered them withdrawn, were repro
duceG in the indictments. Inc hrSt;
dated September s, 1914, and addressed
to the captain of the Sommerstad'
read:
1--WE refer to the letter Of the Inter
American Steamship Company OF Sep
TENDER s. addressed TO you. and beg
herewith to introduce to you our Mr..
Ploenes. who will be our super-cargo
on your ship. ..-
"The supercargo has instructions TO
allow you liberal gratuities, and we
shall thank you TO further our inter
ests in every respect. Yours very
truly. MBURG-AMERlCAN LINE,
"Koetter, Superintendent.
The second letter was written to the
captain of the Norwegian ship Fran,
and was the same in wording, except
that il introduced TO the commander
"NIr. Waetgc," who was to act as SUI
percargo and direct the ships course
when She was at sea. The present
whereabouts of "Ploenes" and "Waet-
pc" both said TO be fictitious names,
is unknown. as they disappeared
promptly when the Norwegian vessels
were withdrawn from the service Tor
which they were chartered.
Walter Poppenhouse and Felix Self
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-02
MINER FREED OF DEBT

John Treadwell, once part owner Of
an Alaskan mine which yielded Sl5,-
100000. was discharged from banl
ruptcy yesterday by Judge Hough in
the United States District Court. lie
went into bankruptcy on November II,
1914, giving his Liabilities as 1881 $50
and his assets as Of unknown value.
lie was found that his resources. con.
sisting OF patents. machinery and
stocks. had been largely hypOthecsted
10 secure his debts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-02
Phantom Warship Disappears.

ous four funnel battleshlp. sighted a
few miles of the Golden Gate yester-
day afternoon and believed TO be a
British warship. had disappeared to-
day. The battleship is believed to have
gone north.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-02

kaiser's personal representative and
agent in this country. ~ Dcrnburg
has on several occasions made state
ments in direct contradiction TO those
from the embassy.
Many Germans called attention 20
the fact that, owing TO the indiscrction
of the Ambassadors uttersnces during
the carly part Of the war. his state
ments now are not generally accepted
by the press.
Spcculations were rife at the German
Club as TO the future Of the count.
Tho consensus Of opinion seemed TO be
that he might he sent to CONSTANT
rople.
tFrom The Tribune bureau
Washington. March l. Secretary
Bryan cmphatically denied to-day that
Count Won Bernstorf had been recalled.
he said that not only had no intima-
tion Of an impending recall been COM
munNatcd TO the State Department,
but that nothing had ever come before
the department that tended 20 show
that the German government had any
occasion TO remove the diplomat.
The Secretary Of State declared that
the publication Of unconhrmcd news of
this sort was 0iscour, eouS TO the diplo-
mat and harmful to the United States
Eve-y effort is now being made by
the Administration to put the soft
pedal" on any news placing the Ger
man AmbaS sador in a suspicious light
Ii is known that high officials greatly
fear a diplomatic snarl with Germany
at this time.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
Banks Are
Consolidated
LUMBERMENS PURCHASES KOOTENAI
Deal Takes In Business OnIy---Od Concern Re-
taInS Real Estate And Some Paper

The consolidation of the two
banks of the city which was indi-
Gated by the purchase of the Lum-
hermens bank by C. w. Craney,
j. G.. Fralick, w. c.. Guile and
others, chronicled i'm our last is
sue, has been consummated by
the purchase of the Kootenai bank
~ the Lumbcrmens bank, the
final details of which were con-
cluded Thursday.
The deal is not consolidation
of the two banks as the term is
generally accepted but the pur-
chase outright of the banking eff
fects of the Kootenai bank by the
other. The KOotenai bank still
retains its corporate organization
the bank building and some of its
paper but its general banking
business has been purchased out
right by the Lumhcrmens bank
which takes over all deposits
and the loans and discounts of
the kootenai bank and will honor
checks and drafts on that bank.
The property of the Kootcnai
bank will be transferred TO the
Lumbcrmens bank tomorrow,
Saturday, and the Kotenai bank
will cease To exist as a bank at
the close of banking hours that
day and the bank building will be
indefinitely closed. The transfer
of the effects of the KoOtenai
bank To the Lumbermens bank
was made under the supervision
of state Bank Examiner Hit and
with his consent and approval and
he was i'm the city while the deal
was being made and approved
The entire details of The trans
action.
The officers of the Lumber
lmens bank will be as stated i'm our
last issue, that is, c.. w. Craney,
president; j. G.. Fralick vice pres
ident, c.. M. Sargent, cashier and
A. ID. Shaw, ir., assistant cashier
The affect fihe deal is to make
J. G.. Fralick, president of the
Kootenai bank, vice president of
the Lumbermens bank and leaves
| f.. w. Trueman and Russel Bren-
nan. cashier and assistant cash
ier of the Kootenai bank, without
positions, although the entir,
forces of both banks will be KEEP
for the present and until the bus
mess of the two banks can be
united and is running smoothly
as one.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
Plan For More
Street Grading.
ASK FOR TWO MORE
DISTRICTS
Property Owners Are Circulating Petitions To
Grade And Curb Streets

have the grade established and
that will bring 10 too late i'm the
season To start grading. 1t is
the intention, however, to have
all the preliminary work done and
the grades established this fall
SO that the actual work can lie
started early i'm the spring and
completed before the dry dusty
season comes on.
ID is understood that the prop
orty owners residing ON Capitol
Hill are desirous of having the
streets in their section of the
city improved and that a petition
will be put i'm circulation soon so
this project can be carried on i'm
connection with the other. With
the streets i'm the residence sec
tions of the city graded and inn
proved the property owners will
fix up their lots and it will only
he a short time before ST. Maries
is one of the prettiest places in
this section. It could not lay
better TO be a pretty place. Ma
ure has done her share and it is
up to the people to do theirs.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16

The present year promises To
hc the banner year for street inn
proyemenls i'm the city. A year
ago lhe streets i'm the business
section and adjacent to them
we're graded and macadamized
and the Improvement that it has
)een TO that portion of the city
las made the property owners i'm
the resident parts wish to have
the streets i'm their sections grad
ed.
That section of the city lying
south of College avenue from
Ninth 90 Fourteenth has the mat
fer we'll under way. An improve
menl district has been created
the grades established, and the
council has passed an ordinance
declaring its intention of improv-
ing the streets by grading, putting
in concrete curbs and walks
This is also true of Center avenue
from Occur d'Alene avenue TO the
west limits of the city.
The estimated costs of the inn
lprovements to be made i'm these
two districts is about thirty-lv4
thousand dollars and the council
will be ready TO advertise for bids
for doing The work within a very
short time. Not to be behind
their neighbors and i'm order tC
have the streets graded so they
can fix up their lots, the prop
erty owners lying i'm that section
cf the city south of College anC
east of Ninth street are circulat-
ing a petition to have that sec
ton of the city set of into an inn
lprOvement district and 10 have tho
streets improved I'm the same
manner as i'm the district jus
created.
Geo. O'Dwyer, who is circulat.
ing the petition for The improve
ment i'm This district, says that hl
has found everyone that he ha
approached so far i'm favor Of j
and me thinks there viii be ID
trouble i'm getting the neccssar
seventy per cent of the proper
ty owners i'm the district TO sigi
the petition. TIE stated that
is not the intention to have tn
, grading done this year for ga
. reason that it will take from tw
E TO three months at least TO get th
necessary ordinances passed an
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
Lively Time At Con-
demnatjOn Hearing


The appraisers I'M the condem-
nation proceedings brought by the
Tyson Creek Railroad Company
agalnsl Tine Empire MIL Company
'' c""",'''''' " ''R ~ "i way '"l .l'
'"ilr""u "o'"99 D'e anus Oh '"'
".'' com p""S' ',"l e 'leeli ''' 9eS-
$50" an an Dl'e WeeN ."hlns eIlue"ce
'a9 10 vle N"'ue ol the lailu III
oo,'''oNo'SS' ~ l"'se hummer ol
W '''''7S'7 nav ~ D'el' eA A'l',lieu ana
V'e case mas prou sil "lllloSO as
ll'aly ou'9l'ers 10 Oic cl'y as
"oulu d Term ol '"e uls'rlc' courO
Win '"e exception ol One jury
men,
The land is question is ON ly-
,on creek adjoining the Ceda:
lreek Mining Company placer
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16

ny tit utltuudlll.
you are to determine from the
evidence the state of mind Of the
Defendant when he shot and kill
ed the deceased, (if he did SOL
and in that connection you may
consider threats (if any made by
the deceased, either expressed or
implied, regarding the Defendant,
the reputation of the deceased.
Off such it was) as a violent and
dangerous man, the Defendants
personal knowledge (if such he
had) that the deceased was
violent and dangerous man, the
relation of deceased and the De-
fendant, and all other facts i'm the
case, that may shed light on the
case.
"And you are further charged
that the relative size and strength
of the deceased and the accuses
should be considered by you in de-
lermining the question whether
or not the Defendant had reason
able grounds to apprehend death
.or great bodily harm at the hands
.of the deceased.
"And i'm this connection. YOU
are further instructed that the
Defendant is not required to wait
until an actual assault is made
upon him has reached stage
where resistance would be use
less. If the situation is such
that a reasonable man in the sit
uatiOn of Defendant would be
justified in believing that his life
is i'm danger or that he was in
danger of great bodily harm was
to be committed upon him, he
could act; and what was apparent
danger to him should be consid-
cred by you as the real danger"
At the conclusion of the argu-
ment Judge Dunn took the matter
under advisement and has not yet
rendered his decision. In case
the decision is against the de-
fendant an appeal will be taken
to the supreme court and in case
ian appeal is taken the court will
he asked to sign an order retain
ing the defendant Jones in the
custody of the sheriff here until
the case is decided.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
P. c. Schools And
Miss Hughes Married

Philip c.. Schools of Telluride,
Colorado and Miss Ida NJ. Hughes,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ.
Hughes of this city, were united
IN marriage Wednesday after
noon. The ceremony took place
at the residence Of A6e brides
parents i'm this on, Rev. A. r..
Griggs, pastor OF the Presbyter-
ian church, onlciating. The
wedding was a private one, only
the relatives and immediate
friends of the young couple being
present.
The bride is a graduate of the
Si. Lukes Hospital school of
nurses and was a special nurse
i'm The hospital at the time of her
marriage The groom is general
manager of the Western Power
Company of Colorado with head
quarters at Telluride where they
Will make their home. They left
for that city Thursday
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
Settle City
Jail Question

The police committee of the city
council had a meeting with the
county commissioners Tuesday To
discuss the question of the coun..
ty providing a jail for the city in
accordance with the terms Of the
lease of the city hall to the coun-
ty for a court house.
The commissioners at nrst pro-
posed that the old city jail, which
has not been in use since the Jail
i'm the basement of the city hall
was built two years ago, be fixed
up for the use of the city. This
proposition was strenuously op-
posed. w. H. Hanscom and A.
P. Bunt,two members of the COM
mittee from the council, argued
that the place could not be so
repaired as to make it sanitary
or safe from fire and that the
city would be liable TO a suit for
damages by anyone who should be
confined in it.
After a lengthy discussion the
commissioners finally agreed to
fix up the two cells under the
vault for the use of the city.
hey agreed to put two hunks, one
aDove the other, in each cell and
to put in a lavatory. This worl,
they agreed TO have done at once.
These arrangements were salts
factory to the committee from
the council and will without doubt
be satisfactory to the council and
settle the controversy between
the city and county over the jail
matter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-16
II. {. Jones Wants
A New Trial

Z. C.. Highsmith and County
Attorney Elder returned Wednes-
day from Occur d'Alene where
they had been to argue the motiou
for a new trial i'm the case of Tt.
C.. Jones, convicted of manslaugh-
fer at the last term of court.
One of the grounds upon which
the motion for a new trial was
based was am affidavit that the
jury had not been kept together
at all times during the trial. To
conlr0vert this The state produc-
cd anidavits To The contrary from
The iurymen. Five of these af-
hGavts were sworn TO before
County Attorney Elder, two of
them before Deputy Sheriff Too
hey and one before County Chair
man Moran. The defense moved
10 strike out these aflidavits ON
the ground that although county
officers could administer Oaths i'm
some cases they were'not author
ized TO do SO i'm proceedings of
this kind where The aflidavils
were TO be used i'm court.
The second ground upon which
the motion for a new trial was
based and the one that the defen-
danl placed the most reliance up
on was the failure of the judge a
the trial to give the following in
,structions to the jury asked foI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
The Old and the New.

The stock market yesterday was a
curious one From the traders stand
point II was unsatisfactory and discon-
certing. There was no general trend
TO prices; on the contrary the market
was extremely Irregular. A lot has
been written about the probability OF
the so-caled american" industrials
breaking away from the standard stocks
and developing bull market OF their
own. The relative chances of favorable
and unfavorable dividend action be-
tween the two have also been dwelt
upon.
Yesterday the line OF demarcation
both in respect to class and the ques-
ton OF dividends was distinctly drawn.
Non-divdend paying stocks like Bethle-
hem Steel marlborough metropolitan,
Mexican Petroleum, General Motors,
Studebaker. AL moved up strongly. At
the same time Canadian Pacific. Ameri-
can Sugar. Southern Pacific. Reading
and Chesapeake and Ohio were distinctly
weak, to the accompaniment in each
instance of rumors OF dividend cuts.
steel common, which during the past
week or ter days has been tho dominant
influence in the market, blew neither hot
nor cold. Perhaps that Is because II
appeared to the traders too strong TO
sell short and too weak to buy. For un-
doubtedly the market was largely a
professional affair.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05

TINS view as regards margin specu-
lation w.' he noted with satisfaction
Too oft . c,upetition in times like the
present lads TO slacl5ness In this re-
spect. II persisted in II will be source
of strength to the market. The stock
market II must be remembered, IL
not yet out OF the convalescent stage
and ought not to be allowed to put on
flesh tUo rapidly. The building up OF a
weak speculative hull position at this
time would be a distinct risk. The
Steel incident showed that minimum
prices cannot he looked upon as an ex-
cuse for relaxing vigilance.
Those who had accepted ten point or
even smaller margins on Steel before
the dividend cut were badly hurt. II
is not impossible that other Incidents
of the kind may occur. And. more
Important still. the war il not over
II would be dangerous TO take It for
granted that the war will progress a.
II has IN the last three months without
adverse depelopments in the campaign
OF the allied forces or even that there
will not be critical moments when
Great Britain's complete supremacy Of
the seas is questioned A long as
this situation remains a spirit of eau
ton In speculation will be tho best bull
point on the markets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
Little Speculation

feature OF the present market IS
the dearth OF the ordinary commission
house business. This is apparently even
more pronounced than the scale Of ac-
tlvity would indicate. There Is very lit
tie speculation on margin and yet there
Ia a real public interest in the market.
because stock IL steadily going out OF
tho Street in small lots. Confidence Of
course la not robust and the cutting of
OF tho Steel dividend undoubtedly put q
damper on budding optimism in many
quarters. This Is the main reason.
Some persons are led to believe, how
ever, that the public may stu be under
the impression that business can only
charge opened and the number OF in
quiries being received from out OF town
points asking whether stocks may be
bought on margin now bears this out.
But a more important factor than this
last is the conservatism OF the brokerage
element itself Many commission houses
are deliberately discouraging speculs-
ton except on larger margins than
would be required IN normal times
Taking Steel as an Illustration. most
firms are asking margin OF az least l ;
points and sometimes more. Consider
ing the minimum price and tho big de-
cline lust sustained Il might perhaps be
expected that 10 points would be
thought sufficient. But the rule nova
days is to lie strict. or course the char
actcr Of the account enters into the mat
ter as always.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
THE STEEL MARKET.
Manufacturers Report No Marked
Change in Incoming Orders,

Manufacturers report no marked
change in incoming orders for steel Tne
rate is little below that OF the middle
OF January in some places. The Sl.l5
prices on plates, shapes and bars are still
maintained, but on plates the prompt
delivery quotation OF Sl.10 is not firm.
as car buying is SIN very dun The
advance of the quotation on second
quarter business 90 Sl.1J was not so
much the result o. an increase in orders
as the effect of movement on the part
of the companies TO prevent consumers
from overlooking item with low priced
business, which leaves little or no
margin Of profit
Independent steel companies have not
followed tn" course OF the Steel Corpora
ton in maintaining wages. Reductions
OF from 10 to IL per cent have beer
made by several mills. and others are
contemplating such action. The corn
panies say that they must reduce wages
in order to meet the low prices which
they are receiving for their products
Some Importance is attached TO the
action of the Carnegie steel Company in
Withdrawing from the market for sheet
bars. The company is tho largest pro
ducer of sheet bars and the shutting Off
Of this source Of supply should cause
higher prices. This product has been
selling at q price at which several COM
panies could not produce IT for some
time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
CITIES SELL $9,5OO,OOO
ISSUES TO BANKERS
Baltimore Gets 97.827 for Sc.
100000 Bonds - Ottawa
Places ST, 100000 Notes.

A syndicate composed OF tic NAt5.a,
City Bank. Kountzc Bros, y. w. Hslsey
& Co. of New York and the Merchant
Trust and Deposit Company OF Bait
more was awarded the $500 900 Bdi,i.
more seml-annual city bonds offered 70
public sale yesterday on competitiv,
bids The bid Of this syndicate was
97S27, the highest made.
The bonds are divided into classes ~
several different maturities. part ~
which bears interest at ( per cent, th.
rest at Az per cent.
The syndicate will offer the securities
for public subscription An announce.
ment OF the price, u is expected will he
made to-day.
The city OF ottawa has sold to the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Sl.000,000 ; per cent one year notes
Estimates of the amount of Canadian
financing done here in the last few
weeks place the amount at about So
900, 900.
1t Is expected that Kissei. Kinricutt a
Co, who purchased the i5,475, 600
Province of Manitoba five year 8 per
cent. gold debentures, due February !
1920. will soon maze a public Offering
OF the issue, although the price for such
Offering has not yet been determined
The proceeds Of the bond sale are 10 he
used 5000. 900 for new building,
s973,0 900 for roads, $3.50 900 for judicial
buildings. s19l.00o for grain elevators
and S63s.0OO for drainage The bonds
are payable from general revenue. The
aggregate assessed valuations OF ~.
municipalities OF the province are
S6l2. 1000. 900. The assets directly owned
by the province are Officially appraisei
at $50. 000,0 900 and the total diroct debt
including the present Issue OF debeb-
lures. Is s26,675 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
THE CURB MARKET.

Prices fuctuated irregularly in a dull
curb session yesterday. Motor stocks
were strong features. WHY'S Overland
advancing points and Kelly Springfield
Tire improving | point New York
Transportation was in demand and
moved up to 1917. Whelan Issues were
fairly active. but displayed saggns
tendency.
Interest in oil stocks was negligible
and price changes we're uniinportant eN-
cept in Prairie oil and Gas and Prairie
Pipe Line which were . and Z points
higher respectively. Standard OIL Of
New York and Standard Oil OF New
Jersey We're each point lower. Active
trading IN mining issues was confined to
a few issues. The general tone was
heavy Aside from Western Pacific 5s.
which varied between 31is and 81,
bonds were quiet and steady.
Transactions in detail in tho market
yesterday were az follows