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The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

OF which Hibben is secretary, is
made the sole agent of the
Narkompros Peoples Commissariat
for Education for booking all
theatrical, musical and artistic
talent in Russia not already bound
by outstanding contracts, for ap-
pearances in the United States or
Canada.
Malyavin will exhibit in Ger
many this fall, for the first time
since the revolution, and from
Germany will come direct to the
United States. The most interest
ing thing about his work is per-
haps the fact that his first ef-
forts were in the direction of con-
ventional religious art. a far cry
to his present achievements. Early
in life he began to make sketches
and drawings on barn doors and
walls, with what pigments he
could produce out of lampblack
and clay. His father had no
sympathy with his artistic as
pirations, however. and insisted
on his being a farmer.
COPIED OLD IKONS.
Young Malyavin had never
seen q painting In his life 1t this
time" continued the secretary of
the Russian Red Cross, Except
some fkons, copies of olden ikons
Of no particular artistic credit.
In the village church." About
the time that young Malyavin
reached the age of sixteen, how.
ever. a new ikon was brought
to the village church from
Mount Athos, in Greece, whose
monasteries have been for 1000
years the cradle Of Russian
religious art.
1T was. Of course. not a new
conception-ikons in the Russian
Church are all copies of the
older, more sacred pictures-but
It was well executed by q real
artist, and It influenced Malyavin
anew to be an artist. Una
ware that there was any other
art than the religious. he de-
termined to be a monk so that
he might pursue his passion for
painting, and ran away from
home and made his way to Mt.
Athos. Here he registered as a
candidate for q religious order
and on being asked his trade,
boldly replied that he was an
artist.
He was promptly given some
restorative work on an ancient
altar screen and furnished real
paints for the first time In his
life. Malyavin did very good work
at restoration, but when subse-
quently given an entire chapel to
decorate on his own, he failed
completely and was forced to ad.
nit to the father superior that
he had had no training at all
and that he had embraced religion
solely to get artistic training.
The father superior Immediately
secured Malyavin's release from
his vows. and the church paid his
expenses to Petrograd where,
through the influence Of the
father superior. he. was placed
under the protection Of q wealthy
patron of art and enabled to
study.
"Malyavin made such astonish.
ing progress that he was sent 70
Rome. whore his picture The
Storm brought him fame and
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

trousers"
Flambeau liked him all the bet
ter for it, especially when Cap
tain Hibben added that he had
felt quite 'seedy" among the
smart executives who now dash
about Moscow in their up-to-the-
minute motor cars. For Moscow
Is actually becoming a modern
capital today. with all the blaze
of wealth that one associates with
= brilliant and successful govern
ment.
In the city itself there Is little
TO tell one Immediately the sad
story of famine now widespread
throughout Russia. With the in
vttation a year ago by the Soviet
government to capitalists to take
over a portion Of the national
Industries in the form of lease
holds. private and foreign capital
1t once gravitated to Moscow.
with very definite and interesting
effect.
Business men throughout Eu-
rope are taking advantage of this
opportunity. not only to benefit
themselves very directly by such
Investments. but also of necessity
to benefit Russia. and while, of
course, the Social-Democratic and
independent press of Germany
does not hesitate to claim that
the workers are exploited by this
new capitalist power. the Soviets
are not disappointed with results.
American business men. too. are
not slow to avail themselves of
these privileges, as Flambeau
learned directly from some of
them whom he met en- route to
Moscow.
e ART AND THE SOVIET.
But what has been the imme-
date effect upon art of the
soviet regimen Are the artists
themselves better off today than
under czarism? Yes. and no.
They answer both ways.
Washington will have an oppor-
tunity to ask this question direct
fy Of the Russian Soviet's great
est living painter. Philip Audrey
Itch Malyavin. when. upon invita-
ton of The Times-Herald, he visits
our Capital City this winter.
Malyavin. who Is called the sue
cessor Of the great Russian art
list, Verestchaguine. will bring
with him twenty of his larger
canvases and 1000 smaller
sketches. He has had a roman
tic personal history. and the style
OF his art is decidedly futuristic.
Malyavin's painting is undoubt-
edly expressionistic, yet 1t has
q far saner quality than much
that we have associated with that
most modern school. as Flam-
beau was able to Judge from
portraits by the master. He Is
at present engaged on a large
canvas of typical Russian
peasant OF the Volga region. which
he intends to present to the
United States Congress. in recog-
milton Of the gratitude Of the
Russian people for the vote of
s20.00O.OO0 for Russian famine
relief.
"Malyavin was born a peasant
ir the Volga valley" said Captain
Hibhen. who knows the painter
personally and Is deeply interested
In his mission to the United
States and in the invitation Of
The Times-Herald. since the
Russian Red Cross in America,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

"TlLL the present proletariat Russian government
wv stand? In America they all told Flambeau, No
In Europe the unanimous opinion is, Yes 1t may
modify ITSELF become conservative cooperative
but it's here to stay, the latest evolution the history of
governments.
Perhaps the easiest way Russia today
plane, flying from Berlin Moscow. If you are on an
educational mission, telegraph to Comrade Lunacharsky
peoples eommssar for public instruction, Moscow of
course the capital of Soviet Russand Meanwhile get YOUR
American passport vsaed for Poland and when 60 K
comes from Lunacharsky in day two you'll have no
difficulty with Russian from Soviet embassy
at Berlin.
1t takes twelve hours to fly about $25 you
have twelve Kilograms of luggage
THAT MEANS said Capt Paxton Hbben secretary the
Russian Red Cross Relief Viktor Fmbeau with whom he
was Just en- route from Riga to Berlin returning from
extended tour in Russia. that l took only one suit of
clothes and be ashamed show you the back of these
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
EUROPE EXPECTS SOVIET RUSSIA TO ENDURE SAYS FIANBI
MOSCOW AMODERNCAPTTA ARTS AND INDUSTRY PROSE-

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The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
REVOLUTION SAVED
VALUED ART WORKS
8 OF CZARIST REGIME

A Few @0fficial AtrOcities," ," Like the Alexander
Statues, Went by the Board, But Even
Portraits of Hated Emperors Were Spared If
They Had Merit Government Recognized
: as Artists Friend.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
BY vIKToR FLAMBEAU.

Protetdr Usekh stran, soedinyaitesw
Workers of the World Untel' That is the slogan Of
Soviet Russia today
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
EASIEST ENTRANCE
FROM BERLIN is VIA
AIRPLANE SERVICE

IwelVe-hOur Flight Transfers Passengers
Across Poland at Cost of SIS, But Baggage
Allowance is Small -Influx of Foreign Capital
Has Done Much to Transform Chief City of
Federated Socialist Republic.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
Poletto Is Fined
for Parking Car in
Front of Theater

Johnny Poletto, a taxi driver. was
fined $15 in police court Tuesday by
Police Magistrate II. A. Sheppard for
parking his automobile in front of a
theater during show hours. Poletro's
fine was unusually heavy for that of
Tense because he ignored a card left
in his car by a traffic policeman or
dering him to report to the police sta
ton, the magistrate told him. He was
arrested Tuesday morning on a police
court warrant.
Adolph Venetz, James Cruise and
Teddy Duchamel were each fined SIC
in police court on charges of being
drunk. J. M. Gilbert was arrested on
Monday night on a warrant issued at
Lewistown charging him with INSIDE
meanor. he was turned over to Con-
stable Wall of Lewistown who returned
to Lewistown with his prisoner Tues
day.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
FINED $500
FOR HAULING
CAR OF BOOZE
Saws It Was First Offense;
Pray Vouches for Man Past
rs Years.

M. f.. Brown, old time range rider
and in his day foreman Of some OF the
biggest cattle outfits In Montana, was
arrested about 3 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing on the Sun River road with a car
load of liquor and was fined $500 in
district court by Judge J. B. Leslie Ii
hours later.
"Slim" Brown angles up In the air
from the ground a couple Of inches in
excess of 6 feet and could fight in the
lightweight class. He is typical of the
'broncho busters and trail herd riders
of old. But he was off his range when
he was pushing a big Cadillac automo-
bile over the road at a break-neck pace
in the middle of the morning with the
back end of the car filled with brandy.
He pleaded guilty to a liquor rams
portation charge.
Hunting Stolen Car
Deputy Sheriffs Fred Huotari, Her
bert Locke and j. w. Leland were
Icruising along the Sun River road Mon
| day night on an errand for Sheriff
Bob Gordon, in effect, looking for a
high powered automobile that was re-
ported stolen. Out of the north u
try came Slim with his sails wide to
the wind. He was traveling-fast.
Huotari whirled his car across the
road to intercept the tourist who
seemed to be in such a hurry. Discovery
of the liquor in the car followed in
the course of questioning that followed
by the officers. Fifteen cases of cognac
brandy and a Cadillac roadster were
seized by the officers.
An information charging Brown with
the transportation of liquor was filed
in district court by Assistant County
Attorney j. J. Wuerthner Tuesday
afternoon. Brown retained Charles N.
Pray as his attorney and was given a
hearing before Judge Leslie at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Through his at
torney Brown waived the statutory
time in which to plead and pleaded
guilty.
Says His First Offense
Attorney Pray told the court that he
had known Brown for 20 years and had
never known him to violate the liquor
law before. Brown had told him, At
torney Pray said, that it was his first
o~ffense.
The car and the liquor were held by
Sheriff Gordon pending confiscation
proceedings by the court.
Brown left the county Jail late Tues
day afternoon, sans car, sans brandy
and sans $500 of his bank roll.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
CRASH
AT CROSSING;
TWO HURT
Both Cars Turned Over by
Force of Impact; One
Driver Arrested.

A woman and a baby were slightly
injured and several other persons mar
rowly escaped injuries when two auto
mobiles were turned over in a spectac-
ular collision at the intersection OF
Second avenue and Fifth street shortly
after 8 o'clock Tuesday night. The
ears were turned over around the
corner from each other and more thar
80 feet apart.
The accident occurred, it is alleged,
when a roadster, driven by Mike Hand,
a street car motorman, crashed into 8
sedan driven by Ray Mcdowell, ZIG
Fifth avenue north. Hand was arrest
ed by Captain Fred Locker and Patrol
man John Frach and taken to the city
police station, where he was held on
charges of reckless driving and driving
while intoxicated. He was held at the
police station for lack of $50 bail.
With Hand in the car were three
other men, it was learned by the police
but Hand refused to reveal thetl
names and they were not located Tues
day night.
Roadster Passengers Escape
In the Mcdowell car also were Mrs
| Ray Mcdowell and Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Hall of Floweree and their two-year'
old baby. None were seriously injured
| Mrs. Mcdowell sustained a cut or hel
right ankle from a tin flower pot which
she was holding between her feet. The
baby sustained slight scratches from
the broken glass. None Of the Other
passengers in the car were injured
Apparently none of the passengers II
the roadster were injured.
A. IIoT 81 AH~z AfaVlnrr0l y-0PS
badly shaken up and frightened by the
| accident and were taken into a room
ing house at 200 Fifth street NORTH
and a physician called. Later Mrs
Mcdowell and the baby were taken te
the Deaconess hospital, but it was re,
ported by their physician that thel
injuries were slight.
Mcdowell told the police that he
was driving north on Fifth street a.
a speed of about Is miles an hour anc
| that he was about in the center of the
intersection when the Hand cal
crashed into the real of his machine
Hand was driving east on Second ave.
nue. north. The large a was whlrlec
half way around by the impact anC
turned over on its side with the nose
pointed almost in the opposite direc'
ton to that it was travelling wheI
struck. The car turned over nearly
90 feet from the point of the collision
Climb Through Top
The roadster was whirled completely
| around and turned over e the north
east curb of the intersection, smashing
the top. Both front tenders were
crumpled, but the car was apparently
little damaged and was driven to tht
police station under its W power.
arl
out through the top door of the cal
and were helped to the ground BY
pedestrians who crowded around thu
wrecked car within a few minutes after
the accident.
Many persons in the crowd reported
hearing the crash for several blocks
Shortly after the accident the streets
were thronged with people and the
traffic was blocked to motor traffic.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
NORTH STATE CROWD Takes
OVER MONTANA FAIR TODAY
Special VIII Garry Capacity Load to Helena and
Many Others Go by Automobile; VIII
Be Met by Band.

during the trip TO the fair and indica-
tons are that it will rival the oil special
that made the trip from Great Falls
to Kelvin last spring.
Banners on Cars
A special committee of the Mer-
chants association Tuesday gathered
signs that will be carried on the train,
letting towns along the route know that
Great Falls is attending the state fair.
These will be carried on the side of
the cars. Distinctive hat bands and
arm bands will be worn by the members
Of the party, so that all Great Falls
visitors at the fair may be known.
Representation of the business
houses of the city will be large, accord
ing to the Merchants association COM
mittee, and several of these will make
special parties aboard the special.
Stunts and songs will enliven the trip.
On the arrival in Helena, the Great
Falls Municipal band, which left Tues
day, will meet the special and will head
a parade through the business district
of the city. AS the only city of Mon
tana that has successfully sponsored q
special train to the fair this year, the
fair officials will make the day a mem
orable one for the Great Falls rep
resentatives, members of the Mer-
chants association were assured by
telephone.
All Plans Completed
All arrangements for the special had
been completed Tuesday night, accord
ing to William Moerl, chairman of a
Merchants association committee. He
said that the special will be filled, but
that there still is room for those who
decide at the eleventh hour to atten,
the fair. He announced that arrange.
ments have been made for serving re.
freshments on the train and that the
trip to and from Helena will be en-
joyable parts of the days program.
The return to Great Falls will be
begun at 8 o'clock tonight, arriving
here at IL o'clock. Stops will be made
on the way to Helena at Cascade anC
| Wolf Creek and several residents Of
both towns will join the party at these
points.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
Federal Court Over
Until December Term

With the conclusion of minor court
details. several of the officials of the
federal court left Tuesday for Billings,
where a day of court win be held. As
sistant District Attorney Ronald Hig-
gins accompanied Judge George NJ.
Bourquin and court officials to Bill
lings and will have charge of the gov
ernment's interests in the arraign-
ments scheduled for the Billings
term. Other officials Of the dis
trict attorneys office and marshaPs
office will leave today and Thursday
for Helena to be present at the open
ing of the term there. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney W. II. Meigs may be
delayed until the first of next week in
leaving Great Falls.
The next term Of federal court In
Great Falls will probably be In De-
cember.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
THINK DAWSON We'll
BEST IN NORTH field
Oil Rises 400 Feet Despite 16O Feet of Cave;
Ellis Scratched 1868 Feet; Expect Flow
Over Casing Top Before Morning.

is another well that is enhanced in in
terest by these developments, while on
the south, the former Aloe Oil COM
pany well in section 6-34-2W, now
taken over by the Cat Creek-Kevin
company, also will hold the interest of
oil men when drilling is resumed as
the first of the wells to test the south
ern area of the pool.
The Homestake Exploration COM
pany owns the offset acreage to the
new Mid-Northern well and officers OF
the company are said to be confident
that the leases held by that company
in section 3-35-2W, a quarter mile dis
tant, may also prove productive In this
horizon. The Western Exploration
also holds leases in section 935-2W
and, it is understood. will make ar
rangements to sink a well here as soor
as possible.
Expect Increase In Activities
The effect upon oil activities gen.
orally of the coming in of the new wei
is said to be more pronounced thar
cent compilations. Oil men predict
considerable activity within and ad.
joining the rectangle outlined by the
"a C5Chb Ploou@Ih6 "NA1
of the upper Ellis.
1t was announced that the Mid.
Northern will run 6-inch pipe ant
clean out the hole into the sand. The
pipe line of the Illinois Pipe Pine
company is but a mile distant and the
well will be hooked on as soon as pos
sible. Another well, an offset to the
first producer, will be drilled on the
Dawson-Merkle tract of 80 acres, al
once, it was understood.
1t also was reported from Shelby
that the Zimmerman well of the Sun
burst Oil & Gas has shown improve
ment since being drilled in. 1t was re
ported that a 24-foot bailer was ruI
80 times Tuesday afteroon without
lowering the oil.
The California company has com
pleted it's rig on the Newman lease, al
offset on the north to the Able wei
on sectio n26-35-2W.
Drilling on the Shaffer well in sec,
ton 33-36-2W has been stopped ant
it was announced that the well will b.
bridged back to the second Kootenai
where a small flow was encountered
and the well given a small shot.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
GIRLS TAKEN
FROM WOMAN
FOR CRUELTY
Four Year-Old Says Fingers
Burned With Iron When She
Chewed Nails.

Mrs. Lillian Weber, charged with
cruelty to children, whose trial before
a Justice court jury was begun in JUS
tice of the Peace G. A. Wilson's court
Monday afternoon, eliminated shortly
Tuesday, when a six-man jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty and fixed a
fine of 81 and court costs on the de-
PENDANT. Assistant County Attorney
J.. j. Wuerthner, who conducted the
case for the state, said that the court
costs in the case would amount to vir-
tually 500.
Mrs. Weber was charged with
abusing two little girls, Montana and
Olga Kruzich, aged 4 and 5 years, re-
s%pectively, who were entrusted to her
care from the state orphan asylum al
Helena. She was arrested September
81 on a warrant sworn out by John t
Hetherington, deputy state humane
officer. She was represented in the
trial by Attorney W. f. OLeary.
Home Representative Here
Mrs. F. r. Brown, representative OF
the orphans home, and H~etherington
testified that they had examined the
little girls and said that the bodies OF
the children were blue all over from
the beatings they had evidently re-
ceived from Mrs. Weber. The young
est girl was placed on the stand as 8
witness against Mrs. Weber, and she
testified that her adopted mother had
heated a curling iron and burned her
fingers because she chewed her finger
nails. She exhibited biistered fingers
as evidence Of her testimony. Several
neighbors testified that they had OBJ
served that Mrs. Weber had cruelty
whipped the children with q strap.
Says Bruises From Climbing
Mrs. Weber, testifying in her OWL
behalf, said that the children had been
bruised by climbing around in trees
while the family were picking choke
cherries. This story was corroborated
by her husbands testimony. Mrs. Web
Der admitted under cross-examination
by Attorney Wuerthner that she had
once had the custody of two other chill
dren which she later gave up. Attor-
ney Wuerthner asked her if it were
true that the children were taken from
her because she abused them. She said
that she released the children volun-
tarily.
Glenn Hewitson, a neighbor of the
Webbers, testified that he had seer
Mrs. Weber throw the two little girls
from an automobile in front of their
home and that the children were both
injured by the fall.
The children were taken back to
Helena Tuesday afternoon by the Rev
I. V. Hawk, superintendent Of the
orphans home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27
Diphtheria Effects
Cause Boys Death

Harry Walter Herman Smuland
4-year-old son of Mrs. Mabel Smuland
died at the home of his grandmother
Mrs. Charles H%illstrand, 1909 Second
avenue south, Tuesday morning at
1915 o'clock. Death resulted from the
after effects of diphtheria, with which
the little boy had been i'll for some
time.
He was the only child of Mrs. Smu-
land, and since the death from influ-
enza of his father, Harold Smuland.
three years ago., he had made his home
with his grandmother.
The body is at the W. II. George
undertaking parlors. The funeral
will be held Thursday afternoon at the
Swedish Lutheran church at 2:30
o'clock. The Rev. John Helmer Olson
will conduct the funeral ceremonies.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27

With a caye-in of 100 feet in the
bottom of the hole, oil had risen 10
1.4OO feet at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing in the well drilled by the Mid
Northern Oil company on the Dawson
MerkIe lease in section 1882 W., &C.
cording to a report given late in the
evening by John e. Dawson, one OF the
l~easeholders, by telephone from Shelby:
The drill had penetrated but one LOOT
into the sand at the top OF the Ellis,
a depth of 1853 feet
The horizon of production was reach
ed at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and
by 10 O'Clock the oil had reached 1000
feet, rising, it was estimated, at the
rate of 100 feet an hour. The well 10
conservatively estimated at $50 bar
rels, while estimates run to zoo and
$50 barrels. Geologist Hagerman OF
the Mid-Northern said that, in his opln-
ion, it is q better well than the
Gladys Belle, one of the first wells in
this sand. He said that the well ap-
pears to be the best in the field. There
is no water in the well, it is reported,
and there is some gas. Oil men on the
ground anticipated that the well would
flow over the top of the casing before
morning.
Strike lie Significant
lie SlSulLlCduCe OIL Liz wen, liC
in the northwest quarter of the north
east quarter of section 1852 W., to
oil men is that it is two miles northeast
of the Gladys Belle producer. This
horizon in the field has now produced
two other wells in this area, the Sun
BURST Zimmerman in section 23-35-2
W.. and the California-Able in section
26-85-2 w, forming a rough rectangle
some five miles long and a mile and a
half wide.
The southern limits have not been
marked, but the Shaffer well in section
1862 w. is taken as proof of the
northern limit. This area is looked upon
now with considerable expectation. The
Rice well in section 1852 W. is 10Y
regarded as most promising. 1t is re-
ported that drilling on this well, al
ready within easy striking distance of
the sand, will now be resumed.
A feature of the drilling of the Mid
Northern well was that the Kootenai
was entirely absent. This was re-
garded at first as the only reliable
mark in the field, especially the red
beds.
The Hogan well in section 22-35-2W