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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
A|RPLANE SEEDING
PROJECT ENDS WITH
DIVE IN LAKE MUD
"Agriculturist Aviators" I'm
hurt as Wheat Laden
Mount Slips.

Fresno. Calf. Dec. 27.-Forced to
land in Tulare lake bottom mud. an
airpIane piloted by Dick Doane. flying
for Loxla c. Thornton of Fresno, was
partly wrecked shortly after noon
Wednesday, delaying experiments with
planting seed wheat from the air over
oo,o0O acres of Kings county farm
lands.
Doane and a mechanic were unin-
jured, the ship nosing over and break
ing minor parts in the collision with
the ground
A second attempt to complete the
experiment, which is being watched
with interest by so Kings county re
clamation district land owners, viii be
made as soon as another plane from
the Thornton field can be equipped for
the work. Thornton said.
Land included in the aerial seeding
plan lies both within an unprotected
area of the lake and behind levee
built to hold back lake waters. accord
ing TO Harry Eastwood. author of the
seeding plan and representative of
owners in that territory.
The soil is of a rich, floury nature,
requiring no cultivation or turning pre-
vious to planting, Eastwood said
1t is the belief of Eastwood. he said.
that grain dropped from an airplane
will automatically plant itself by the
force of gravity from 100 feet altitude
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Seizure of German
Forests Planned by
France as Guarantee

Paris. Dec 27-(By The Associated
Press Premier Poincare plans to
follow up the reparations commission $
decision declaring Germany in default
of her wood deliveries by presenting
to the allied premiers' meeting here
next week scheme for taking over the
German state forests as guarantee.
If the other premiers will not agree to
this step, it is understood France is
prepared to act alone.
1t now is feared that the British and
French attitudes will be as far apart
when the premiers reconrene as they
were when the recent London confer
ence adjourned and the latest repara-
tions development is taken to support
this view. Sir John Bradbury went to
London to confer with Prime Minister
Ronar Law and other members of the
government on the effect of the rep
aratons commissions action and on
the question of the general British pol
icy toward the premiers' meeting.
Frances victory in the reparations
commission vote is ascribed to the per-
sonal efforts of Premier poincare, who
is said to have carefully planned the
coup. None of the American unofficial
observers was present when the action
was taken.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Degeneration Faces
Mankind, Scientist
Says; Seeks Panacea
Greater Flow of Ideas From Thinking People Is
Needed for Application Upon Masses to Pre-
vent Inertia of Race, DR.. Thomas S. B. Baker
Ayers; Faith in Optimism as Help to Progress.

We can imagine that the power Of the
masses of unthinking people might be
increased-that they might dictate
more completely the path which
thinkers must follow in order to Sc
cure a hearing Should this be the
case, there would result blocking of
progress not dissimilar to the check
that was put upon the original minds
of the middle ages.
Il cannot refrain from mentioning
as examples Of medivealism the fight
of Bryan to enlist the unthinking peo-
pie in his struggle to stifle freedom
Of thought in the field of science, and
the efforts of the Ku Klux Khan to
reduce the country to state Of mob
rule.
I'VE have no assurance that our
civilization will be permanent But SO
long as we believe that our culture and
our ideals of living ought to be con-
served, our chief means of testing our
success in maintaining them will be
the amount of energy and especially
intellectual energy that is being pro-
duced.'
At business session the Entomo-
logical society elected as its president
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
PLOT
Barred; TINT BLAST IS
.PLANNED FOR MAYOR
City Commissioners Marked for
Death; Big Charge of
Powder Ready.

Columbus, Ga. Dec. 27.-This city
was stirred as it had not been in many
years when announcement By gficials
was made late Wednesday of the dis
covery of an alleged plot to blow up
the homes of all five of the city COM
missioners. an apartment house and a
factory The authorities have taken
precautions to prevent the carrying out
of the schedule of murder and destruc-
ton.
The active plotters, according 10 the
police, are about dozen men, Grim
inals. anarchists and persons who are
believed to be enraged over the strict
enforcement of the prohibition law
here. They have in their possession
more than 100 pounds of T. N. r.,
enough to work wholesale destruction.
according to information in the hands
of the authorities. Wednesday night
the homes of the five city commits
sioners. the Dimoncourt apartments.
the largest building of its kind in the
city, and the factory of the National
Showcase company, of which Mayor j.
Homer Dimon is president, are all un-
der guard.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Irish Republicans Beseige
Free States Consulate in
N. Y. as New Envoy Arrives
Lindsay Crawford, Alleged Accredited Repre-
sentative of Erin, Nearly Loses Office
Space in Counter Move.

New York Dec. 27-After Lind.
say Crawford had presented himself
! Wednesday at the consulate of the
| Irish Free State as the accredited
representative of that government to
take oyer the duties of Daniel Nc
| Grath. retiring consul general, seven
other men, headed by Lawrence Gin
nell, entered the suite and proclaimed
themselves as representatives of Ea-
| monns de Valera and the Irish re-
public.
Mr.. Ginnen's party soon afterward
was reinforced by several volunteers,
including Mrs. Terrence MacSwiney,
widow of the late lord mavor of Cork.
Crawford was aione except for one as
sistant. !. Mr. Mcerath had departed
after turning over his papers and keys
to the Free State representative.
The consulate, which occupied
three rooms, was held for the most
part by the republics delegation,
while the Free State representative
kept a small room, with the. door
open so the. doings of the republicans
could be observed
There were no hot words, ex-
changes and disturbances, but at mid
night both sides were still holding
their strategic position.
Early in the evening. when report
ers told them the lights of the office
building were regularly cut off at o
O'Clock, Mrs. MacSwiney set out for
candles. but they were not needed as
the janitor consented to keep the
lights for this special session.
Robert Briscoe, member of the
republican army, said that the office
had been hired and established by re-
publican funds and that hs and his
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
ARSON RING BROKEN
AS OCONEESG To
GOTHAM ACID PLOTS
Use of Chemicals in Laundries
to Destroy Clothing
Started Fires.

New York. Dec 27.-Two men tax.
en- in a recent roundup of burglary
suspects confessed Wednesday, ac-
eording to the police that they had
been employed by a laundry workers
association at SO job to destroy
with acids wearing apparel in shops
of laundry owners who refused to rec
ognize the association.
They were reported to have told the
police that they had worked together
on Is jobs and that the laundries they
visited had been set afire by the acids
A watchman was burned to death in
one of the fires, they said.
Immediately after the men, who
gave their names as Frank Marchez
and Louis Wallinger, had confessed
police raided the headquarters OF a
lauusrymen $ organization in Park
Row, seized its records and arrested
two officials. whose names they would
not reveal.
Information given by Marchez and
Wallinger. it was said. indicated that
the laundry organization which en-
ployed them had set out to destroy
the shop of every laundryman who re-
fused to recognize their organization.
Marchez and Wallinger declared
they had been employed by other or
CARNATIONS as ''guerrillas' and that
their duties We're TO frighten business
men into joining the various organiza-
tions.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
MURDER
BATTLES n. !.
POLICE FORCE
Little Girl Shot by a
Playmate or Sailor,
Is Sleuths' Theory.
Intensive robe Made
to Trace Course of
Bullet; Boys Quizzed.

New York. Dec. 27.-More than 80
hours after they began their investi-
CATION, the police Wednesday night
confessed themselves baffled in their
search for a solution of circumstances
surrounding the death of Theresa Nc
Carthy, 1O-year- school girl, whose
body, with small calibre bullet
through the heart, was found in a toy
Uttered room of her Brooklyn home
Tuesday.
The investigation. after the police
had laboriously dissipated a half doz-
en- nebulous clues, sifted down to two
theories.
The first. the one considered most
creditable, by the police, was that the
child was accidentally shot by play
mate who had been given gun Of
small calibre as Christmas present.
The second theory, in which the
police said they had little faith, was
that the child was shot down by a
sailor of whom Theresa and several
of her girl friends had complained
several weeks ago, declaring that he
had annoyed them. An autopsy We'd
nesday by Medical Examiner Norris
provided the principal grounds for the
theory of accidental death.
The soft nosed bullet that passed
through the heart. he found, went
straight through the body, indicating
that the gun muzzle was on a level
with the childs breast at the time of
the explosion. Powder marks on the
clothes indicated that the shot had
been fired at close range.
More than 100 boys living in the
neighborhood of the Mccarthy home
were questioned by the detectives in Il
search for one who might have re-
ceived pistol or rifle as Christmas
gift.
The police also re-examined the
girls father, Edward Mccarthy. a
painter and war veteran. who has been
separated from the girls mother. Mrs.
Pauline Mccarthy. for several years.
They declared he had accounted for his
actions Tuesday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
HARDING, WILSON,
TAFT LAUD PASTEUR
Messages From President and
Two Ex-Presidents Read
at Centenary.

Philadelphia. Dec. 27.-Messages OF
appreciation Of the great humanitarian
work accomplished by Louis Pasteur
were read here Wednesday from Presi-
dent Harding, Woodrow Wilson, Chief
Justice Taft. and many others at the
centenary celebration of the French
scientists birth. Jules Jusserand.
French ambassador to the United
States, spoke of him as the greatest
of the immortals of France.
/, "The wonderful advances Of medi-
cine and surgery are the direct results
of Pasteur's life and work. said Presi-
dent Harding's message. Already
many infectious diseases have been
conquered and as a result the length of
human life has increased. America
has been among the first nations to ap-
ply Pasteur's work TO practical use.
The building of the Panama canal was
made possible by knowledge of the
germs of yellow fever"
After expressing regret that he could
not be present former. President Will
sons message said, in part:
Il can see that it is his (Pasteur's)
immortal distinction that he not only
broadened the thought and enlightened
lne pTdctlce oI tHP great IHedlcal pro-
fession in the treatment of certain dis
eases. but also erected barriers against
all disease"
DR.. Etienne Burnett, director Of the
Pasteur institute at Tunis, Africa, ar
rived as the centenary celebration was
concluded He was sent as special
representative by the French govern
ment and made the voyage across the
Atlantic in the French liner Savoie,
which was delayed by storm and fog.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
34,0O0,000 SPENT
BY UNION PACIFIC
improvements and Extensions
During 1922 Listed
Report.

Boise, Ida, Dec. 27.-The Union Pa.
cific systems equipment and construc'
ton work during 1922 totaled $334 .S14,
316, according to a report to all traffic
representatives, which has been receiv-
ed at the office of Joel l.. Priest, gen.
eral agent of the Oregon Short Line
here. This construction includes new
lines, station buildings, terminals
double tracking, reconstruction of tele-
graph lines and such work as is neces-
sary to its requirements and shop
store department facilities.
A total expense of S9,527 .120 for
new equipment and the construction OF
icing facilities. was spent by the Pacific
Fruit Express company, which is own
ed jointly by the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific systems.
Purchases of new equipment include
Ii all-steel dining cars, 1000 all-steei
auto cars. 1900 double sheathed auto
cars, 1900 double sheathed box ears.
20 all-steel coaches, % all-steel bag
gage cars, so locomotives, 100 tank
cars and 80 caboose ears.
In the construction of new lines, the
work in Idaho territory includes line
from Is miles southeast of Homedale,
Ida, to Erb, Ida, the extension being
7:5O miles long. giving the Homedaie
branch total Of more than 33 miles.
The construction of this extension,
which was completed this year, cost
1927. 900.
At cost of $1.520,5 800, the Union
Pacific is now building 20 miles OF sec
ond track between King Hill and Ham
nett,
A new passenger station is now be-
ing constructed at Fruitland, Ida, in
Guiding a 50-foot freight room, and
Mo pen stockyards, at a cost Of S2S.-
Ito.
The construction of new ice plant
is in progress at Pocatello, Ida, which
will have a capacity Of manufacturing
100 tons daily.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28


Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 27.-The
maintenance of the energy of the race
is the real task of our civilization, DR..
Thomas s. B. Baker, secretary and
acting president of the Carnegie In
stitue of Technology, Pittsburgh, said
in an address Wednesday at a sec
tional meeting of the American Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of
Science.
rs degeneration inevitable?" he
asked. ut would be bold prophet
who would say no to this question.
But to answer it in the affirmative
means the acceptance Of a form of
fatalism that will ultimately bring with
it decline in human confidence and
effort.
1.-THE world now shows signs of
alarm rs it contemplates it's many dis
orders We are forced TO notice an
increase in spirit of morbid introspec-
ton which, if continued, may lead to
the despondency which is n character
istic of the people whose culture is
failing.
THE idea of progress has been al
most an axiom in the popular think
ing for nearly century. but now In its
stead. the conception of inevitable de-
generation makes itself heard from
time to time. Our feelings revolt at
this desperate view Of the future.
Ontimism is an essential in the, con.
seryation of our present stock OF
human energy. Inertia will over take
the race if we lose confidence in the
future.
"The energy of the race can only be
conserved through new ideas, new DIS
coveries and the application. OF these
discoveries. Mankind will degenerate
unless there is continuous flow or
new ideas from the brains OF great
thinkers to fertilize and inspire the
actions and the lives of the unthlnklne
masses.
1--WE often mistake restlessness TOT
energy. We may be making. great
display Of energy on enterprises thaI
have no permanent value. Ihe raplG
increase of interest in sports ana
recreation is a natural corrollary to
the heightened feverishness of our age:
If we believe that the convocation OF
mans energy depends on high think
ing. we should attach more Importance
to repose and contemplation than we
do at present.
popular education can increase the
sum total of human energy by BRING
ing to the surface powers that other
wise would have remained latent. 1T
can liberate the mind of superior en-
dowment.
"At the present time we observe
the increasing power OF the masses.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
u. S. Takes Appeal
i'm Decision Holding
Indian Land Taxable

Boise. Ida, Dec. 27.-The depart
ment of justice has sent authorization
to f. G. Davis, United States district
attorney, that an appeal be taken from
the recent decision of Judge Dietrich.
in which he held that Benewah and
Kootenai counties could collect taxes
on certain Indian lands in north Idaho.
and the case will be carried TO the
circuit court of appeals in San Fran
cisco.
The suit was brought by the United
States against the counties in the ma
ture of test case.
Indians held the land in question.
and they have been adjudged competent
to manage their own affairs by the
secretary of the interior. The conten-
ton of the government was that the
counties had no right to levy taxes on
the land, however, by virtue of %
year exemption granted with the land.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Dry Officer Shot
in Raid on Home
of Liquor Queen

Baltimore, Nd, Dee. Pr. j. Ruby
general prohibition agent, who has
made number of raids in Baltimore
Wednesday, was shot in the chest when
revenue agents and police broke iato
the home of Mrs. Minnie Caveii Trib-
by. Chevy Chase. Maryland
Mrs. Tribby was arrested and taken
to the Tennaliytown station. Police
say she is the master mind OF a band
of liquor smugglers. She is a daughter
of Norman S Bowles. who was i'm
plieated in the alleged "Nicky" Arm
stein New York bond robbery AID is
the widow of a Washington policeman.
The shooting occurred when Ruby
attempted TO force the front door of
the Tribby home. ~
According to the police, the raid was
a result Of the seizure Tuesday of an
automobile truck loaded with alleged
liquor, sa;d to have been worth about
5000,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Days Happenings
in Washington
Briefly Reported

Resuming sessions after a Christ
mas recess, the house took up the in
terror department appropriation bill.
The senate banking committee, which
has been holding hearings on various
rural credits proposals, began draft
ing a composite bill.
Inquiry to determine the adequacy of
railroad rolling stock and practices
controlling its use and interchange was
ordered by the interstate commerce
commission.
Disclosure was made by Senator
Lodge during debate in the senate on
the Borah proposal for an economic
armament conference that President
Harding was negotiating toward an in
ternational conference for the consid-
Grafton of European economic prob
lens. The Borah proposal as framed
was opposed by administration SEN
atOrS.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
Cooperative National
Bank Is Planned by
Engineers Union n


Spokane, Wash. Dec. 27-Plans fer
establishment here by the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers of a
cooperative national bank. similar to
the one operated by that organization
in Cleveland, became known Wednes-
day, when it was learned that applica
ten sor charter had been filed with
the comptroller of the currency in
Washington. u. c.
The bank would be capitalized for
So0O.000, according to the application.
which was filed by NJ. ]. Bostwick OF
Srokars. The chairman of the Broth
erhood committee in charge of the
project is w. f. Jones. an engineer on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway.
Local union men stated that their
plans were vet incomplete, but that
IN official announcement would be
made in two or three weeks. The
Cleveland hank is said to be the onas
one of its kind in operation in the
country.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
PATIENCE is LACKING

Lausanne, Dec 27.--(By The Asso-
ciated Press. Great uneasiness is
spreading through Near East confer
ence circles as the time approaches
when there must be a final reckoning
on all important questions which have
been passed by with only partial
agreement or no agreement at all
between the Turks and the allied
powers.
Lord Curzon's positive announce
ment that Great Britain would not
cede Mosul to Turkey and did not
propose to discuss that question
further was the forerunner of less
delegations on various questions.
which indicated that the conference
was reaching climax and that prep
arations were under way for final
showing of strength.
Turks in Bad Humor
The commissions are making lit
tie progress. Ria Nur Bey was less
truculent Wednesday in the sub-com-
mission on minorities, but the Christ
mas rest apparently did not improve
bUS temper OIL tue luEhS uldLeTlhily, Z,
and the allied delegations are clearly
beroming less tractable in preparation
for final and complete statement of
the maximum they will yield.
The indications are that this final
roundup will come early next week,
and contending parties are so far
apart on capitulations, control of the
Straits and the right of minorities
that the outcome is uncertain. 1t is
clear that further meetings of the
commissions and sub-commisisons will
be of little use.
Asia Minor In Balance
Seemingly everyone is talked out.
Kurds, Arabs. Assyro Chaldeans,
Armenians. Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians
and Russians are watching with in
tense interest as the allied leaders
meet daily in private conferences,
which are really deciding what the
map of Asia Minor shall be. Lord
Curzon, Marquis di Garroni and NJ.
Barrere had long discussion Wednes-
day on capitulations, which, after Mo-
sui oil. probably is the most stubborn
question for settlement.
The three leaders made no an
nouncement as to what decision had
been reached.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28

l. the bottom of the lake where they had
been weighted down four months
The day was devoid of local develop
| ments. All eyes were turned toward
baltimore, where DIR. B. NJ McKoip,
former Mer Rouge mayor, was battling
| against extradition to Louisiana
/ where he is TO face a charge of mur-
der in connection with the case
! Big Legal Fight Looms
| The legal fight to bring him back
| may develop another historic incident
similar to the efforts to get fermer
Governor Taylor of Kentucky out of
Indiana TO stand trial for the murder
of Governor Goebel. of the Blue Grass
state, in Frankfort, KY. two decades
or more ago, is the belief expressed
+ by friends of the former mayor.
1t developed during the day there
would be unlimited funds available and
countless friends to assist him in his
fight against extradition if he does not
! want to return here His friends in
Morehouse and adjoining parishes
were lining up in his behalf. Many
messages of reinsurance were sent to
his family at Monroe, where his wife,
four children and parents reside.
That bond in six figures would be
available in the event bail would be
here. A sum of S35000O was said to
have been available for the release of
I. J. Burnett, former deputy sheriff, !
the first man arrested in the case A |
fee of $4,000 was reported to have
been offered to certain firm of law
yers to lead in his defense
DR.. Mckoin has stood high in the
medical profession of northeast Lou
isiana, serving as president of the fifth
congressional district medical society
last year. He was also a church
worker. During his term as mayor.
he waged war on those who held the
law lightly and is said TO have incur
red the enmity of many of those.
Killed in Self Defense
Some years ago he engaged in a diff
ficulty at Gallon. La. and killed
man, He was discharged by the cor
oner's jury and no Indictment was
made against him. His plea was self
defense. claiming that he would have
been killed if he had not fired first
The events of each succeeding day
are more sharply dividing the people OF
the Mer Rouge community. The town
and the outlying sections are regarded
as armed camps. State troops are sta
toned here to prevent an outbreak.
HEARING is CONTINUED.
Baltimore Md, Dec 21.-Hearing
on the writ Of habeas corpus obtained
Wednesday by counsel for DIR. 3. NJ.
Continued on Page Ten)