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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
A. c. M. LEGAL
STAFF GETS
VICIOUS
T trade Against Federal
Judge and Former U. S.
Attorney Said to Be In
spired by Revenge.

Considerable comment was caused
in Butte this morning by the vicious
attack made on Federal Judge
George M. Bourquin and former
United States District Attorney B.
K. Wheelr in the Anaconda Copper
Mining company's house organ, the
Anaconda Standard, in connection
with the executive pardon issued
yesterday to the notorious Robert
Sidebotham of Northwest Trustee
company fame.
In local legal circles and on the
streets generally, it was recalled that
among the prominent persons who
were alleged in the proceedings in
the United States court against the
promoters of the Northwest Trustee
company to have profitted with Side
botham and his partner, Wilmot, in
the use of the mails to defraud
numerous widows, orphans and
other persons of small means, a
number of the Anaconda company s
political hirelings were included and
that as the result of the aftermath
of the Sidebotham and Wilmot
trials, Dan M. Kelly, now shining
light in the company's legal depart
ment, was found guilty of tamper-
ing with : a jury and was fined by
Judge Bourquin.
Kelly's sentence was later affirm
ed by the circuit court of appeals
and later by the United States SUI
preme court, and, it is said, the
successful conclusion of eXtraordin-
airy efforts by the company's moss
powerful persons in high govern
mental and political circles in secur
ing a pardon for Sidebotham gives
the company's legal staff it, first
chance in several years to beratt
Judge Bourquin and Attorney
Wheeler. Street rumor today gen
orally was to the effect that the al
legged news story i'll today's Stand
ard was either written entirely, o
was inspired by the Anaconda
legal department.
In connection with the case, thu
following news story which appeared
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
Porter at Fiinle,,'s Hotel Fined 4.+
For Osculatory Assault on Girl

s'He came right in behind the
counter, grabbed me around the
neck and kissed me-" testified q
pretty 1S-year-old white girl this
morning in police court. She was
the complaining witness against Rob
ert Rocker, colored porter at the
Finlen hotel, who was charged with
assault and battery.
The girl is employed in a candy
and tobacco store on East Broadway.
About $50 this morning, she al
legged, when she was alone in the
store, Rocker entered, and after 4
moments talk, in the course OF
which she mentioned that she had a
cold, he told her that he knew what
would be good for her cold, and
stepping in behind the counter, com
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14

During the treaty fight it was
charged and never denied, that
Lansing had expressed opposition 10
the treaty in private. Later il was
rHmorcsl that Wilson strongly dis
approved of Lunsing's Mexican
policy.
All foreign governments with
which the United States has rela-
tions were notified OF IIansing's
resignation and the fact that Under
Secretary OF State Polk is acting
secretary.
President Wilson sent his first
letter to Lansing on Feb. Z, asking
if it were true that during The presi-
dents illness Lansing had called the
cabinet members into conference,
and declaring that right rests alone
with the president. Lansing, in re-
plying said he had called the meet
ings, saying he believed such \
course was necessary due to matters
demanding Immediate action.
Lansing stated it had "never en-
tered his mind" that he was acting
without authority or contrary to the
president s wishes Then, when he
offered to submit his resignation
Wilson replied on Feb. IL, charging
that Lansing was attempting to as
sumo presidential powers and told
him he would take advantage of
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lncr Governor SidcbOtham.
Numerous attempts were made by
SidcbOtham's friends to have the
application Of the attorney general
for a pardon endorsed by the United
States senators from Montana
Walsh and Mycrs-but they, on ac-
count of the unsayory nature of the
case, it is said here, declined openly
to have anything to do with it; hence
the appeal was made through their
colleague from idaho.
Sidebotham's co-defcndant, J. G.
G. WilmOt, is now confined as Il
prisoner in tho United States peni-
tertiary at Leavenwortl, Kan., for
The same crime for which, SidebOth-
am was yesterday pardoned. Both
WilmOt and Sidebotllam were con-
victcd in a trial before United States
District Judge George nj. Bourquin
and Il jury at Helena, and sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary at
hard labor. Upon appeal, the judg-
mcnt was confirmed by the United
States circuit court of appeals at
San Francisco, upon the ground that
tho "eyilence was sufficient to
sustain the conviction. The supreme
court Of the United States denied an
application for Il writ of error in the
case of Sidebotham.
HAS POWERFUL FRIENDS.
Although the evidence in the case
showed that the Northwest Trustee
company had defra,ldcd poor people
in Montana and Washington OF over
100000, powerful friends obtained
Il pardon. Sidebotham. with Wilmot,
William Fac, former state treasurer,
now assistant cashier of the DAILY
Bank and Trust company Of Butte;
A. M. Anderson, former secretary OF
state; j. w. Spcer, eX-mayor OF
Great Falls, and Dominick Bertoglio
of Mcadervillc, were indicted by the
United States grand jury for the
frauds. At the trial it appeared
that S. v. Stewart, governor of Mon
tana, was the owner of 1000 shares
of the capital stock of the North
west Trustee company. These shares
were given him by Sidcbotham in
return for which the governors
name and office was used as a bait
to get suckers, it was alleged. The
grand jury considered the case
against Stewart as well as against
Edward Norris, former governor OF
Montana, but by Il narrow margin
failed to indict. Sidebotham is now
an cmploye Of a New York bank
owned by the Standard Oil company
His sister is married to IL. B. Thayel
of Philadelphia. Thayer, who is 9
millionaire, is also connected witt
the Standard Oil company. Wilmo'
apparently has no friends among tho
Standard Oil company's officials, il
is said.
KELLY AND GALEN CONVICTED
In the trial of the case at Helen;
a large array of counsel was en-
gagged; in fact, there was so many o
them that the business of the cour
was seriously impeded by their join
efforts. Judge Bourquin finally sus
ocsted to the array of counsel tha
fNortinuod- IN pppa Thrn9.1
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
TWO MEN. KILLED, WOMAN
WOUNDED BY BOND BANDITS

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-E.
Stroud and H. A. Bohlman were shot
and killed and Mrs. M. E. Lassater
was wounded by bandits who yester-
day afternoon attempted to hold up
a liberty bond brokerage establish
ment in the heart of the downtown
district. The bandits escaped in an
automobile. Mrs. Lassater threw y
handful of liberty bonds out Of u
window after she had been shot in
the head
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mitted the assault and battery COM
planned Of.
She declares that she Indignantly
pushed the black man away, losing
her glasses in the struggle; after
which he insisted, she claims, upon
punching the "scab-board" several
times, winning a cigar for himself
and she winning a box of candy.
She declared that she refused to
take the candy for herself, but put
it back in stock. AS soon as the
proprietor came in, the colored man
hurriedly walked out of the store.
1t was after Rocker had gone out,
testified the proprietor, that he no
ticed the girl crying. He asked what
was her trouble, and then heard her
Continued ON Page Thraes)
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
Chief stRadical Batter Honors
Butte Subordinates With Visit

transferred here to avoid being
caught in the raid and his activities
being made public.
Mr.. Flynn is on his way to the
coast, it is said, and is stopping off
in certain industrial centers to get
line on the activities of the
radicals whom the employing inter.
ests claim are always a menace to
profitable production. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Skelly, who was
formerly a detective for the Ana
conda Mining company, has gathered
considerable data on the activities OF
the radicals since his arrival here
and that it will be submitted to his
chief with appropriate notes and
comments supplied by the legal
| Rurn
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
vanderveer SIn1ashes II "Franled'
Testimony OF Girl Bookkeeper
Dramatic Moments Come
When Attorney Grills I'm
willing Witness for Pros
ecutor Abel.

(By JOHN NICHOLAS BEI'FEL.
(Federated Press Correspondent.)
Nlontcsano, WASH, Feb. ~.
The Ccntralia tragedy case
took u sudden turn in favor of
the defense late yesterday when
Attorney George f. Nandcryccr
smashed gaping holes in the
testimony Of one cf tho states
witnesses. The proceedings
were dramatic in the extreme
and delayed the closing OF court
by many minutes.
Elsie I1ornbcck, 4 slim,
pretty, Semitic boolllsccpcr in Il
garage opposite the Avalon
hotel, testified that she saw Il
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
BOOM RAILR)ADER
FOR PRESIDENT
is MOVE
(Hy the Federated nreSs.)

Washington, Fco. tl.--War-
rcn >. stone, grand Chief 81 the
Brothrl'hced ol Locomotive !sn-
ginerfs, is ;he lates; nn;! per-
hapS the NEST forlni,laDtc OF the
candidates mentioned FOR il
third ticket in the 1920 p"csi-
dental race. Others who have
been mentioned are Glen II.
Plumb, author of the Plumb
plan Of democratic control Of
the railroads and other basic in
dustrics; Clifford Pincho:, once
chief forester under the Roosc-
lCOntinued on Page Four.l
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
ARRAlGNED ON MONDAY.

Seattle Feb. 14.-Arraignment of
II prominent shipbulders of the
north Pacific coast, who were re-
Gently indicted for making alleged
fraudulent claims against the govern
ment, will take place Monday.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
STOP AIR SCOUTING.

Mexico City, Feb. 14--Annoyed by
sorties by American aviators over
Mexican territory, the government
has ordered the Mexican authorities
to watch carefully for the appear
ance of such aviators and to capture
the pilots if they land.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
KNOWS BETTER NOW.

Aberdeen, Wash, Feb. 14.-Mrs.
J. w. Reynolds was badly burned
about the face and hands yesterday
wnen she mistook a package of pow
der for package of seeds and threw
it in the stove
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
NOTORIOUS SIDEB0THAM,
FINANCIAL. PARTNER OF
STEWART, ET AL, freed
Especial to The Bulletin.

Washington Feb 14.-President Wilson yesterday,
on recommendation of Attorney General Palmer issued
pardon to Robert r. Sidebotham formerly of Great
Falls Mont convicted of using the United States mails
to defraud The pardon issued through the instru
mentality Of Senator William Borah of Idaho close
personal friend both of Sidebotha and his father for
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
$100, 600 R0BBER Of POOR PARD0NED
Chicago JUDGE AWARDS
DAMAGES FOR SUM LOST
WHEN DEALERS COMBINE
Especial to The Bulletin }


Chicago, Feb l4.-When the contractors Of Chicago
last summer persuaded the material to join in
sympathetic lockout during the carpenters strike and
refuse deal with the public Both parties were guilty
Of a malicious boycott and liable to damages for
every dollar lost by the workers and independent con-
tractors This is the effect Of the ruling just made by
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
Girl Witness for State Was
Coached in Prosecutor S
Office Last Night, Is
Charged at Trial.
By JOHN NICHOLAS REFFEL,

Dy JOHN NICHOLAS BETHEL,
Federated Press Correspondent }
Nontcsano, Feb. t4.--l'hc cX-
animation OF Elsie Hornbecls,
til" star witness for the state,
whose testimony was broken
down yesterday by Attorney
Nandervecr, was continued this
morning. Nanucryccr disclosed
that she visited Special Prose-
cutor Abcl's office here last
night, while the latter knew that
the defense was not finished
with cross examining her.
Ibid you talk about your tcs-
timony,' asked Vandcrvecr.
so, No."
What did YOU talk about?"
(rDntin,,nI on pnpa Fam. \
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
Lansing Usurped Presidential
Power and Is Forced to Resign

The bitter exchange of letters re-
calls numerous rumors that lansing
would resign.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
Country Is Overwhelmingly In Debt;
Facts Are Suppressed By Authorities

& Co. sailed for Europe on Feb.
5. The Federated Press repre-
scntatives asked why he was go
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14
so PER Cent OF
WIRE WORKERS
GO OUT

Especial United Press Wire.)
San Francisco, Feb. Ia
Officials Of the electrical work
cis employed by the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany declared that 30 per cent
OF the men went on strike this
morning. 1t is estimated that
1000 "outsidc" electrical work.
crs in California, Oregon,
Washington, idaho and Nevada
Quit work.
OUT IN PORTLAND.
Portland. Feb. 1A.-EWo-
thirds of 200 electrical work.
crs employed by tn" telephone
company here are striking, ac-
cording to union officials.
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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-22
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Yarquin, Mis-
Florence Sealey and Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Gibson visited friends in New
port Sunday
Prof. Bliss Perry of Harvard Col
legc who is well known in this sec
ton as a summer resident at Cas-
plan Lake, has been selected hv tic
family of the late Maj. Henry L.
HlGklnson of Boston to write his bio
graphy.
DR.. F. w. Magoon leaves Friday
to attend convention Of chircpo-
dlsts in Burlington. He will be out
of town from Friday until the fol-
lowing Wednesday,
Mrs. Walter Ingram and het
nephew, Master Lyndon Arnold
have gone to Eaton, Quebec, to visit
Mrs Jano Hodge.
Mrs. l.. E. Spafford of Barnet was
a St Johnsburv visitor Tuesday and
! opens the "Old Homestead lea
house for the summer on July /. Mrs
Hpaiford spent three months Of the
past winter in Washington ami was
a Orleans for two months this
sp, ng.
Edward Walter, a top sergeans at
No wlch University at Mortified, has
hec'r promoted to first lieutenart and
Is row at The training school ut Fort
Ethan Allen.
Fev. A. S. Woodwork let;tt for
Buffalo Tuesday morning where he
vii attend the Northern Baptist con-
ven ion in that city.
I the last sos sion of the Gland
Lodge of Odd Fellows of We mont
it vas voted unanimously to hold the
nov' annual session next May in st.
Johnsburv. The St. Johnsbury lodges
have already appointed committees
10 entertain the Grand Lodge and
make arrangements for the gather
mo
NJ. and Mrs. Fred C. Mayo of
Wo0dsville passed through St.
loh1sbury on the "air line" north
Sa irday afternoon on their wedding
our
John Gray Of Sutton and J. E La
% of Toronto have purchased Ford
touring cars of the Corner garage.
Glen Z. Fales, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. w. Fales, was married at
he Charter Methodist church in New
York city on Saturday. June 10, to
Miss Maud Colby of East Orange,
Y. j. Mr.. and Mrs. Falcs will reach
st. Johnsbury Wednesd and will
make their home at No. Sc Portland
street. Mr.. Fales has been employed
by the Boston & Maine railroad in
nc freight department for the past
even years and served in the navy
curing the war
Mrs. Ami Juneau, Miss Estelle
luneau and Henry Juneau have zone
70 Meredith, N. H., and other places
arr will be absent about two weeks. (,
Special price of $685. on Mons
l1lined solid leather light weight
YORK shoes, sizes to II. Amey & !
Reed. adv |
The marriage of Ray w. Howard |
ot Piermont and Miss Nita Palmer
If Wilder will take place at the
congregational church in Wilder
v cdnesdav afternoon at three +
o'clock. Mr.. Howard is a former res
dent Of st. JoEnsburv and Miss
Dalrer is sister Of B. A. and Cecil
;. Palmer.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-22
RECENT DEATHS
REGINALD w. COWJING

Reginald w. Cowling, who died at
I Plymouth, N. H., Sunday evening,
June 20, was born in st. Johnsbury.
July "a, 1902, being the oldest son
OF MI and Mrs. George C. Cowling.
lie was educated at our public
schools and st. Johnsbury Academy,
graduating from the latter institu-
ton in the class of 1919 While in
the Academy he was manager of the
track team and won the second prize
IN the Bayley public speaking con-
test.
He entered the class of 1923 at
the University Of Vermont in Bur-
hmoton and had Just completed the
freshman year. He was an excellent
SCI ohr and out of class of several
hundred won the mathematics prize
eallv in the year.
MI CoWling went down to Ply
mouth last week to make a short visit
with friends and was taken sick al
most as soon as he reached there
with pneumonia which resulted in his
deeth late Sunday evening. Both his
father and mother reached him be-
fore the end came and the Plymouth
people were untiring in their helpful
efforts. The remains reached St.
Jthnsbury Monday evening and the
funeral will be kcld at Mr.. Cowling's
home Wednesday afternoon at two
0 clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev.
George A. Martin.
Besides his parents the young
man leaves one brother, Paul Ed
ward, and three sisters, Marion Es-
Their, Eleanor and Dorothy Elizabeth.
Reginald Cowling was active in |
church work, devoted to his home |
AMI one who was exceedingly popu-
lar with all who knew him. The
family have the sympathy of a wide
circle of friends in their great loss.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-22
ST. JOHNSBURY LOCAL

KALSOMINE? Sure. Where YOU
bought the tulpentine. At STAT
FORD & STEVENS. "THE PAINT
SIORE", Prospect Ave. adv
Nh. and Mrs. Raymond A. Pearl
are at Hanover this week attending
tie Dartmouth commencement eyer-
cises and where Mrs. Pearls brother.
M. Howe of Woodsville, is one of
the graduates.
Mrs. }. ID. McGregor is spending a
Jew days with her daughter,
William Mckay at Blllerca, Mass.
Harold Young of Mercersburg, Pa.
who has been visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Young, left
Monday for Seattle, Wash, where he
Will spend tho summer.
Community Chautauqua tickets
ntw on sale by guarantors. Price
$500 plus war tax. After 500 tickets
have been sold price will be $3.50
Plus war tax. Buy at once and save
% cents. adv IF
In "Thc Orphan, MI Farnum has
one of the strongest roles of his ca
reer. AS an outlaw who is hunted
I'm, i'eOu ny lHe COW puncneIS OF the
little town OF Ford's station, Mr..
farnum is at his inspired best. He
lends his inimitable personality to the
part with depth of feeling that car
RES the spectator through veritable
avalanche Of thrills which start with
his initial appearance and continue
until the final fadeout when he is
shown in the arms of the girl of his
Greams-thc girl who switched him
rom the track Of lawlessness to that
OF honor. Louise Lovely will be seen
as the heroine. The last showing Will
be tonight
Add another triumph to the long
hst of screen characterizations by |
" liam Falnum. Last night at the |
Globe MI. Farnum was presented in
his newest production, "Thc Or !
chan"
Special price of 1885 on Mems I
mined solid leather light weight
work shoes, sizes 6 to II. Amey G.
Reed. adv, I
Mrs. ]. Frank Trull of Biddcford, |
Me-, is visiting her mother, Mrs. |
George H. Gloss.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-22

Tie St. Johnsbury Woman's Club
will hold its annual lawn party
II ursday afternoon, July LIST, on the
Club House grounds on Cherry
street. The music committee is plans
ming an attractive literary ana music
program. The social committee will
serve refreshments. The executive
committee meeting will be held at .
p. M, in the Club House.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Chaplin of
West Medford, MI and Mrs. S. M.
Chaplin Of Woodaville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. Brickett Of Lowell, Mass, were
g. ests of Nh. and Mrs. d. C. Horn
G. over the week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-14
SCOUTS ISOLATION
| OF AMERICA TODAY
Secretary Colby Cites Mon
roe Doctrine in Retaliation
of Theory.

CHICAGO. May IA (by the Asso-
ciated Prcssl. - "America's position
. in the world today is quite the re-
verse of isolation" Secretary of State
Colby declared I'M an address last night
before the Chicago Bar Association. in
which he defended the league of nations
and pointed out that the United States
had been saved from the actual test of
war in defending the Monroe doctrine.
The Secretary said that such test
had been prevented mot alone by the
respect of the world for martial quail
ties and our sincere attachment to the
doctrine. but by the European balance
of power, which has checked the conf
dence and restrained the initiative of
the nations which have from time to
time been tempted to call the doctrine
into question"
Position Reverse Of Isolation.
Thus we see" he added. that with
reference to the Monroe doctrine alone
our position has been quite the reverse
OF isolation. On the contrary. we have
been not only exposed repeatedly to the
Vaccinations of European powers. but
have been 10 a demonstrable extent the
beneficiary of the interplay of compli-
Gated current of European policy.
'It may he said that the treaty of
Versailles is the law of the world
United States. acting obediently to
the traditional policy of isolation
must abandon the allies and seek
peace by some circuitous and uncon-
stitutional eXpedient. retaining the
benefits of the treaty without assum-
ing any of its burdens. holding the
enemy to its performance. but con-
trihuting nothing to it's enforcement"
Cites Washington and Jefferson.
Declaring that the advice of Wash
ington and Jefferson in regard to Eu-
"opean alliances had been .interpret-
ed in some quarters as meaning that
the United States must hold aloof
from world politics. the Secretary
said that washington expressly de-
clared himself as not averse to tenn
porary alliances. nor did jefferson
object to alliances for the accomplish
ments of definite objects. Neither
Washington nor Jefferson intended
that the American states should re-
frain permanently from the exercise
of it's due influence in matters which
properly concerned the peace and well
fare of itself as member of the
community of nations"
Mr.. Colby. in referring to the Mon
roe doctrine, said that its source was
distinctly European.