davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
HEAT WAVE DUE TO METEoRs

The extraordinary warm weather of
unusual downpour Of meteors on the
sun. increasing its radiation and ef-
fective surface temperature. in the
brief Of Professor T. ]. ]. See, g. y
navy yard. Professor See voiced this
belief in a statement issued recently.
He said 1t was based on extensive re-
search work. Citing the fact that un.
usually warm summers occur every 10
or IL years, he said that ''now, for the
first time. by profound researches, as
light upon this great mystery"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
EPSIE
Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers are getting pretty
thick.
c. NJ. Smith was in Broadus Tuesday
Fred Trautman left for Miles City
Friday.
Louie Titus and Mrs. Ernest McCon-
mel motored to Broadus Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Trautman and son Jack
are in Miles having dental work done
Osa Force. wife and daughter Verna
motOred to Rroadus Saturday evening.
Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Glen Adamson,
Albert Force and O. w. Cason were
in BrOadus Tuesday making final proof
on their hOmesteads.
c. NJ. Smith and wife. Charles Jesse.
wife and sen Charles. c. w. Adamson
and wife We're callers at the Cason
home SUNDAY.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
STATE CROP REPORT

Effect of the hot weather of early
July is seen in the less optimistic tone
q crop reports from 20 counties well
distributed over Montana. received by
and industry at Helena. Over half the
counties reporting tell Of crop dam
age. Corn. with acreage increased
over 1920, shows excellent prospect
The hay harvest is heavy. Harvestine
winter grain has commenced in some
localities. Twelve counties report
damage by grasshoppers. but where
organized effort has been used to com,
bat them. results from poison have
been good. Fallon county has had hail
in several sections.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
Coal 12-29-l6 RE O39367-O4275S
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Coal 12-29-l6 RE O39367-04275S
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, L. S.
Land Office at Miles City, Montana.
July 9. 1921.
Notice is hereby given that
FRANK J. MCCORMACK.
OF Brcad Montana. who. on Apr 4.
Hid: Entry. No. O3s367-04275s, for NEI.
i2NWA. Lots l. 2. SEA. EhSWI
Lots 8. 4, Section I. Township SIS.
Range SEE. NJ. p. Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make three year
proof. tc' establish claim to the land
above described, before II. r. Straiton.
Clerk of the District Court. at Broadus,
1921.
Claimant names as witnesses:
c.. W.. Boyle. 7. +. Sherlock. F.. p.
Boyle, Mrs. X. Mccormack, al of
jy22-a19 G. w. MYERS. Eegister,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
HOMESTEADER FOUND DEAD
NEAR HENDRICKS RANCH

Sheridan. Wyo.-No marks Of vic
lence were found upon the body OF J.
ranch when it was examined after be-
Ing brought to Sheridan. Apparently
Pierce had died Of -paralytic stroke.
He was found several hours after his
death but the body had not been dis
turbed. Pierce lived on q homestead
some three miles from the o w and
was seen for the last time at that
place three days previous. At that
time he did not complain of feeling III
although it was known that his health
had not been god for some time.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
I. w. WIS ON THE RUN

One hun,red and three alleged /. w.
WIS We're driven out Of Aberdeen, s.
D.. and vicinity by citizens posses aid
county. They were herded in two
groups. one sent east and the ether
north: Each group was driven about
10 miles. Other towns in the country
have been notified to keep the alleged
j. w. WIS moving.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
ATTEMPT To CLOSE A POOR. ROOM
At HARDIN ny NP0OHlDlTION MRN

Holding that mans place of bust.
ness could not be seised under . search
warrant. Judge Strong Of Billings is-
sued writ OF prohibition last week
prohibition officer. and his assistants
from further interfering with the IL.
z u pool hall ct Hardin. which had
rests had been made Tor aiieEed ssie
Of Liquor. and an attempt was made
~ the officer to close the pool hall.
Judge 9trongs decision was made on
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
DIR. ANDRUS HONORED
BY STATE PHYSICIANS

Bilings.-Dr. w. w. Andrus Of Miles
City. a pioneer physician of Montana,
was elected president of the Montana
Medical assc citation at the close of it's
convention here. Great Falls was nam
ed the 1929 convention place.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22

VIM. w. Ralston, NJ. C. .......:. 1.2-5l.
las. s. Wilson, N. c. ....... .1s-2N-51
e. A. Stickney, Broadus .....34-5S-5I
John Doran, Miles City ......22-13-45I
Julia NJ. Stickney, Stales -. .p34-5S-5l
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
h0MESTEA0F|L|NGS

(F1lings vvithln Jurislletiqn es unateA
states Land Of1iee It lliles .Clty.)
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-22
FARMERS AND RANCHERS
EXCHANGE COLUMN

FOR SALE OR TRADE-1sl7 model
Maxwell touring car; in good 0ondt.
ticn: will trade for horses or cattle.
Tony Francisco. Boyes, Mont. Rsnch
10 SIX miles north of B0yes. ~ q
FOR SALE-One No. ~ De Laval
cream separator and two 10 gallon
,Vandercar. Biddle. Mont. jy1 Il
WANTED-A ban0 Of sheep. ON shares
or run by the herd. Inquire this of
nee Tor further Information. j22a26
Work is less hard than worry and
pays much better.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
EMPLOYEES RESENT
WESTLAKE CHARGE
Challenge Citizens Association
Head to Prove Statement
Some Clerks Are "RedS."

Demands that w. r. Westlake,
president of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, be made to
either prove or retract accusations
that government employees are en-
gagged in Red activities are made to-
day by the administ rative committee
of Federal Employees Union No. 2.
The committee charges that, during
the Senate District committee hear
ings on the nominations OF the new
District commissioners, Mr.. Westlake
stated that "at the present time there
are from 500 to 1000 Government en-
ployes in this city who are engaged
in spreading Red. propaganda"
''This statement is not believed to
have any foundation in fact, and IL
not founded in fact constitutes a
calumny against the Federal en-
ployes as a body" the committee de-
clares.
The demand for investig alton OF the
statement by the Federation is re-
ferred to the presidents OF the
various citizens associations.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03

; Discovery of the robbery was
made at $3.50 this morning when a
night watchman found the rear door
Of the store open. He entered and
found a sledge hammer. a chisel and
a screw driver near the open safe.
ENTERED THROUGH ATTIC.
Entry was made by the yeggmen
through an attic window. They pass
ed through a corridor. broke a panel
out of door. and descended to the
company's office, where two safes pro-
tected the valuables.
One safe was ripped open. The
second. proved impregnable to the at
tempts of the yeggmen and they were
unable to open IT, although the knob
had been broken OFF by a sledge ham,
mer.
A quantity Of rope, which could
have been used to slide down through
a hole cut in the floor in case the
doors refused to give way also was
found in the office.
Detective Jde Morgan. of Police
Headquarters, was placed in charge
of the police investigation. He ,un-
covered a clue which IL regarded as
the most valuable signpost to the
identity of the man-finger prints on
the sledge hammer. Photographs of
these prints have been taken by Fred
Sandberg, Bertillon and Identification
expert at headquarters.
WORK or AMATEURS.
The robbery. which IL the most dar-
ing Washington has seen in sSmc
-ttyE\, Is not believed to be the WORK Of
professionals. The manner of "crsck-
ing" the safe without the use OF
soup" as nitroglycerine Is termed by
the police. leads TO this belief.
Police believe that the men prob
ably entered by way of the roof Of a
nearby hotel. They clambered over
roofs, II IL thought, until they reached
the attic window, where the entry was
made.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
ARRESTED
UNDER Mann ACT
Girl Tells Police She Was Kid
naped by Yank in Little
Rock, Ark.

Alleging that she had been kid
naped after having been drugsed in a
restaurant in Little Rock. Ark, Miss
Ruby Rogers, pretty twenty-year-old
stenographer, of that city, today is
held as Government witness at the
Sixth precinct police station against
Bryan Pikey, member of tank corps
at Camp Meade, who also is held on a
charge of violating the Mann white
slave act.
According to the girls story. she
met Pikey through a street Irritation.
She alleges that he took her into a
restaurant, dined and fed Der, and
that she knew nothing until hours
later when she awakened on board a
train which brought her and Pikey
to Washington.
The couple was arrested last night
in the st. James Hotel. on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, by Detective Wilson.
of the Sixth precinct The girl told
Detective Wilson and Capt. Robert T..
Doyle, commander Of the precinct, \
revolving story Of her association
with Pikey.
IL was ashamed to go home" the
girl told the, police. "Finding myself
in Washington and being ordered
about by Pikey. 1 did everything he
suggested"
Pikey, when questioned by the po-
lice, declared that he met the girl In
Little Rock when he was on military
duty there. He denies he had urged
the girl, who he said he loved and
was willing to marry, to lead life
of degradation. He will be given a
hearing tomorrow before United
States Commissioner Isaac r. Hit in
the Maryland building.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
PROF. BR0ODED
OVER DIVORCE
Beckwith, College Slayer, Be-
Iieved Wife Had Wed Another
After Leaving Him.

SYRACUSE. N. Y. April 3.-That
death and suicide ran continuously
through the mind of DR.. Holes Beck
with, of the College OF Business Ad-
ministration Of Syracuse University,
who yesterday shot and killed Dean
John. Herman Wharton and then
committed suicide. is shown by his
farewell biography.
HAD OTHERS "MARkED."
That remarkable document shows:
First-That DIR. Beckwith had In
his mind the murder of President John
Hanson Thomas Main. of Grinnell
College.
Second-That DIR. Beckwith thought
that President Irving Howbert. OF the
First National Bank of Colorado
Springs. SHOULD be shot"
Third-That DR.. Beckwith consid-
cred the late DR.. George Ray Wick.
superior at Dartmouth, "human cur"
and a man who would stab his best
friend In the back of he saw an ad-
vantage in it,"
Prof. Beckwith had contemplated
the suicide for two or three days at
least.
AS IL to make sure what appears to
be at least well-planned suicide, a
sheathed knife, recently sharpened,
was found on the person of Prof.
Beck with.
BROODED OVER .PERsECUTION..
DIR. Beckwith finally was crazed by
the obsession that he was the target
for persecution at nearly every COLI
.lsxe ut which he taught. and this was
aggravated by mourning for his wife.
who had divorced him and who he
believed had married another.
DIR. Wharton had advised DIR. Beck
-ssith that hts services would no longer
be required at Syracuse after June.
The subordinate professor was head
of the Department of finance and in
surance. University students had pc
titioned for his discharge because Of
his strict discipline, and Bsckwitn
considered his dismissal an injustice.
DIR. Beckwith, native of the
Hawaiian Islands, was a bank exam
iner and expert in finance and statis-
tics. He Joined the faculty of the
College of Business Administration in
September and was placed at the head
OF the department OF finance and
insurance.
Before coming to Syracuse. DR..
Beckwith was professor OF similar
subjects at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Also he was formerly with Iowa
State University and the School OF
Commerce at Northwestern Univer-
sity. Evanston, Ill.
STUDIED IN GERMANY.
He had degrees of bachelor of law
and master of law at the University
of California and doctor of philoso-
ply from Columbia University. He
had studied extensively in Germany,
had passed civil service examinations,
and was bank examiner of the State
Of California
Extensive research work in the
Federal Children's Bureau was
credited to him. During the war he
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column So
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
FOOTPAD FO|[ED BY
COURAGEOUS GIRL
FIees When She Throws Mesh
bag in His Face-New
Friends" Rob Man.

"I was not afraid. I threw my
handbag in his face and he ran away
frightened" ....
Miss Grace Taylor, twenty, OF 112 NJ
street southeast, was telling how she
outwitted a negro hold-up man early
this morning beneath the viaduct at
New Jersey avenue and f street
southeast.
Miss Taylor, an employe of the Bu-
reau OF Engraving and Printing, was
going home from work when the ne
gro approached her.
Hold up your hands and give me
your money" he demanded. She gave
a slight scream and threw her gold
mesh handbag in his face, and he ran
off. In the pockethook were a pass
to the bureau. two street car tokens
and n few miscellaneous articles.
John J. Kennedy, of 316 c street
southeast, was held up and robbed
last night. Three young white men
whom he met in a near-beer saloon
accompanied him to Thirteenth street
near Maryland avenue northeast,
after they had been drinking to-
gether. They flashed a pistol on him
and robbed him of SIC in bills, in n
black leather pocketbook, which also
contained his pass to the Bureau of
Engraving.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
NEW PEONACE
CASES FOUND
Probe Of Georgia Sayings Re-
veaIs Slavery Conditions
in Many Counties.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 3.-Inves-
tigation of the alleged murder
farm" of John S. Williams has
barred similar conditions of peonage
in other counties in various parts of
the State. it was learned here today.
CASES ARE PENDING.
Many cases OF peonage now pend
ing in the State courts will be fur
ther Investigated with the prospect
that farmers throughout the State
will be called before. grand juries to
testify regardFsg the conduct Of
t,hsir plantations.
Governor Dorsey aroused over the
Williams case, has called upon his
aids to clean up the State in an eff
fort to protect the negro population.
II was believed armed guards will
be stationed at the trial of Williams
and his three sons on Tuesday to
prevent any demonstration between
whites and negroes who have been
embittered by the revelations uf
conditions on the Williams farm.
Williams, who is specifically
charged with the murder of three
of the negroes found chained to
rocks at the bottom OF the yellow
River. will be subject to a grand jury
investigation in connection with dis
covery of other bodies.
Clyde Manning, negro overseer on
the Williams farm. will be the chief
witness Tor prosecution. Upon his
supposed confession Of the terror
reign of Williams over his slaves"
the prosecution will base it's case
NEGRO ACCUSES WILLIAMS.
Manning in his confession said that
cne morning Williams called him and
Charlie Chisholm, another negro. and
ordered them to get rid of ten negro
farm hands" Manning said he was
assigned to the task.
Other negroes who were said to
have been slain in like manner and
their bodies either dropped into the
river or hidden away in hastily con-
structed graves, dug at night were
Fletcher Smith, Big John, Little
Bit" John Brown, Willie Preston,
Lindsey Peterson, and Foots Price.
Manning also charged Williams as
sisted in the killing and burial of
several OF them. All those implicated
in the case are being held here to
avert trouble until the trial starts.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
f|F|' T0F|GHT
TO BITTER END
StiIlman Also Resolved to Garry
Legal Battle to Court OF
Last Resort.

POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, April 8.
James A. Stillman. president Of
the National City Bank, and his wife.
who was the beautiful Miss "Fif"
Potter, will fight each other in the
courts to the "bitter end"
both SAY mo QUARTER
Talk of a possible withdrawal OF
the bankers suit that charges his
wife with a lsison with Fred Beau
vais, the half-breed Indian guide, and
that seeks to establish that twenty
eight-month-old Guy Stillman is the
son OF Beauvais, is "out OF whole
cloth" Both Mr.. and Mrs. Stillmau
have declared mo quarter"
At present both are occupied in the
legal squabble over alimony and
counsel fees. Until that question H.
nalIy Is decided there can be no fur
ther hearings before Referee Daniel
J. Gleason. Mrs. Stillman's counsel
and friends are elated over Supreme
Court Justice Morschausers decision
awarding Mrs. Stillman alimony of
$4,000 a year. counsel fees OF
S35, 600 and legal expenses of ST., 300.
ANOpHER LEGAL BATTLE.
Mr.. Stillman and his lawyers be-
lieve. however. that the decision Is
open to attack. And another battle
of lawyers may be expected in White
Plains tomorrow morning.
John f., Brennan. OF Yonkers. of
counsel for Mrs. Stillman. will pre-
sent for signature the formal order
Incorporating the Justices decision
Nicoli. Anable, Fuller, and sullivan.
of counsel for Mrs. Stillman, will OPP
pose II. -
The foundation will be laid right
thero for a long and expensive hght
up to the court of last resort.
The interest with which the covn-
try Is watching the spectacular do
mestic duel between the Sullmans is
evidenced by the number of letters
that are being received daily by Mrs.
Stillmsn and ! lr counsel
These missives come from all over
the United States. They express sym
pathy for her and for Guy. Some
state that clubs and social organiza-
tions have agreed that she deserves
the moral support of the community.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
CHARLES ON HIS
WAY TO LUCERNE
Hopes for Throne Gone, Ex-
Emperor Will Take ViIIa-Hun-
qarian Stand PIeases Allies.

PARIS, April 3.-Former Emperor
Charles, his hopes for the Hungarian
throne blasted. today is proceeding to
a villa near Lucerne, where he will
be received, according to dispatches
reaching here today.
The dispatches stated allied repre-
sentatives have congratulated the
present Hungarian regime on its
quick disposition of the Charles flash.
LONDON. April 3.-The failure OF
former Emperor Charles of Austria
Hungary to regain the throne of Hun
gary was a bitter disappointment to
ex-Kaiser wilhelm OF Germany, ac-
cording to advices from Doom. Hol-
land. which town has been the scene
of unusual activity since word first
was received Of the attempted coup
in Budapest
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
BRITISH STRIKERS
ATTACK COLL|ERY
Military Measures Taken to
Cope With Rioting As Dis
treSs Becomes Acute.
ENGLAND'S LABOR CRISIS

Number of miners idle 200,
90.
Total number thrown into idle
ness (estimated)-1.700,0OO
Financial loss from strike
$50, 900. 900 to $4,000. 900 weekly.
Cause of strike-Reduction of
wages % cents to $3.50 daily.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03

LONDON. April 3.-The gigantic
conflict which has opened between the
coal miners on one side and the col
liery owners and the government on
the other filled the whole nation with
gloom and anxiety today.
The people OF the United Kingdom
are face to face with bitter distress.
Although the strike has been in cf-
feet only twenty-four hours. it's effect
Is being felt throughout the length
end breadth of the land. Railways
are reducing schedules and factories
are closing down, and the army OF un-
employed. which was already vast be-
fore the strike began, is now ap-
preaching the 1000, 900 mark.
Parliament will meet tomorrow to
consider the situation and to meet the
threat of a spread of the strike to the
ance-the railway men and the trans .
port workers.
Tremendous damage has alread y
been done by the flooding of the
mines.
Military precautions have been
taken to protect property and cope
with rioting. The first disorder was
reported from Dowlais valley, where
strikers attacked colliery property
with stones and other missiles while
ponies were being brought to the
surface from the pits
All display lighting will be forbid
den tomorrow under the royal eme-.
gency proclamation to save coal.
Fuel will be rationed to a hundred
weight of coal weekly for each fam
lily. All the railway lines will reduce
coal consumption.
Coastwise shipping will be cur
tailed and ocean-going steamships
will. as far as possible, coal in for
eign ports.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
SAY WOMAN SLAIN
BY bLACKMA|LERS

NEW YORK, April "a master
blackmail plot was believed uncover
ed by police here in investigating tho
murder OF Mrs. Catherine Trott. veal
the widow OF marble title manu-
facturer. Her body was found In a
pond on Long Island. the neck tight
ly wrapped in coils of sash cord and
the leather belt OF a sewing ma
chine.
young Italian and his wife were
questioned by police today and held
for further examination.
Detectives said they believed she
widow. who had been reported miss
ing since March 3, had been held
prisoner by a blackmail gang. They
said they believed she was strangied
TO prevent her bctraying them
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
800 Picture Brides Arrive.

NEW YORK, April st was a
busy day for cupid yesterday on pier
twentw-two, Brooklyn. The good
Greek ship Megali .Hellas came into
port with 300 Greek picture brides"
on board and the Greek Romeos. who
had been doing their courting by mail
were all on hand. each clutching h
photograph to identify his bride to be.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
kaiSerin Has Relapse.

AMSTERDAM. April 3.-The former
Kaiserin, who Is III of heart all
mcnt at Doom, suffered another re-
lapse yesterday, a dispatch from Hol-
land declares. Her condition Is de-
scribed a. constantly growing worse.