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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Places Ban on Pool Halls

Anaconda. = Mayor McCavitt has
placed the ban on the pool room in
Anaconda, and has refused to sanction
two applications from applicants who
wish to open such places of business.
1t is not that he is against billiards
and pool he says, but that pool rooms
of certain class harbor other games
that, he says, are detrimental to boys.
He has issued instructions that he will
absolutely refuse to sanction the is
suing of pool room license, and If
the members of the city council wish
to ''go over his head" on the matter
they will be obliged to handle the hum
dred and one complaints he claims he
is receiving from parents, whose sons
patronize the places.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Arms Delegates Assign American
Government to Fix Time and
Place of Meeting.
TORENEWD|VERDEBATE
Britain, Japan, France and Italy VIII
Name Representatives to Advise
on Plans for New
Conference.

Washington-The ground work for
another international conference to
rewrite the laws of war for the SUBJ
marine and other agencies of attack
on land and sea, was completed by
the arms delegates.
Under a resolution adopted by the
armament committee, preparations
mediately upon conclusion of the
Washington negotiations. The United
States, Great Britain, Japan, France
and Italy will be represented and the
American government will select the
exact time and place, of meeting.
PreIiminaries Up to Commission.
The first step toward revision of
warfare regulations is to be taken by
q commission" presumably composed
of international law experts without
plenipotentiary powers, but the resolu-
ton provides that after they have
agreed the five governments shall
confer as to the acceptance of the
report and the course to be followed
to secure the consideration of its rec
concentrations by the other civilized
powers
1t is taken for granted that ques-
tons of national policy as well as
legal consideration will enter INTO the
final decisions reached and that the
whole problem of the submarine, one
Of the storm centers of the Washing
ton conference, will be reopened when
the powers face each other once
more about the council table.
Basis Provided.
It is possible that the tentative
agreements reached here both as to
submarines and poison gas will be
passed along in their present form to
provide basis for the renewed dis
cussions.
the resolution at a short meeting
called while most of the other activi-
ties of the conference were waiting
on a decision of the Shantung contro-
versy. The Far Eastern committee
likewise met and re-adopted it's previ-
GUS declaration on the Chinese radio
situation, at the same time entering
on the record supplemental sugges.
tions of the powers and of China on
which no unanimous agreement could
be reached.
Optimism on Shantuna.
The Shantung negotiations still
hesitated just short Of an agreement
but the feeling seemed to be univer.
sal that a day or two probably would
see a complete acceptance of the set.
Element plan breach between the JAP
anese and Chinese was said to have
been narrowed to a question of the
extent to which the former shall par
ticipate in management of the Using.
tao-Tsinanfu railroad during the
period in which China is completing
payment for it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Mtne Explosion Kills Four.

Pineyille, Ky.-A mine explosion
killed four persons and may have
killed or entombed many others at
Layman, 20 miles from here. An ex-
plosion, heard a considerable distance,
occurred in the mine of the Layman-
Galloway mines. The only report Off
Gals here have been able to get, be-
cause of poor telephone communica-
ton, is that four were dead and that
the mine rescue party was penetrating
slowly into the mine.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
List Of Injured Reach 1874 as
Search Of Washington Play
house Ruins Nears End.
SNOW CAUSES CRASH
Audience Roaring With Laughter
When Tragedy Happens-Heavy
Downfall of Snow Blamed for
Horrible Disaster.

official police records
placed the known dead In the
Knickerbocker theater disaster at
107. Elimination of duplicated names
brought the final total down from the
unofficial peak Of liz at which the
toll of the catastrophe was placed
Saturday night
The list of injured totaled 1874 and
IA of these were recorded as critical
ly hurt Caught beneath the falling
beams, which had been designed to
act as traverse supports for the roof,
fering with broken limbs or severe
internal injuries. Many were given
immediate medical attention at i'm.
provised stations hastily erected near
the scene of the disaster.
The official list, according to the
authorities, contained the names OF
all those whose bodies had been re-
covered up to midnight from the
ruins left when the roof Of the the
alter, overweighted with snow, col
lapsed on the audience.
Search Nearly Over.
\ The volunteer workers, including
police, firemen, marines and cavalry
from Fort Myer, had practically con
Guided their search of the wreckage
at midnight. The only portion OF
what had been the orchestra remain.
ing to be searched was far corner
in which i. was not expected addi
tional bodies would be found.
The Knickerbocker, one OF the new
est and largest Of the capitals mo-
ton picture houses, was rated as one
of the most exclusive, drawing its pa
tronage from the Northwest residen
tial section in the vicinity Of upper
Connecticut avenue.
Family Groups Predominant.
Family groups predominated in the
audience Saturday night and it was
upon these that the roof, backed BY
tons of wet snow, descended witt
barely whispered warning.
The exact number in the theatel
when the steel and concrete span o.
the roof buckled and sell under its
three foot load OF snow probably
never will be known. The stories O
perhaps a hundred who got out un
injured have been reported. These
account for few more than 300 il
the audience that was roaring il
laughter at a screen comedy when the
roof fell on them like a blanket, car
rying down the front of tho wide bal
| cony in its crash.
Storm Keeps Many Away.
Normally, the theater mas had ever.
seat filled at that hour and its capac
ity was nearly 1000 persons. Th'
same unprecedented snowfall which
brought death to the venturesom,
few, kept the many at home. Stree
| car traffic had been abandoned ant
streets and sidewalks were all blu
| impossible with drifts.
There has been no time for officia
| inquiry as to the cause of the disaster
| The ruins disclose that the entir
mass of steel-he1d concrete tina
| formed the roof came down. TIL
crash swept the supports out fror
under the balcony, apparently, an
this hinged down at an angle of 4
degrees, adding to the tangled mas
| of wreckage on the floor below.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
BENEDICT XIV LAID TO REST

Rome-Pope Benedict XIV was en-
tombed with solemn and impressive
ceremony. His body, enclosed in
three caskets and dressed in the pom
tifical robes, lies in a crypt under the
great basilica Of st. Peters, to the
right of the entrance.
The historic rites were witnessed
by members of the Sacred college.
members of the pontifical household
and the papal nobility and diplomats
accredited to the Vatican.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Site for Smelter Purchased

Laurel.-Final details in connection
with the purchase of a site for the
Glengarry Mining company's Laurel
smelter were closed Wednesday when
papers were signed conveying title to
the land. The location Of the site is
on the Thornton tract south Of the
mill and consists Of 40 acres with an
option for an additional 40. The con-
sideration named for the first 40 Is
given at $1,000.
Construction work on the smeIter is
expected to commence in the spring.
F. A. Hancock, president of the con-
pany, will leave in a few weeks for
Vancouver, B. c., for an inspection OF
a smelter plant located there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
70 ATTEMPT JAIL ESCAPE
Physician and Four Guards Menace
Convicts With Guns.

Physician and Four Guards Menace
Convicts With Guns.
Chicago-Attempts of 70 prisoners
confined in a tier of cells on the
fourth floor Of Cook county Jail to
batter their way to liberty Saturday
night were frustrated by DR.. Norman
Copeland, night physician at the Jail,
and four guards, it was learned.
The tier in which the attempted
Jail delivery occurred is the same
from which Lucky Tommy" O'Con-
nor, condemned murderer, and three
other prisoners escaped last month.
John Giraffe, under indictment for al.
legged assistance given O'Connor, is
said by Jail officials to have been a
leader in the attempted delivery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Ambassadors Herrick and Harvey
Have First Meeting With Poincare.

Paris.-Myron T. Herrick. the Am
erican ambassador to France and
George Harvey, American ambassador
to Great Britain, were in conversation
with Premier Poincare for nearly 40
minutes. The American ambassadors
said their talk was of general nature
and that it did not relate especially to
the Genoa economic conference or to
Franco-American relations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
BUTTE RESIDENTS OFFER FREE
SERVICES FOR SPRING ELECTION

Butte.-To save the city some thou.
sands Of dollars in election expenses
and to cooperate with the city gov
eminent in its economic campaign,
more than $50 citizens have volun-
teered to act without pay as election
clerks and judges in the coming spring
election. The offer has been accepted
The entire membership OF the Kiwanis
club volunteered. Thirteen insurance
agents also filed their names as volun
teers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03

Helena.-Mrs. Lydia M Tatem
widow of the late B. Ell. Tatem and
mother of William A. Tatem, and a
pioneer of this city and state, was
killed when struck by "a street car.
Mrs. T'atem was 50 years of age
and had been a resident of Helena
since the early '70's, coming here with
her husband, Benjamin H. Tatem, one
of the prominent mining men of this
district for 40 years. Mr.. Tatem was
manager of the Columbia Mining com.
pany at Unionville.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Butte Team State Hockey Champs

Butte.-The Butte Beattys won the
Montana state hockey championship
here by defeating the Helena ALL
Stars, three to two. The contest was
the last and deciding one in three
game series, each team having wen a
previous game The clash was the
fastest of the season on the local ice
with Cook, fleet Helena center, the in
dividual star.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
,,n,+ed Wine Eioht Rejected.

Detroit, Mich.-The city council re
iccted the proposal Of the Chicago city
council to join forces in presenting a
petition to congress for modification
of the VoIstead act to permit the man.
ufacture and sale of light wines and
beer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
OUTLAWS TRADE BOYC0TTs
Supreme Court UphoIds "Unfair" Ban
Violates Antitrust Laws.

Violates Antitrust Laws.
st. PauI-Organized trade boycotts
violate the Minnesota antitrust law,
the state supreme court ruled in one
of the most important decisions hand.
ed down in recent years. In the spe.
cifc case decided, the court held that
conspiracy to boycott motion picture
theater is an unlawful restraint OF
trade.
The supreme court upheld District
Judge w. W. Bardwell of Hennepin
county in granting an injunction July
70, 1920, restraining labor unions
from picketing the Wonderland the.
atre, 20 Washington Ave. S., and from
proclaiming it in the official labor
organ as unfair"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Find Officials Gave Bride.

Kenosha, Wis.-Former Sheriff Jo-
seph Meyer and his former under
sheriff, Alex Ritter, were found guilty
OF giving brihes to Peter Fisher, Jr.,
former district attorney, by verdict
returned in the circuit court here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
shackIeton Dies on Expedition.

Montevideo, Uruguay Sir Ernest
Shackleton, the British explorer, dice
January on board the steamship
Quest, on which he was making an
other expedition into the Antarti,
regions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
ACTS ON LAKE TO OCEAN PACT
Hughes Directed to Start Negotiations
on Deep Waterway Problem.

on Deep Waterway Problem.
Washington-Presid Harding, it
was announced, has directed Secre-
tary of State C. e. Hughes to start
upon negotiations with Great Britain
for treaty under which the United
States and Canada can enter into the
Joint undertaking of building the pro-
posed deep waterway from the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic ocean through
the st. Lawrence river.
The first formal steps are reported
to have been taken. Administration
officials are confident there will be no
trouble in getting Britain's co-opera-
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
ONE DEAD IN BANDIT FIGHT
Bank Robbers Flee Pittsburgh Police
After Pitched Battle.

After Pitched Battle.
Pittsburgh,\ Pa.-F'ive bandits who
killed III. T. Moss, assistant cashier
of the First National bank at Grafton.
a suburb, escaped after beating Of
Pittsburgh police in gun battle.
They sped from the city in an auto
pursued by 100 policemen.
The bandits obtained $4,000 In
money and $4,000 in Liberty Bonds
which were recovered.
Police said that one and possibly
more of the bandits were shot. The
sacks containing the money stolen
ere covered with blood when recov
cred.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03

Mississippi Bandits Get $4,000.
Hattiesburg, Miss Masked bandits
forced the night Waterman of the r
e. Cira1ilt Motor company into clos
ct and escaped with $4,000 in cash
and securities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
JEWISH REFUGEES ARE DYING
Typhus Epidemic Claims thousands
of Victims in Russia.

New York-Jewish refugees num-
bering some 10000, who are strug-
Cling through winter SHOWS from So
Wet Russia to their former homes in
Lithuania and Letvia, are dying by
thousands from typhus and exposure,
according to a cable received from
Leonard G. Robinson. former presi-
dent of the Cosmopolitan bank by the
Jewish joint distribution committee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Sarah Bernhardt Seriously III

Sarah Bernhardt Seriously III.
Paris-Madame Sarah Bernhardt is
eriously ill with influenza in her
Paris home. She has been forced to
cancel her part in the Gala perfor
mances on the Moliere Centenary.
Man Falls 100 Feet; Unhurt.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
LET CONTRACTSFOR
STATE j BUILDINGS
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN
SESSION AT HELENA AWARD
8 BUILDING CONTRACTS
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Davis Asks Advice on Dates Tor Moh'
tana State Fair; Questionnaires
ere Sent to Members of Advis-
DRY Board and Exhibitors

Helena.-The state board OF exam
lners Saturday awarded contracts TOT
three important university OF Mon
tana buildings.
The forestry building was awarded
Gus Forseen Of Missoula on Dld OF
sS7, $50. The plumbing and heatlng
went to the Thomas Plumbing 4 Heat
ing Co., of Ogden, Utah, at s14'ooo.
The Gauger-Kosmo Construction COM
pany of st. Paul was awarded the con-
tract for the engineering building and
shops at the state college Of Bozeman
on a bid of 1884, 493. D. Fl. Hudd OF
Bozeman got the contract Tor the
plumbing and heating fixtures at bld
Of $1S,926 for the engineering Dulla-
ing and the Moatana Plumbing y
Heating Co. was awarded the contract
for the same work on the shop Dulid-
ing at $15,713. .
w. FL. BE- I'm of Salt Lake City Will
do the electrical work in the shop
building on his bid of $4,000 and the
Allen Electrical company of Helena
obtained the electrical work in the en-
cheering building at $7,314.S7. Hill
mer Settegran of Missoula was award
ed the contract for the construction OF
the gym at the state university at MIS-
soula on a bid of S182,S6O and the
plumbing and heating work went to
Lembke, the plumber Of Missoula, Tor
s34, $50.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
FRED {. WHEATON PASSES
Democratic Leader Victim OF Heart
Disease.

Minneapolis-Fred e. Wheaton,
Democratic national committeeman
from Minnesota, candidate for gov
ernor of Minnesota in 1913, and SUI
preme keeper of records and seals of
the knights Of Pythias, died Of heart
disease at Eitel hospital Sunday morn
ing. He was So years old.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
State Sells So Beaver Skins

Helena.-The state fish and game
commission, through Warden c. A
Jakaways, sold SO beaver skins at
auction, the price for the lot being
1898. The highest accepted bids were
S15.25 per skin and the lowest 1918.
This is the largest number of beaver
skins sold by the state in one auction
sale. Some of the beaver skins were
confiscated and some caught by state
trappers. Only trappers employed by
the state are permitted to trap beaver.
X X X
Pair Nabbed on Theft Charge
Helena.-Cleo Bryan and Gertrude
Stoltz, arrested in P1entywood ON a
charge of stealing an auto, arrived in
Helena Saturday in custody of u. S.
Marshal Sathre A hearing for the
removal of the defendants to North
Dakota, where the charge was orig
inally filed, will be held before Judge
Bourquin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Asks Advice on Fair Dates

Asks Advice on Fair Dates
a.-Guestionnaires are Delng
mailed by Commissioner of Agriculture
Chester C. Davis to the various mem
bers of the state fair advisory commit
tee and the exhibitors at the fair IN
curing as to their best judgment on
the matter of the dates for the holding
of the 1922 state fair.
Those to whom the questionnaires
are sent are being asked to Indicate
their preference Of the dates from Sep
TENDER II to 16, inclusive, or Septem-
Der 25 to 30.
Owing to the bad weather last year
there was a great amount OF discussion
as whether it would not be better to
hold the state fair at a later date than
has been done in the last two or three
wears. Commissioner Davis decided
that the department would be aided
greatly by the judgment Of the exhib-
itors in view of the fact that they are
the people who spend the most to
bring their products to the states ex-
hibition each year.
The dates will be fixed within a
very short time according to Mr.. Davis
and the matter of the kind of an
amusement program for this year will
also be decided at an early date and
a large amount of work will be put in
by the force in Mr.. Davis office te
make the program this year one OF
the best in the history of the institu
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03
Associated Industries Organize

Helena.-At a meeting o. directors
and officers Of the Associated Indus
tries of Montana here final organiza-
ton was perfected by adoption Of con-
stitution and bylaws, and formation
of a state executive committee COM
posed of the following named:
Elvin q. Leh, of Trident, president;
r. G. Grant of Helena, George P. Dur
ham, Great Falls, and J. Ell. Josephson,
Billings, vice presidents; and w. H.
Davies of Butte.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-03

Lillian M Bee, Is, of Billings lsa
a distance of three floors from l m'r
ing elevator belt at the Russetah'' !.
company's plant and survived as s,.s
the fact that she landed on hef p'''
and shoulders.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-14

when made under oath, and selectmen
who also acted as assessors in any
year may amend their records Of tax
assessment by substituting the word
assessors for that Of selectmen after
their signatures; and under the stipu-
lations in the case at bar such an
amendment may be considered made
The listing Of property at the end OF
the original list OF assessments under
q heading Property not Taxed" under
the circumstances shown to exist in
this case, was an omission from the
original list within the meaning Of
Sec. Sc. Chap 10. r. S.
In SO adding it to the list the as
SCISSORS of the plaintiff town were per-
forming no duty, impoced upon them
by law.
In committing supplemental list to
collector the failure TO extend the
powers Of the original warrant to such
supplemental list does not constitute
a defense to an action In the name Of
the town to collect taxes due under
such supplemental assessment. Such
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-14
|Stormoguide for
Use of the Public

Fifield Bros. Co. has placed In one
Of their display windows, q Stornfo-
guide, for tho convenience OF the
public. The company's general in
formation man declares that this i'm
plement will tell the weather bet
ter than weather bureau or a news-
paper, which the scribe declared was
going some The stormoguide ID
placed near the glass window so
that everyone can read the inscrip-
lions. The indicator tells in which
direction the weather is going: the
letters on the dial are aided by q
below printed key which explains the
variations. Air spaces in the win.
dow. keep the display space the exact
temperature as out OF doors, and
thus the stormoguide will be gagged
by the outside atmosphere.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-14
I an action IS a proceeding Independent
| Of the collector.

an action IS a proceeding Independent
Of the collector.
The only act 10 be performed by the
collector affecting such An action and
recurring authority under the warrant
Is that Of demand. and this only af-
fects the question Of costs. In the
case at bar it Is stipulated by the par
ties that the tax was duly demanded
Of the defendant, hence this defect
may be considered waived.
An allegation that the tax was as
sessed by supplemental assessment
IL not necessary in an action Of this
kind. In this form OF action, technical
defenses have never found favor with
the courts. The only essential allcga-
tons are: Assessors duly elected and
qualified. Jurisdiction over property
and person, q tar duly assessed on
property subject to taxation and be-
longing to the defendant. and an order
Of the selectmen that suit be brought,
and II costs are to be recovered. = de-
mand duly made. All the necessary
allegations are included in the plain
tins declaration.
1t not appearing from the report
that any vote was passed by tho town
under Sec. /. Chap. II, r. s., that In
terest should run on unpaid taxes from
and after q specified date, none 10 al
lowed.
Entry will be:
Judgment for plaintiff ia the sum Of
3S6.e3 ana tor it, costs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-14
law court GIVES
DECISION IN CASE
IN SOMERSET CO
Rescript Handed Down We'd
nesday Gives Judgment for
Plaintiff in Case, Others In
habitants VS.. Franklin Whit
tier.

The law court Wednesday handed
down rcscript in the Somerset coun-
ty case of Inhabitants Of Athens VS..
Franklin Whittier, giving judgment for
the plaintiff.
The rescript, which was drawn by
Associate Justice Scott Wilson Of
Portland is as follows:
Under Par. TX. Sec. 6. Chap. 10. r. s..
as amended by Chap. los. p. L. 1919, II
on honorably discharged soldier pos
sesses property Of greater value than
five thousand dollars. so much Of it as
is not otherwise exempt from taxa
tion must be assessed. 81
Under Sec. 10, Chap. 4, r. s., the
records Of ap assessment may be
amended in accordance with the fact.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-14

ing secretary, Mrs. William L. Hay
den, Augusta; county directors, Mrs.
Susie Skillin, Falmouth and Mrs.
Dennis Donovan. Augusta; chairman
of education, Miss Martha Barker,
Bath. Miss Lillian Odiorne of
Brunswick and Mrs. Frank Woodruff,
Democratic candidate for Represen-
tative for Legislature from Bruins
wick, were also present.
Plans were made for organizing
clubs throughout the state. Among
other subjects discussed were me-