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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
VALUES DROP
TWENTY FIVE MILLION
Shrinkage Due To Resdjustment or
Farm Values And Lower Prices
OF Crops And Stock


Assessment value Of real es-
tate and improvements In Mon
tana decreased S25.S56,613 in
1923, according TO reports of the
various county assessors to the
state board of equalization. The
figures are conclusive with the
exception Of one county which
failed to make a report. II the
assessment value could be taken
as the equivalent of the market
or purchase price slightly more
than a billion dollars would buy
every farm, city residence, the
forest and coal land and several
other types of real estate In the
Treasure state. To be exact the
books of the state board of
equalization show that the total
assessment OF land. improve
ments and livestock vas FOR
1923. S1.19O.477.609. In the de-
crease of S25.S56613 IN total as
sessment the state board finds
solace for, II Is stated. the de-
crease In 1922 over 1927 vas
more than s1o0.000.O 600. This
comparison leads the board to
believe that the shrinkage OF.
property values due to readjust-
ment following the war Aasyir-
tually come 10 n standstill and
that LITTLE II any decrease will
be registered next year. The bill
lion dollars worth OF property
in Montana as shown by the COM
bined figures Of the - county
assessors Is sHbdivfded into
classifications as follows Land
and improvements. s~13.276.S56;
livestock, S4969. 605; personal
nr pertv. s7.6I0.152. %Intercoun.
ty property remains to he to-
tailed. There are Al different
classlflcations Of in%tercounty
property and included are
such holdings as telephone. tele-
graph. railroad lines. transmits
sion lines, pipe lines and ferries.
The estimated assessment value
of this property Is s250.OO0.OOO.
an Increase over last year when
the total was $23s, 100000. Net
proceeds of mines figures are
- - g.. tL.ru -
sessment is on " '-c~' basis.
the assessment value being de-
termined by the net earnings.
The state the property
at 3h mills and the counties inn
posing the general mill levy.
This is In addition to other forms
of taxation which mining prop
critics bear.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
GOAL WAGE FARLEY
ENDS ABRUPTLY
MINERS LEAVE MEETING WHEN
OWNERS REFUSE WAGE
DEMANDS
U. S. INTERVENTION IS NEXT
Both Sides Agree Government Only
Can Prevent Strike On
September

Atlantic City, N. J.-Negotiations
for a new wage contract In the anthra'
cite industry ended abruptly, leaving
the prospect Of n suspension of hard
coal mining September 1.
Miners union officials, who walked
out Of the joint meeting, said the eff
forts toward a peaceful adjustment OF
the conflict had terminated because
the operators were unwilling to or
cede any part Of the demand for In
creased wages made by the men. The
operators said that the breaking point
was the unwlningness Of the union TO
submit its demands to the test of ar
filtration.
Both sides, however, assented to the
submission of a report IN the situa-
tion to the United States coal commits
sion through James A. German. secre-
tary of the joint conference. Neither
group looked for any solution of the
protracted Industrial struggle in the
anthracite region after September by
any others than government interven-
ton, Ii was declared. -
John L. Lewis. president OF the
United Mine Workers Of America. de-
clared that, unless something unfor-
seer interviewed, the miners would con-
slider themselves out of employment
on September l..
Notice Of the break was sent to
the United States coal commission at
Washington The commission had In
duced the parties to renew wage nego-
tiations after a series Of conferences
in New York last week.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Silver City, ". MA cavern at the
property of the Cooperative Mining
company. IS miles northwest of here.
trapped six men. who were working
In a drift at the bottom of a I30-foot
shaft when the accident occurred
A large crew of men working 10 f5-
minute shifts. up to last reports had
reached one body. identified as Peter
Zones. of Central. ~. NJ. Jones' body
was mangIed almost beyond recogni-
ton. THE five oyfsrv men .have not
been reached. 1t is believed they have
auffocsted-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
U. s. cunboat Sinks in Gale

Washington.-The U. s. s. Gopher.
a gunboat on a cruise with Ohio naval
re~servIsts aboard, was sunk Tuesday,
Aug. 81, In the Gulf of Saint Law
renee during a gale, according to a
message received by the navy depart
ment. which said there was 10 loss
OF life.
The ship went down in SO fathoms
Of water, said the message, which was
sem from Quebec and was signed
"Signal Service"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
Divers Recover 30 Million Gold

London-AI except a few bars OF
the %S30.0O0.OOO worth NJ gold bullion
which dropped 10 the ocean bed when
n German submarine sank the Laure-
tania of Donegal. ireland. have been
recovered by divers who since 1915
have been carrying on their labors 30
feet below the surface of the sea. The
80 bars remaining IN The wreck. It Is
expected. will be brought up within
a fortnight.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
NEW AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
is READY FOR PARLIAMENT

MeIbourne.-The next session OF the
Australian parliament will be In Can
berra. the new federal capital which
like Washington. ID. g.. is a city To-
Gated and planned for the special pur-
pose Of being a national capital The
Australian capital WAS laid out by an
American architect. canberra is stu
ated on an unduIating plateau about
1900 feet above sea level a litle 90
the north Of the highest peaks Of the
Australian Alps.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
U. s. Marshal Killed BY Auto

Des Moines, Iowa.-Guy s. Bowers.
Of Dies MoInes, United States marshal
for the southern district of Iowa and
q lieutenant colonel In the Rainbow
division In the World war. died here.
following injuries received In an auto
mobile accident ~ Collins.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

vanvule. France-Georges Rarhot.
the French aviator. flying in a motor
less airpiane. recently covered 212
kiIometers. approximately 1928 miles.
over an officially measured circuit.
This Is q record distance FIR this tyT1
of machine. Barhot remained in The
air six hours, ON minutes and 81
seconds.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
YOUNG Bride Murdered

Colorado Springs. Colo Mrs. Elsie
Jorgenson Suttle. ~16-year-old bride Of
r. III. Subtle. Jr.. was attacked in her
bed. her skull being crushed by q
blunt instrument and her collar bone
broken. She died at n hospital. The
slayer Is not known. hut police are
seeking n former sutton. n Spanish hoy
nf Denver, in the hope of getting in
formation.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
ktANSMAN KILLED IN
RIOT WITH CITIZENS
Many Hurt When X. x. K. Parade Ia
interrupted by Townsmen
Of Carnegie, Pa.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-One white-robed
klanSman was Killed. another man ser
iously wounded and an undetermined
number OF persons hurt during hours
Of rioting precipltated by an attempt
OF Ku Klux Klansmen TO parade
through the village of Carnegie, a SUI
bUrb. HrTer n spectacular demonstra'
tlon on Il nearby hill.
Thomas A. Abbott Of A%tlasburgh
Pa, was shot through the head and
died In n DOCTORS office a few minutes
later. and stephen JarzombR, a by
Stander. seriously wounded.
Others or the wounded include slans.
men and eieteFsm few were taken
10 hospitals. but the greater number
were hurried away by their friends
and no record was left with the au.
thorities.
Ten kiansmen. arrested while direct
Ing automobiles to the khan meeting
were each fined sic IN the Carnegie
police court for illegally carrying
weapons. Sixteen men who were taken
from automobiles bearing the khan In.
sigma by Pittsburgh police after the
rioting. were given their liberty. Coun.
ty officers arrested Patrick McDer.
mott, n Carnegie undertaken, In con.
nection with the shooting OF Abbott.
They also sent 10 the Allegheny jail,
W. X. Flathery and Joseph Joyce, OF
Carnegie, upon a charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
The riotlng came after the most
spectacular meeting OF klansmen ever
hrfi in this sections
Hundreds OF automobiles began TO
arrive ut the hill In the evening, and
ny . o'clock It was estimated that fully
1000 persons had given the password
aud passed within the enclosure,
scores Of them women. The place was
brilliantly illuminated With electric
llrhts. and after n large class had been
Initiated, several thousand OF the
klansinen formed Into line and march
ell down toward the village. The
greatest excitement had marked the
entire evening In Carnegie. The com
handing position of the Hill on which
the klansmen had gathered had
aroused the entire countryside, and
.ihousands OF persons had poured IN
fhrv tined the principal streets md
waited for the parade 10 start. The
greatest assemhlage was where the
line Of march passed owe Charters
creek and just before the head OF the
parade had reached that point. an au-
tomnhlle wns drawn up cross the
bridge.
A. the klansmen wound off the hili,
preceded by an automobile carrying
three men and a woman, Carnegie po-
llcemen on the bridge ordered them 10
halt. saying the parade could not 20
any further, as no permit had been
given.
The klnnsmen appeared at n loss
lust how 10 proceed. when suddenly
the fighting began. Some n tossed
n bottle and then n few stones gath
cred from the railroad right OF way
nearby and In spite OF the efforts OF
The police TO restore order, the crowds
surged into the street. An American
flag was torn from the leading auto
and the klansmen raRks broke
as they rushed forward. They fought
their way on each side OF the machine
and down the street. There WAS q
iesultory shot or Two. the combafants
confirming themselves 10 bottle, bricks
md stones.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Savannah, Ga.-A number Of white
men in three automobiles drove
through East Savannah. n negro set.
Element. firing into houses. One negro
Is reported deaA, and one seriously
wounded. Several were slightly In
iured.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
Ducks start South

Great Falls. Mont-Wild ducks have
been flying over Great Falls for sew
eral days. on their way south from
northern feeding grounds. Weather
prophets and "old-tImers" say the
early flight Of the migratory birds 10
q sure sign OF an early winter.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Los Angeles. calif.--The police are
confident they viii 500 have n no.
torI0us criminal under arrest ag the
leader OF the three men who bound
and gagged the Waterman Of a down
town office building and robbed three
manufacturing Jewellers Of gems ag-
gregating about $4,000 in value
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

COMMUNICATIVE Turkish grand
national assembly at Angora has rati-
fled the Lausanne treaty with the al
lies. or the total of 235 votes cast.
2I5 were in the affirmative.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
FAIR DATES

X Musselshell County Fair. Rye
+ gate, September !.
X Rosebud County Fair, Forsyth,
r. September H-14.
X Madison County Fair. Twin
4 Bridges, September I2-l5.
X Philips County Fair, DodsoD.
4 September 1916
y Richland County Fair, Sidney,
4 September 1920.
r Ravalli County Fair, Hamilton,
r September 1927.
r Midland Empire Fair, Billings.
r September 1921.
r. State Fair. Helena. Sept. 800.
4 Northern Montana Corn Show,
y Chinook. November $40.
4 Montana State Corn Show,
Miles City, November 14-16.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Nome, Alaska.-Capt. Road Amund-
sen,' who arrived here recently on the
coast guard cutter Bear. announced
that he would try next year to fly over
the north pole from Spltzbergen.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Dublln.-The election campaign. al
though pursued with great vigor. still
is distinguished by the extraordinary
absence Of violence which formerly
characterized all Irish elections.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
Mark Anain prons

New York.=The German mark has
dropped to a new low for all time. SELL
ing at 10 rents a million. The last low,
two weeks ago., was II cents a million.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
CRAFTS Hearing Continued

st. Paul. Minn.-The Great North
ern shops crafts investigation hearing,
scheduled to come up In county dis
trict court here. has been continued
until September Is.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

washington.-Tbe treaty Of arbi-
traitor between the United States and
Japan. which had expired by Ilmitta-
tion. has been renewed for o period OF
five years without change.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Observation-Disclosures of grain dur
ing the week ending August Is were
4.764,00N bushels as compared with
2,O52, 900 bushels In the week previous.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Los Angeles. Calif-GasoIine was
sold as low as 10 cents a gnllon at in
dependent oil stations In some parts OF
Los Angeles county recently.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Toxic, Japan Viscount fasuye
Urhlda, minister OF foreign Affairx
has been appointed premier adj istsF1m
ana win serss unfit 4 rev cnb41~F@D
formed.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

New York.-Announcement is made
of a cut In heavy Mexican crude oil 10
45 rents n barrel. 1t recently sold AT
90 cents a barrel.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30

Redding. Cal-Lassen peak, near
here. is in eruption but the magnitude
of the eruption cannot be. definitely
determined.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-30
GOV. P|NCHOT WILL
|NTERP0SE STRIKE
PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICTS MEN
ARE ORDERED OUT OF MINES
SEPTEMBER 1
STRIKE SUICIDAL TO INDUSTRY
No Definite Plan to Prevent Tie-up
Evolved in Meeting Between
Pinchot and President

Atlantic City, NJ. J.-ScaIe
committees of the miners
union In the three anthracite
districts OF Pennsylvania su-
thorlxed their officers to order
all miners to cease their work
on September I and adjourned,
leaving the city.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
DRY CITY OR QUIT,
POLICE FORCE TOLD
New Drive to Clean Up Chi
Cago Ordered by Mayor
t. and Police Chief.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 15.-Orders to
the police by Chief Morgan A. Col
Inns to stop liquor traffic in Chicago
or get off the force, and announce
ment by Coroner Oscar Wolff that
he had uncovered a Gigantic con-
spiracy" which led to the shooting
recently of Jerry O'Connor, alleged
beer runner, We're the principal de-
velopments in Chicago's latest anti
liquor drive, instituted a few days
ago by Mayor William L. Dever. and
taken up by the federal authorities.
With policemen on guard at every
Chicago brewery under orders to seize
real beer leaving the plants, police
captains were instructed that their
Jobs were at stake and rested on their
ability to plug up the liquor leaks
in their districts. O'Connor was shot
to death in a pistol fight between
alleged beer running gangs.
The police raided more than dozen
saloons yesterday under orders to
make the city "as dry as the Arizona
desert" While the fight against i'll
ltcit liquor dealers within the city's
gates waXed warm, federal prohibi-
tion officials started to mop up Chi
cago's environs, with a raid last night
on the Joliet Products Company at
Joliet, where 1900 barrels of alleged
real beer and 500 barrels of near
beer were seized and the manager
arrested.
United States District Attorney OIL
son declared that further plans for
the cooperative drive to rid Chicago
of liquor will be mapped out the first
of the week, when he confers with
city officials.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
EXPERTS COMPARE
PAINTINGS In SUIT
American Woman's Purchase
Matched With da Vinci
in Louvre.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, September 15.-Mrs. Andree
Hahn's La Belle Ferroniere" was
compared with Leonardo da Vinci's
painting by the same title in the
Louvre today in the presence of nine
art experts, directors of the Louvre
and attorneys for the plaintiff and
defense in the damage suit which Mrs
Hahn has brought against Sir Joseph
Duveen because of his assertion that
her painting was not an original.
The examination lasted two hours.
The Louvre picture was ripped from
its frame and placed on a table be-
side Mrs. Hahn's. The nine critics
first examined the picture Jointly
and then each in turn made an ex-
haustive microscopic study. Their
findings will be announced at a pub
lie session of the court of inquiry
presided over by A. NJ. Thackara, the
american consul general.
Louis Levy, attorney for Duveen,
told the correspondents after the ex-
animation that all nine men had
agreed the Louvre painting was an
original da Vinci and that Mrs.
Hahn's was a copy.
Hyacinthe Ringrose, representing
Mrs. Hahn, admitted that the judg-
ment of the critics had gone against
MIN, but said he had not given up
nope OF turning the tide for the
pIalntln. when he cross-examined the
experts.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
NOTE TO CHILDREN
IDENTIFIES VICTIM
Dead Woman on Visit to School
When Killed, Officials
Believe.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, September Is.
The body of a woman found on the
road near here two days ago, and in
connection with which B. F. Morse, a
merchant, was arrested, has been
identified as that of Mrs. Pearl Bas-
kin of Lebanon, Tenn, the mother of
two children in the Tennessee Indus
trial School here
Although hundreds filed through the
morSue, the body remained unidenti-
ned until c. c. Member, president of
the school, viewed 1t.
From the children was obtained the
last letter their mother had written
them. 1t was dated September 4, and
said:
Mother has missed you since you
went back, and is coming to see you
soon"
1t was within two miles of the in
dustrial school that the mother was
found dead on the roadside
Morse. arrested and charged with
manslaughter on the ground that his
truck had killed the woman, denied
an alleged statement made after the
body was found that his truck had
accidentally killed the woman. A
coroner's inquest yesterday failed to
find evidence of death through an
automobile crash and orders were
given for a chemical analysis of vital
organs, seeking evidence of poison.
City detectives declared that they
would seek to prove that the woman
was thrown from a passing auto
mobile after having been murdered.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
NEBRASKA TO SAVE
$15,O()O,O)D ON COAL
Gov. Bryan Says Fight Will
Be Extended to Other
States, If Asked.
RH the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., September 10
Gov. C. w. Bryan of Nebraska, who
announced that he had gone into the
coal business not only for his own,
but any other state, declared that
with the help of the people they can
save $15,O00,000 in Nebraska alone,
which the coal combine has been
heretofore taking out of the state"
He further announced that he would
do all possible to break "the national
combine"
The governor declared that while
it was the duty of the federal ad-
ministration to take a hand In lower
ing coal prices. they were not doing
so, and that the state of Nebraska
would take the matter in hand, so
far as that state is concerned, ulu-
mately extending any aid to other
states if requested.
The governor is buying coal at the
mine at SO a ton, and he has an
nounced previously that it will be
sold at this price, which includes
25 cents margin for freight rates
and handling.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
Silks to Value
OF 5000,
Lost in Quake

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD ADMIRAL ORIENTAL
LINER PRESIDENT JEFFERSON,
September 15.-Silk worth 400,-
100000 yen (s2Oo. 200. .Oo0), stored in
the Yokohama custom house, was
destroyed in the disaster of Sep
tember 1. according to Ray Gehr
of the Wanger Company, New
York, one of those who escaped
Max ID. kirjassoff. acting Amer
lean consul at Yokohama, escaped,
but lost his life returning to try
TO rescue his wife, who also was
killed.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
FOUR DEAD In FIRE.
Sixteen Families Rescued at New
York Blaze.

NEW YORK, September 1.-two
women and two children were as
phyxiated by smoke and sixteen fami-
lies We're rescued in an East Side five
story tenement fire yesterday.
Tenants, trapped on upper floors,
were saved by neighbors and f1remen
few minutes before the structure
" as destroyed. The fire started from an
unknown cause, on the first floor, and
quickly enveloped the building.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
THE WEEK.
September Is.
Epitome of Events Up to
FOREIGN.

Suspect Germans forced down
thirty French planes by radio. Mil
lions at work piling UP dead and aid
ing Japanese homeless. Italians as
sure evacuation of Corfu as they ac-
cept plans of the council of ambassa-
dors. Greece accepts ambassadors
council ruling in issue with Italy.
Epidemic of fever sweeping Toxic.
Ambassador Woods asks American
help. DR.. Epitacie Pessoa of Brazil
elected to the world court at The
Hague. Americans, man and sister,
beaten by French guard at station
at Neustadt. Charles 10th of Boston
swims English Channel United
States destroyers' dash to Toxic con-
sidered one of outstanding heroism
in quake. Typhus breaks out in
Toxic hospitals. Settlement of Ruhr
conference seen. Prince of Wales ar
rives in Quebec on his way to Alberta
ranch. Bermuda gains rum tax of
$157,204 of u. S. traffic. Revolt grips
Spain as army assumes rule in BARGE
Iona. Dead in Yokohama officially
23,767. Stresemann offers allies share
in industry of the nation to pay
debts; awaits Frances reply. Ital-
ians decline Swiss arbitration in
Fiume dispute. Spanish ministry
forced to resign,
Evening star., 1923-09-15

Use the Express Eleva-
tors" from 1st to 9th floors
to Department of Ac-
counts, Cashiers and Ad-
juStment Offices-F Street
building.
Evening star., 1923-09-15
Two Smart Sweaters, $1O.75

fiber tuxedo varied attractive designs; has pockets
and plated grde; in bisque, navy, gray and black.
While the sweater sketched, of brushed wool, shows
college modeand others in solid color
usual color combinations.
secton rd floor.
Evening star., 1923-09-15

Red is to the Moslem the color of
joy, and is much used in the decora-
tions and costumes for festivities,
especially those connected with mar
Evening star., 1923-09-15
NATIONAL.

Pinchot looms in 1924 G. o. P. fight;
vice presidency nomination predicted
Harvey returns to London to stay.
Japanese relief gifts exempted from
taxation. Anthracite contract signed
runs two years with ten per cent
raise. Pacific Mail steamship Cuba
wrecked; Navy saves lives. United
States-Mexico claim pacts signed;
President Coolidge lauds results.
Seven destroyers wrecked in fog;
twenty -three sailors lose lives. Navy
opens Brobe to fix blame for de-
stroyers' wreck. ZR-1, giant airship.
flies over New York and Philadelphia
in successful flight. Coolidge de-
clared firm for world court entry.
Western bankers to ask Coolidge for
revival of the Grain Corporation.
Battleship Texas rams steamer in a
fog. South Bend negro colony in
flight after threatening letter is re-
oeived. Gen. Pershing celebrates his
sixty-third birthday Anniversary.
Ellis Island probe is planned by
United States. American banks strike
German mark off exchange list. At
torney General Daugherty rules use
of Navy in combating rum runners
illegal Japanese relief fund gather
ed by the American Red Cross reaches
total of $7,121,000. Former German
Chancellor Cuno in New York to
raise big loan
Evening star., 1923-09-15
Fashions Newest Skirt, $3.50

1t is Plato Cord attractive wool crepe, finely tucked
simulate pleat-but it really isnt-and because it
seems to be peated it will be popular and because it
will crush like most really peaed skirts it will be
more popular; in tan, cocoa, black and navy
Skirt Section