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New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

SIX ROOM apartment in best residential
 part of city. Adults only. Apply by let
 ter for appointment to see same. Box E
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

EMMQNs PLACE--2 family house. ll rooms, baths. This place is up high and dry. Price sl1,506. Watson & Jones 2e4 Main St. Tel, 245O.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Tenements

LINCOLN ST.-5 room tenement, no i'm provements. Dewitt A. Riley. 272 Main street,
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

TRINITY ST., 2s-6 room tenement, first floor. All modern conveniences. Apply frst floor.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Uo,,se- Tor Sale

HILL SECTION. near New Britain hospital. 3 tenement house. Can bs bought for tes- 900, A Danielson Co.,. iai Main st. Tsls- phone s73-i.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-13

BERLIN CENTER-An excellent house of 10 rooms with all improvements. large barn. chicken coop, about ls acre of land with frontage on two streets. Cash man Farm Agency, 131 Main St. Phone S73-4 or Berlin 6S1-2. New Britain's Largest Farm Bureau"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
MISSING CLERKS
LOVE LETTERS ARE
SEARCHED FOR CLUE
Names of 100 Women,
Many Married, Listed in
His DIRECTORY"

Kansas City, Mo-, April ezra
ham Polk, %, handsome ".shiek" of
Excelsior Springs. near here. is the
object of a nationwide search to-
night.
Polk. who was night clerk at the
exclusive Elms house, is wanted on
charge. of embczzling $1,000 of the
hotels funds.
Officers, searching Folks effects,
uncovered a multitude of love letters
and addresses Of women in all sec
lions of the country. which, they be.
lieve. will furnish clues that will lead
to his capture and arrest.
More than 100 names and addresses
Of women, many of them married,
were carefully listed in Folks "di.
rcctory."
He had three "Peggys" in Kansas
City and a couple more in Los An
geles.
Near the top of the list was
"Nadine" and Peggy" of Kansas
City. and Sarah" and Ethel W." OF
Bardenstown. y. j.. and Trenton, ~
j.. respectively.
He had "Flo T." in Chicago, and
allie" in Paul Valley, Okla.
GLADYS headed the list in Des
Moines. Iowa, and Betty o." in
Philadelphia.
Chicago contributed long line OF
. Shebas"-"Grace c." Dorothy
NJ "Dimples W." three Mays
and many others.
e In Denver no had a Mrs. Mary
H" among others.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
Proposed Scheme Would
Help Pay Off Debts and
Cntrol Gambling, Say Ad-
vocates of Plan.
By WILLIAM BIRD.

Copyright, by The San Antonio Light.
Paris. April THE proposal to
assist in cutting taxes through the
establishment of state lottery is TO
be pushed. The, men behind the
movement very frankly declare that
inasmuch as people gamble anyhow
the state might just as well get the
benefit of it.
Naturally such an idea is repugnant
10 many Anglo-Saxons. But this plan
always has been popular in Latin
countries. The Latin has a logical
mind. He admits our contention
that gambling is bad.
But it exists" he says. -It is
a common human weakness and not
confined to any one country. The
only difference between our attitude
and yours is that we accept gambling
as a fact and determine to make the
best Of it while you Anglo-Saxons
think by ignoring it you are doing
something virtuous.
Every franc we take away from
tue Sdmoitis dHu utuuuShcls 10 a
franc saved on the taxes of honest
folk
How State Would Benefit.
1t is pointed out by those who
favor the scheme that if France, in
stead of organizing sporadic lotteries
to tide her budget over difficult times
and to sell bonds would really in
,stitute facilities for state gambling
the revenue would be very very great.
Monte Carlo furnishes all of the
money TO carry on the affairs of the
principally of Monaco.
There arc numerous private clubs
in Paris where the "cagnotte," or
rake-off runs into the thousands Of
francs nightly. The advocates of the
state supervision plan argue that II
their methods were accepted this
money would reduce taxes instead Of
enriching private gamblers. Who
would be the worse off? They ask,
except the private individuals who
now reap the benefit of this traffic
Objections To Scheme.
The only logical objection is the
suggestion that governments have a
positive genius for turning profits into
losses. Whether they undertake to
manage railroads or salt and tobacco
monopolies they seem TO be. unable Ia
keep the balance on the side OF the
people And there are many who
argue that IL the government should
decide to manage gambling it would
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
OREGON DENIES MEXICO
TENDS TO BOLSE1EVISM;
SOLVING OWN PROBLEMS
Compared to Versailles Treaty. He Says, the Consti
tuition Stands As Constructive Monumental
Legislation-Points Out Worlds Failure to
Abide By Promises of Armistice.

Mexico from the rest of the world
but on the contrary we do want to live
in society as a civilized country.
Said isloation at the present time
would mean inhuman selfishness De-
cause the exterior world needs more Of
the natural resources of Mexico for its
rehabilitation than Mexico would
need from he exterior world and al
though we can live and prosper with
our own resources as we have fully
demonstrated it and confront all in
terror and exterior compromises
against the past governments il would
be disavowing the humanitary part
we are called tosplay on tits earth
il we would deny TO cooperate with
Tour unextinguishab resources to said
other countries who after a war which
exhausted humanity during four years
destroyed also the principal resources
Of richness leaving them in terrific
conditions.
THE rehabilitation Of these coun-
tries would be greatly delayed ii they
were to realize same with elements of
their own soil.
just An Interpreter.
The people and government of Mex
leo breathe with the supreme aspira-
ton Of constituting one sole organ
ism and the president only lays the
part Of a faithful interpreter of the
aims of the people as loyal guardian
of our institutions. This desire is
coming to realization because the
present government depends only upon
the moral force that the people give
him by supporting his authority. and
eloquent demonstration of said judy
ment is fact that this government
has been able, to constitute itself
definitely sustaining itself by the in
terror efforts of his own country and
counteracting with facts the moral
pressure made gainst II by powerful
governments. Actual m, thods used by
the present government meant the as
piration of the people crystalized in
the. Constitution of 1917 and have de-
served the Improvement of the whole
republic and countries like the United
States who entertains cordial rela-
tons with the people and governme mt
Of the republic of Mexico said rela-
tons being of such character that
have no preceden in our 1istory lack
ing only the diplomatic normalization
Of said relations at n time which
Mexico is not the one to decide.
Must Submit to Law.
Our aim is to harmoEize our action
and developments with all the coun-
tries of the world seeking mutual CO.
operation TO facilitate a success; but
if the foreign interests should oppose
TO such noble desire Mexico wants
to make it known TO he world that
she is not to blame if she continues
playing the false avaricious character
in regard TO its natural uiextinguish-
able resources, because the exploita-
ton of same cannot be permitted to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08

President Alvaro Obregon through
statement given out by Mexican
CONSUL General Alexanjro Lubbert
OF san Antonio, makes strong denial
that his country drifts toward Bolshe-
yism and in his argument points out
the failure of the greater powers Of
the earth to keep promises of no more
wars, and that interests of returning
soldiers would be protected.
The statement follows:
There has never existed in Mexico
any tendencies towards Bolsheyism.
Our constitution is cited as an evil
dence against these tendencies. Com
pared with the Versailles treaty, Next
eau. constitution is an example of
constructive monumental legislation.
1t is said that i promised too much
TO the people Lut the only thing prom
Used is the fulfillment of the consti-
tuition, but supposing the aforesaid
was a fact We would have sinned as
conservatists, compared with the prom
Uses made By the United States. Eng
land, France and the rest of the al
lied nations during the Armistice and
peace works. These governments said
to their people and to the world that
that war would put an end to all
wars that the world would enter into
democracy that the returning soldiers
interests would be well protected
after having fought for such noble
purposes that the principles and de-
termination of small nations would
be assured.
Mexico could have incurred, with
its inexperience, in more txcusable
mistakes to divert itself towards the
side Of liberalism in favor Of its peo-.
pie. although We only promised the
fulfilIment of the constitution. We
have accomplished the freedom of the
common classes from medieval servi-
tude.
At. Critical Period.
We are now working 10 free the
modern economical slavery and as it
| is fact that there is nothing more
dangerous than breaking the chains
of slavery. For the. first time in
the year of 1917 We began to be free
and sovereign nation. Therefore ac-
tual government before anything else
it Is defeating all its energy TO
solve its interior national problem
so that with this solution it may re-
suit in the definite arrangement of
our international difficulties. No
true sovereignty can be had without
this foundation. Most of the former
governments that gave preference to
their interior problems trieG to sup
port their authority on external influ-
ences. The present government has
completely reverted that formula ard
eog siders it as the only enc that can
leafu to the prosperity Of our coun-
try. No sensible person could advise
to invite guests to ones home If same
was not properly settled.
We have never desired to isolate
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
France Plans a Lottery
to Reduce Nation S Taxes

not succeed, but would only create
another liability for the taxpayers.
With the lottery scheme there also
has been suggested that law be
passed authorizing gold to be accept
cd in payment of taxes at twice its
face value. Such plan, it is said,
would bring out much gold that was
boarded before and during the war.
The advantage of the scheme Of the
government would be that the loss
through deprecated foreign exchange
would be offset. As a matter of fact
the government could afford TO make
such an offer and still make money
on it. In addition. it would allow
those people who have held onto their
gold and failed to get any interest on
it. an opportunity to earn some OF
that which they have lost.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08

foreign capitalists if they do not state
categOrically their decision to sub
nit themselves to the laws and au-
thoritles Of the country as in this
case we would prefer to deprive our
selves of the help of the exterior capt.
tai for the development of our riches
il by so doing it would endaLger its
dignity and sovereignty. We are not
perfect but W. have the duty to work
our perfection and we sincerely believe
that step. by step we are coming near
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08

to the goal by establishing on solid
basis our interior progress for the bet
terment of our international under
standing. a y
SO to that end, let us wait and let
US work as much as necessary.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08

Exposed
Olga Owl--That Chinese bird doesn't
get any laundry again. I'm always
missing sheets.
Ole Owlson--sure. he belongs TO the
Owe Cfucks clan.g t-es t..-- +
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08

III.
Antonio policewoman in charge of censorship
corresponding
Films which affiliated with
headquarters
received Rice head
recognition members who
leading the Better Film movement" Mrs Rice
the three associated members appointed this the United States
other associated members them of
the well known and of the nation.
Mrs Rice said Saturday that she and rem the board
have reached an understanding with theatsr and other anus
We don't call ourselves she said we call ourselves endors
playhouse hes coopeated wonderfully with
, 1923-09-16
PERCY Fl. SHAILENBERGFR ONE OF
BEST LOVED OF OLD PIONEERS

had was devoted to borrowing
money to run our sheep or to romp-
ing with the girls.
st is with some hesitation that
I d to the list Of my activities a
mention of my career as Casper's
sole vaudeville entertainer of that
time. I put on numerous shows in
which I appeared a 8 vocalist.
pianist, reciter and classic dancer.
featuring the, Dance of the Seven
Vells-one for each day in the week.
1 usually started my offensive in
the carly autumn. pushing the same
with vigor until the heat of summer
put an end to the carnage. It is
small wonder that there was a uni
versal addiction to strong drink. The
thirteen saloons had formerly been
a comfort and n solace. I made
them a necessity.
The bank was the only place
where I could rehearse these pro
grams and famillarize myself with
the technique of contemplated crime.
One evening a passerby. hearing my
theatrical gaspings and screams.
gave an alarm that the bank was
being robbed. The privacy of re-
hearsal was broken by a valiant and
heavily armed populace.
Casper had many saloons and
open gambling houses but eve de
served the name of a tough town.
1t was a town full of good people,
orderly, alert and progressive. Most
of the professional gamblers were
gentlemen, quiet and companionable.
They were not noisy either in their
conversation or attire. I was one
Of the few men in the town who
never took a drink yet no one ever
tried to force one on me, nor did I
meet with n word OF ridlcule or In
solence because Of It. Business
took me to the saloons in day and
curiosity at night. Saloon keepers
and ~bartenders were as courteous TO
as II I had been their best Gus.
toner.
when I came to Casper I was a
stranger TO all. No one was obi
gated to me either by blood or in
terest. yet I was treated by everT
one with the greatest kindness and
hospitality during the many years
1 lived there. 1 don't think I shall
live to forget 1t.
THE sheep trade was the main
stay of the business houses in Casper
in those days. a mere list OF the
sheepmen on the books of N. S.
Bristol company when I came there
may interest many. There was Tom
Hood. Dan Ralston. Joseph w.
Moore, Leigh Kerfoot. Z. b. Conk-
lin. Charles X. Bucknum, Hackett
Brothers, Lew oantz. Henry Hay
worth. Dermot d. Crum. Kieran
Murray and Joe Jay.
I'm 1898 Thomas Cooper and my
self formed n partnership and
bought 1900 Oregon ewes from Car.
son Adams who had trailed them in
from that state. Tom took charge
of the sheep and I remained at my
work in the bank hat we might
have a little ready money for ex-
penses. We later filed out the herd
by taking on shares the sheep of
Mrs. Minnie Vedden.
- great deal of private money
, 1923-09-16


was loaned in Casper in those days.
Cooper and I borrowed most of
ours from C. II. King and Jim Nelson.
We have reason to be grateful to
these gentlemen for their kindness
and confidence. In August, 1900,
l went to Lost Cabin to work for
]. b. Dixie. Tom Cooper still ran
the sheep. He was to have $50 a
month. My half of his 1 was to
pay him in cash monthly out of my
wages and I recall that my instruc.
tons were usually to send this $50
TO his mother and sisters in
Douglas. II he had any money to
spend he got It by picking wool or
trapping an occasional coyote.
"Slnce then 1 have had four other
partners in the sheep business, Carl
Shumaker. Thomas Elliot, II. NJ.
Johnson and Frank Rate. Some one
has said that the devil made part
nerships. 1 have not found It so.
These five partners are still about
the five best friends I have. The
sheep business is full of vexntions
and unexpected losses, but I have
many pleasant memories of II and of
the men who have been associated
with me in It.
IT stood behind bank counters for
IT years. Much praise is due the
early banks of Casper for their
steadfast and determined assistance
to the sheep men of that day. Sheep
loans were nominally due in the
spring and fall, but they were never
paid in their entirety. A man paid
what he could and the balance was
extended indefinitely. Risks were
taken that no eastern bank would
have considered. If the man on the
range was staying with his sheep
and keeping reasonably sober his
bank would not desert him. The
banks practically staked many
young fellows to a band of sheep
and put up the expenses where they
had made a record on the range for
industry and saving. We went
through many hard winters and
eras OF low prices, but no sheep.
nan was ever forced out of the
business.
II never worked in the Casper
National Bank. but always for its
competitors. This. however. did not
blind me to the fact that A. j. Cum
ningham was entitled to much honor
and praise for his help and conf
dence in the sheep industry in
Natrona county in those early days.
1t is to be hoped that those who
look back upon his help and trust
through the mists OF 80 years. are
not unappreciative.
"I was in the employ Of ]. b.
Dixie for a total of eight and a half
years. Three of these years were
spent at his store at Moneta.
Moneta now seems to mo the dear
est OF tank towns" yet my stay
there was s~ingulariy pleasant. This
was largely due to my association
with A. r. White in that store and
to the good meals and many unpaid
for courtesies handed out by Adolph
Hanson, then the owner of the
town.
II hive met many men and women
in Wyoming who enjoyed reputa-
tons lurid enough to fit into the
bloodiest and widest western novel.
But to me they all seemed dIsap-
pointingly quiet and decent. Among
them were train robbers, bank rob.
bers, m~urderers. wife-beaters. cattle
thieves. horse thieves. shell men,
ma b Flm ia dhvwa Isoot.Rr
f~aro-dealers. wild women, red-liRh
, 1923-09-16
One Time Resident Of Casper Village, Now in Sheep
Business at Lost Cabin, Writes Autobiography
For The Tribune

| could get to board over ut Nell
Barnett's. I would surely get some
swell meals; II / wanted to buy
any nifty toys he advised me to go
to Lee Culver at Metcalf's store. as
Lee was a tasty dresser and knew
what to buy. As vocal com
pendulum Of valuable Information
Bobby had the largest city directory
looking like a Sunday school leafiet.
"a months so1ourn in the town
sufficed TO show me that Bobby's
Information was not only exhaustive
but accurate. Some persons have
written OF Casper as a dead town
until the oil boom came. Others
have spoken OF Il as a little COW
town. It never was n COW town.
The halcyon days Of tho COW bust
ness were posing when Casper
started. She was the center of the
sheep Industry in central Wyoming
and was always a good. live town.
Even in 1895 she was in
population only by Cheyenne and
Sheridan and she was n llvelier
place than either Of them.
There was only one thing the
uo"H Aathtu. lnAI was a swell
cornet player. I was h~urrying
rapidly westward to supply that de.
iiciency. c. H. Townsend was n
OF the organizers of the local band
and he was endeavoring to get to.
gether an aggregation of world
heaters. I had written 70 him that
I was in n class with Jules Levy and
Walter l.. Clark. He offered to
assist me to get some sort of honest
employment in the town. He was
very kind and helpful to me but 1
was finally obliged to take a job in
a bank
II went to work for W. A.
Deneche and company, a bank with
$4,000 capital. The other bnnk in
the town. that OF Richards & Gun
ningham. groaned under the same
heavy capitalization.
Il did all the work in this bank
without any assistance for five
years. This included washing h
windows and scrubblng the floor.
1 also kept the store books of the
allied firm of N. s. Bristol and COM
pany. 1 often c1erked in this store
mornings and nights. Bookkeeping
methods were those hat belonged
TO the days Of top buggies and kero.
sene lamps. The monthly bills were
all written and in long land. The
slave commenced on them about the
fifteenth OF the month and kept in
high until the end. adding to them
each day. AS an appreciation of
your services in making out these
bills you were also permitted to col.
lect them.
II was first paid $50 n month. I
was later raised to SIS and when I
quit had reached the apex OF 800.
I had several side lines beside my
bank and store work. For n time
I was city. clerk. I also filled out
the term Of Frank Bull as county
treasurer. doing this work after
four o'clock OF each day. One sum
mer I did the office work at the old
refinery while DIR. Salathe was in
Europe.
IT attended two band practices n
week; I played the organ in the
Methodist or Catholic churches and
sometimes in both. That forced me
to attend choir rehearsals. I gave
two piano lessons every working
day and four on Sunday. I was spe-
oial writer and trouble. brewer for
the two newspapers Of the town.
The Natrona Tribune and The Wyo-
; ming Derrick. Any spare time I
, 1923-09-16

There are many persons stih hv-
ing in Natronu county who know
and yyho love Percy II. Shallen'
berger. To know a man is OF little
,m-nor+ance but to so enjoy anu
crave his compahionship as 70 love
him is. indeed. a rarity In trienu
ships. Pioneers here remember MN
as n remarkable musician-a veri'
table genius. rs the gayest spirit al
any occasion he won't TO.
After all those happy, youthful
days after all the charming sweet
hearts he had. Percy IS today n
grnnd. fine felIow-but not a bene'
dlc, And those who know him
hest and most fond'y remember him
arc in all probability, these same
who delighted In his
company in the days before Casper
started on its way to be the city II
IS now.
For many years Mr.. Sheuenner
ger worked in various Casper banks
hut in recent years he has been On
gagged in the sheep business at Lost
cabin, wyo. His nccount OF MS
life in this state. and particularly
In this county. IS interestingly told
in the short photographed sketch
which follows.
II arrived in Casper on the even
ing Of December .. 1895. One train
n day came from Chndron, Neb, and
consisted Of the local freight with
n smoker and day coach attached.
Casper was even then a good town,
but travel was light that day,
1.-TWO men besides myself were
the only passengers for Casper.
After leaving Lusk there were only
six on the train. The other three
were Mrs. DeForest Richards, her
daughter. Inez. and Mrs. Ed. David
bound for Douglas and Careyhurst.
They talked OF the difficulties with
cooks and of the high cost Of living.
Those are sim engaging topics.
"Miss Inez wished for n lead
pencil. They could find zone in
their hand bags. Mrs. David told
her in n low voice to ask me for
one. She hesitated, ~whereupon
Mrs. David said, Go ahead and ask
him, he won't bite you" Few can
realize what a humiliation this was
TO me. Just then I was trying to
acquire n flerceness Of expression
I had always been lacking in de.
termination and self-assertiveness.
"I had resolved hat when I
stepped off tho train at Casper I
would the air OF a bold,
bad bandit. 1 would cultivate ar
roganee and ~pugnacity. Yet here
was n stranger. before I was well
over the state line, writing my
number down in her catalogue of the
meek and lowly. She knew at n
glance that I wouldn't bite.
"walking up Center street from
the train 1 stopped at Joe Ford's
barber shop for a shave. His son.
Bobby. took me IN hand. As he
drew the g%litterlng steel across my
pallied cheek he disengaged him.
self from a tangled mass Of infor.
nation.
HE knew I was a stranger. He
told me II I wanted to shine socially
I should make haste to meet the
Misses Lipson as they were so.
ciety's queens. He grew fervid as
he described how Miss Eta Lipson
could tear the "NIordica waltzes'
out OF the mahogany bosom OF n
p%ianoforte. He told me that Mrs.
VIII Madden was the best dancer
IN town. He said Professor Daniels
could furnish the best dance music
In the whole u. s. A. Further I