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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Full Seven Months Residence
Required During Each Year
Commissioner of General Land Office Hands Out Decision
That 'Off Agin, On Ag'in' Practice of Many
Homesteaders Will Not be acceptable.

A decision has been rendered
by the Secretary of the Interior
in case of a proof under the three
year law, which is very import
ant to every homesteader ex-
pecting to make similar proof.
Josehine M. Locher, a school
teacher, on December 81, 1910
made homestead entry under the
ordinary five-year law, and began
actual residence June 8, 1911.
Her three year proof was ad-
vertised to be made June 12
1914. the three year law having
in the meantime been enacted,
and she choosing to make proof
Hereunder. Her proof was pro-
tested by third party and the
evidence given showed that Miss
Locher had taught school eight
cen miles from her homestead
during the winters cf Hip, '12-
13 and 1914; that she had gone
to her claim on Friday evenings
or Saturday mornings, returning
Sunday afternoons during such
terms of teaching and had spent
the summers on her claim, ex-
cept six weeks in 1911 when she
attended a summer session of the
University of Chicago and for
three weeks Of 1912 when she
was in Portland having her eyes
treated. Her evidence showed
good faith in that she had ex-
pended fully 81, 200 on her claim,
that all her improvements were
good, and indicated thew were
made with the intentions of de-
veloplng a permanent home. Her
house was good ard we'll furnish
ed; her garden was fenced with
rabbit-proof Wire; she had plant.
ed trees, and several varieties of
berries; she had cultivated 10
acres in 1912, 80 in 1914 and 100
seeded in the fall of 1911. The
proof was, however rejected for
insufficient residence, 1t was
held that the law requiring Z
months Of actual residence upon
the land meant that the claimant
should actually reside upon the
land the full seven months.
It seems to have been conclud-
ed that the law allowing five
months OF constructive residence
was liberal enough and that seven
months must actually be put in
with daily residence upon the
land, but that all absence of a
few days, such as might occur in
this section of the country in tax
ing stock to market ard such
other common sense absence as
that, Or an occasional visit of q
day or two at a time, would not
initiate against the proof of the
homesteader.
The decision concludes: In the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Natlsralized Saturday.

The following is list Of aliens
naturaIlzed on February 10Th be.
fore Judge Daniel L. O'Hern:
George saastad, Bisher.
John Bol!lnger, Westmore.
Elmer S. Cate, Baker.
Andrew Shishkowsky, Baker.
Stephen Hager, PIevna.
Jacob Schopp, pleyna.
John Lorenzen, Ismay. NJ.
John G. Nesslein, Ismay.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Valentine Party.

An apology is due our readers
when careles8iy we overlook the
publication Of local news items,
but there are times when even an
editors head fails to produce the
knowledge Of such things at the
proper time even though it may
have been repeatedly mentioned
to HIM. Ours was off last week,
when we failed to give an ac-
count Of the valentine party
which was given a week ago
Monday at the Yates and Blaine
homes on Norman street with
Mrs. Il ?. Blaine and Mvs. Robt
Yates as the hostesses, The
party proved one Of the social
successes Of lhe season, this pro-
babiy du2 t. the absence Of
mere" man, whom we consider
knows very lils'c Of such events
anyhow. Tic rooms and espec-
tally tie tables We're tastefully
decorated in keeping with the
spirit g. the day and many inter-
estlno games We're played.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Little Johnny Taken Down.

Our office has been rather out
Of kilter during the past week,
owing to the illness of little
Johnny McCumpsey, our right
hand assistant collector and Off
cial office "devil", who was talk
en- down suddenly with an attack
OF la grippe and later settled to
pneumonia in the right lung. At
the present time Johnny is in-
proving and his early recovery is
very promising. He has been
been with us several years and
his absence around the office is
quickly noted by our many pa
irons who drop in.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25
Democratic Meet.n..

The democratic central com
nlttee OF Fallon County hereby
issues call for a mass meeting
Of all those Of democratic bel t.
at E.Eala|a on Monday, March
Gth. 1916 at 200 .. m. All pre-
clnct committeeman are urged ta
be present and q special invita-
tion s extended to all members
Of the democratic party. Much
is to be done, SO be present..
G. NJ. Dougherty, Chair.
O. A. Dahl, Secretary.
For Sale-100o bu. of cleaned
seee speltz. Will sell in lots OF
100 bu. or more. Leave word al
this office.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-02-25

seriously considered, and clearly
indicated that he would have
something more tangible to pre-
sent to the committee in short
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
WAR INVESTIGATOR
BACK TO HELP y. S.
DR.. WEIGH, Pathologist, to Aid
Scientific Preparedness.

Baltimore, Oct. 5.--Dr. William II.
Welch. the psthologist, arrived here to-
day after a visit to Europe on behalf
Of the Rockefeller Foundation and also
to make observations in his capacity as
head of the National Academy of Sci
ences. These will be used in organic
ing the scientific resources of the coun-
try for defence. This commission was
given him with the approval of Presi-
dent Wilson.
DR.. Welch said he is convinced that
the war is not near an end. He said
he found in England that the stories
Of the horrifying effect of she'll shock
on soldiers in the trenches have not
been exaggerated. He spent some time
with Sir William Osler.
England" he said, will not neglect
science after the war, as she did before.
She is no longer dependent on Germany
for lenses, etc. A council has been
organized as part of the privy coun-
Gil Of the kingdom and the sblest sci
entists Of England are working with 1t.
This council considers not only the in
dustries which bear upon the war but
those which bear upon the whole good
Of the nation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
WILL UND WIEBKE"
PLAYED AT BANDBOX
New Piece Trifling Comedy by
Won ZObeltitz.

"Will und Wiebke," by Fedor Won
zobeltitz, which had its first perform
snce in this country at the Bandbox
Theatre last night, is an improbable
tale. which might better have been
done into fiction than into drama. A
big game hunter who returns from
Africa TO the environs OF Berlin with
menagerie Of wild beasts which he
expects TO breed and cross is asked
by friend to adopt a young lady with
whom that friend ~ in love. in order
that she may be given certain posi-
tion before she msrries. AS might
have been foreseen, paternal affection
changes 70 the .rdor of the lover after
the adoption. But the young lady dis
appoints both of her elderly admirers
by falling in love with the son OF a
brewer. who, under an assumed name.
has cared for the stables of the foster
father and lived under the same roof.
There is Montagu and Capulst
strain Of mild sort in the plot, for
the game hunter, Won Preysengk, has
an aversion TO the brewers son, who
is his own stable master. This plot,
with variety Of attenuations, delays,
Interruptions and unnecessary charac-
ters, has been made into a four-sc.
play. 1t is inclined to drag in the first
three acts. in which there is material
at most for two, and the fourth act is
obvious.
SO far as there were honors. Helm.
rich NARROW. as Won Preysengk, carried
them OF. His part dominates the play
and lends the color of an impulsive,
whimsical, simple and amiable big man
to the bony structure of events. A red
beard which Mr.. NARROW wore con-
tributed not little to the stage set
ting. but unfortunately it was cut of
at the end of the second act.
OF the other players, Ami Rub-Foer-
ster gave a graceful performance as a
baroness to whom at various times the
chief male characters related their diff
iculties. Hams Unterkirchner, as the
successful young lover, and Margarete
Christions, as Wiebke, the heroine.
were charming in appearance and spon-
taneous-perhaps just little too spon-
tsneous-in their performance. Ernst
Holznsgel and Wilhelm Mulhan were
both competent, as was Clairette Clair
as the sister of Won Preysengk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
CONSERVATIVES OPPOSE
TERAUCHIS MINISTRY
Japan's New Premier Seeks Aid
of Political Groups.

Toxic, Oct. 5.-Lieutenant General
Count Terauchi. who has no support in
The House Of Representatives, is now
seeking the aid Of the political groups,
and Prince Yamagats, Elder Statesman,
has asked Baron Kato, leader of the
majority groups in the House, for his
support in organizing his new Cabinet.
The body will probably include Baron
Maxine. former Foreign Minister, and
Baron Simpei Goto, former Minister of
Communications
Twenty members of the Seiyukai, or
Conservative party, have adopted res;
olution in opposition to the proposed
new ministry, on the ground that 1t
would be hostile to the constitution
and progress.
The viewpoint of the Elder Statesmen
is explained on the ground that ma
tional unity is urgent in time Of war;
Lieutenant General Baron fusaku
Uehara, chief Of the General staff and
former Minister Of War, succeeds
Count Terauchi as resident general in
Corea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
GENTLEMAN THIEF
ESCAPES AGAIN
Slips Away from Sleuth,
Jumping $1,000
Bail.

The Brooklyn police started q new
game Of hide and seek yesterday with
Richard Wellmsn, their recently cap
tured gentleman burglar" Wellmsn.
who apparently has jumped his $4,000
bail bond. was doing the hiding again.
Early in the afternoon Police Head
quarters in New York WAS asked to
send out a general alarm for Wellmsn.
One Of the two men who made the re.
quest said he WAS a Burns detective.
The other WAS Anton Weidmsn, Of 80
Cortlandt Street.
Weidmsn is attorney for Mrs. Sarah
Rubin. 1877 Columbia Heights, who put
up the gentleman burglars" bail. The
release of Wellman. he said. had been
obtained on the understanding that he
WAS TO go to "a certain address" in
New York. in company with a detec-
tive. But at Thirty-seventh Street and
Eighth Avenue he silently and swiftly
parted company with his escort.
Wcllman is accused Of having stolen
valuables out of several Brooklyn
homes, among them that of Mrs. Flossis
Van Sise, at 1888 President Street. ~
was not the methods he is alleged 10
have used-they we're those of tns
ordinary sneak thief-which led the DO
lice to classify Wellman as a gentle
man burglar" Rather il is the fact
that ne has a suave manner. which once
before aided him to slip through their
hands, ana the belief that he is we'll
connected.
wellman. who had been living at 34s
West Forty.sixth Street, Manhattan,
where he posed as a s3,500-a-year telles
for the Standard oil Company, admitx
the name he uses is not his own. Con
corning his past. he has said only that
he was at one time a clerk in bank
near the Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Not long ago detectives who vera
looking for Wellman and were provided
with an excellent description OF him
stopped him in the street. His hall
amused, half indignant air convinced
the policemen they had made mistake
and they permitted him 60 60.
lie finally was traced through
Young woman who knew HIM as "Bev-
erley, the nice blond chap." Detec-
tives kept watch in West Forty-siXth
Street until Beverley" as the girl
had predicted, came along. That was
LAST Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06

fnanciers are becoming tiresome. Play
wrights seem to believe that operations
in Wall Street are carried on IN pairs.
The winner makes a million and the
loser parts with his last dollar. We
are beginning to suspect that perhaps
the playwrights have confused the
business Of stocks and bonds with two
handed stud.
However, Beeston lost grand.
daughter. Right here an additional
objection TO the play must be raised.
1t is full OF relatives. Identifying
fathers and children is difficult enough
in the theatre, but last night one was
also called upon to keep in mind sunts,
uncles. cousins and even greataunts.
Beeston sets out to find the missing
grandchild, who was the offspring OF
a dsowned son, and his Objectionable
wife. Bah. is an orphan waitress in
boarding house. She serves prunes
and Pollyanna. IN old man in the
house loves her and he FORCES letters
TO prove that she Is the missing
Beeston hoiress. The scheme works
and Bah gets diamonds and pearls and
a house in Fifth Avenue.
10 looks for some time as II she Will
lose her true love and take the second
best. but in he end she comes back to
the boarding house and gets the real
one and happiness. The only SURPRISE
in the play occurs when somebody tells
old Beeston that the girl is an impostor
and he replies that he knew it all the
time and insists on keeping her.
No wonder so many men want Bah.
In act three she changes from a ball
gown to a walking suit, or whatever
you call it. in one minute and thirty
two seconds.
There is neither sparkle nor sub
stance TO tn. dialogue. Not few OF
the bids for laughter consist merely in
allowing one character to call another
az idiot. This is varied now and again
with the remark. that somebody's brain
as smaller than the appendix of
gnat.' There is also joke based on
the assumption that ladies who attend
the opera wear low-necked gowns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
laps ATTITUDE
STIRSCALFORNIA
Feeling Against Aliens
Grows Near Los
Angeles.

Los Angeles. Oct. 5.-Coincident with
intimations from diplomatic sources
that Japan is considering a renewal of
the campaign for recognition Of alleged
rights in California, distinctive out
cropping Of latent prejudice against
alien races has become evident within
the last few days in this section Of the
state.
The Hindus in Southern California,
and of these 0rientals there seems TO
be an ever-increasing number, have
been giving the police growing concern.
In the Pomona Valley near here these
foreigners are held responsible for a
crime wave which it is proposed to
counteract by most Vigorous unofficial
campaigns on the part of citizens.
At Claremont. a college seat, II is
reported that orange growers and citi-
zens generally are banding in a secret
organization to put an end to these
conditions. However, allegations that
business men are interested actively in
this organization are denied by repre-
sentative men in the community, fol-
lowing the publication Of fumors that
iHcNUONS VI TIC ~ hiuS hlou ntiV W
be employed in California.
There are camps If the Hindus in
the Pomona Valley. one of the richest
citrus sections in California. and these
camps have been the scenes of crimi-
nal violence. The wives and daugh-
ters of ranchers have been subjected
10 indignities, with the result that pub
lie sentiment is infamed.
A suit Of international Importance
was fled in the Superior Court at Riv.
erside to-day as test of the alien land
law which prohibits Japanese from
owning land in California. Former
Judge Robert VI. Clarke, assistant 70
L. S. Webb, Attorney General, brought
the action against Yukichi Harada. a
well-to-do Japanese. who owns consid-
cradle land near Riverside.
Webb was placed in possession Of
evidence only recently which made it
seem advisable to test the legislation
at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06

Nv HAYWOOD BROUN.

Ia playwright is TO bore an audience
he must improve it 100. The TEDIOUS
dramatist may be forgiven if he satis-
res the spectators that he is preaching
something Prison reform, Tree i1sc'
socialism, suffrage. 1T makes no dller
cnce. but last night along came ueoIse
Broadhurst with a most long .",nue W.
and clumsy drama which set 1orth
liking more than the belief that on
the whole it is best for girl TO marry
the man she loves. Al.
This is an excellent theme for tne
stage hut IL has not the distinction
which will permit its being told SLOW
fontodlv The author who is IN
tr;CninS TO seduce life into the play
hnnsn may be pardoncd if he ambles::
TSst is the pace Of life. Some OF
aJmstice" is slow, and two acts OF
"Tbo Wcavers" are painstsking. But
Calsvorthv and Hauptmann gained
something through their deliberation'
Tbrv shared life by their persever-
ance George Broadhurst, on the con-
Ntrarv, has nothing but the most ,ne
atrical sort of q story to tell IN hieli
Man. Poor Man. and yet he insists on
chisel:ng away as II ne were eaItnns
something out of the face OF na'u'e
itself. e .h,
The play has all the vices o. tne
theatrical play and none OF lts N, ",
IL is always unreal, and IL Is lu,i % -
number of obvious tricks, ana YET, WIN
all his devices, Broadhurst cannot pre-.
vent the comedy from humping ne ,Ie
and stslling there. IL never '"i MS
you by skidding.
n,;nstakine. but not in the same even
nc II i, hard TO believe that Broad
hurst wrote erich Man. Poor Man.
Ue must have been cramped by the op-
locations OF following the plot OF q
rovel His ability to sketch character
quickly and accurately is missing IN
the play which we peIiorn .,o '' Of
night. All the persons are types OF
the most conventional sort from the
Wall Street wolf 10 the landiaoy OIL
boarding house. ar,
Bab alone was real, ana thls was ~.
entirely 10 the fresh ana soineM NJ,
artless touch which Miss Regina Ma'-
lace brought TO her periormanee a.
the heroine. She played her emouona J
scenes too fatty, but II her WORK ,aeAeu
a little in variation OF inoou W"
atoned for to a large degree D! ~.
charm which the young actress oious" ~
70 her part x,,r,bor y,
,..nd nerformers in the cast. they hao
so0u pnortunitv TO show their SKI III
poL ~ an exception should be made
~ fayor of Brandon Hurst. as fetel
pooeton. the raging lion Of the street
80 tbeso iron listed and ivory headed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
HUDSON TUBE STRIKE
EXPECTED BY POLICE
35 Employees Dropped, Jersey
CITY Authorities Learn.

Following the dismissal yesterday of
thirty-fvc employees of the Hudson e.
Manhattan Railroad, controlling the
Hudson tubes, the Jersey City police
learned that there was at likelihood OF
sympathetic wslkout of several hum
dred employees at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Employees held meeting on Monday
night, tho authorities were told, during
which there were discussions which the
company officials believed warranted
the dismissal Of thirty-iive of the par
Elephants.
Ii was learned that the walkout was
decided at secret meeting held last
night in Hoboken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
Servants Testify Against
KerfoOt-Tell of Visits
TO Chum'S Wife.
DESPITE DIVORCE.
HUSBAND FIGHTS ON
Champagne, P a a m a s.
Also Caviar Figure in
Alienation Action.

Undet,rred by the divorce decree
which his wife obtained. Frederick
William Hunter, lawyer and antique
collector, appeared in the Supreme
Court yesterday to press his suit for
$4,000 against his college chum and
brother-in-law, John Barrett Kerfoot,
literary critic and novelist, for aliena-
ton of the affections OF Anna
Belleville Hunter
Hunter and "erfoot were graduated
from Columbia Tn! ersity in the class
Of ST. Mrs. Hunters hair is almost
white. Terfoot married Hunters sis
ter, who died few years ago.
A Cross-Fire Action.
The Hunter divorce action was a
cross-fre affair. The wife began .,
then the husband countered, naming
Kerfoot. The court decided against
Hunter. That phase of the trouble is
now before the Appellate Division on
an appeal by Hunter.
Testimony showed Kerfoot was a
member Of the Hunter household, at
1877 East Thirty-seveLth Street, and at
their country place at Freehold, n. j.
Hunter tried 10 prove the novelist had
seen Mrs. Hunter while she moved
about her room sttirei in black tights.
Mrs. Hunter denied this, and explained
she wore tights to keep warm.
Il Is now Hunters complaint that
Kerfoot obtained a Controlling inhu-
ence over his wife aid induced her 20
leave him.
Counsel for Kerfoot told the court
he merely wished to aid her in her dis
trcss and relieve her from the mental
and physical strain which she suffered
because Of her husbands conduct.
Hunter says his former chum prac-
tically ran his household for some
time, and made the purchases for the
household out of the $500 month
which the husband allowed his wife.
which was independent of the 800
n month she received for spending
money. He alleges that his wife had
a private telephone installed that she
might be enabled to talk to Kerf OF
unmolested, and the latter visited his
wife in her rooms dressed in his pa
jamas. He also kissed VI 3. Hunter,
according to Hunter.
George D. Goode, a negro servant in
the Freehold house. the first witness
yesterday, also testified to this effect.
He said he al seen Mrs. Hunter and
Kerfoot when she wore a nightgown
and he was in pajamas.
Mrs. Bessie ConIover, negro maid.
gave similar testimony. and added that
at times when Hunter was away the
lights in the house were OFT at night,
and that also in the absence Of the lord
of the manor. Kerfoot would dine on
guinea hen breasts, caviar and cham
payne, preceded by cocktails.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
COURTHOUSE SITE
AWARDS CONFIRMED
Justice Guy Approves Appraisals
of Nearly $4,000, 900.

Justice Guy canfrmed yesterday the
findings of Abram I. Elkus, Henry
Schneider and James b. Baker as com,
missioners of estimate and appraisal
of property taken by the city for the
site of the proposed courthouse.
The report OF the commissioners rec
commended awards amounting to 3d.
1882. Justice Guy excepted from
the confirmation order the award OF
s4s2 ,5S5 for the property of st: An.
drew's Roman Catholic Church, at
Duane Street and City Hall Place,
which objected on the ground that the
commensurate was not sufficient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
Seabury Will Filed.

Judge Samuel Sesbury, Democratic
candidate for Governor; his brother.
William Marston Seabury and his sis
tiers, Mrs. Susan S. Bill and Mrs. Lydia
Winthrop Oliver, are the residuary
logatees under the will of their father,
the Rev. William Jones Seabury. which
was filed in the Surrogates' Court yes
terday. The sons also may select not
more than fifty books from their fathers
library. the rest of the library going to
the General Theological Seminary OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
DR.. Seabury left to the seminary the
Concordate. a parchment signed by
Bishop Seabury. an ancestor OF the tes-
tator, and three Scottish bishops by
whom he was consecrated.