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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
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Win Hughes Plans
BY GEORGE y. HOLMES.
IuternatiouaI News service.

e4L3HGI04lA4 ~ eSy3 G5SN4CCs
ohieial denial was made at the
state Department today that AM
bassador Myron T. Herrick, at
Paris, spoke for the American
Government Sunday when, in 4
speech at the unwilling Of mon
ument to French war dead, be
assured his French hearers that
America was again coming to the
aid Of Europe as she did in 1917,
and 'shaving put our hands to the.
plow we will follow the furrow
through"
Declare Views Personal
No formal population Of the am
bassador's remarks was made. but
q spokesman for the White House
ana state Department said:
Ambassador Herrick spoke his
nersonal views, His remarks DO
not indicate any change or views
on the part OF this Government "
No attempt was made In Admin
istration circles today to conceal
the Tact that Ambassador Herrtck's
sreech was Every unfortunate" at
this time, coming at the very mo-
nneglt when q showdown Is inpend-
tnR between the French Foreign OF
flee and the State Department over
the proposed reparations confer
ence.
Ambassador Jusseraud Of France
made an appointment with Secre-
- a.
afternoon, at which it Is expected
the fate of the proposed inquiry
into Gerrnany's ability to pay repair
atoms Win be decided.
Brings Poincare's Dictum.
The French Ambassador will de-
liver Premier Poincares dictum that
the proposed conference concern it.
salt only with Germany's present
and not her ultimate capacity to
pay the reparations demanded. He
VIII also demand that the allied
debts be considered concurrently
with PREPARATIONS,
Secretary Hughes reply to these
presentations will be an emphatic
mo" That much was made clear
at both White House and State
Department today.
Whether after this the proposed
conference goes into the discard. or
whether the CONVEX sations will leave
the door open to continued negotia-
ton remains to be seen,
France Standing Alone.
France is alone in her stand The
United States has received official
assurances from Great Britain,
Belgium and italy that they ap-
prove the American plan and sup
port the conference along the lines
already suggested by Hughes.
In this situation, 1t was pointed
cut, Ambassador Herrick's ill-timed
remarks are likely to emharrass the
State Department greatly in con-
vtncing the French government that
unless there is an unlimited and
impartial inquiry into Gelrnany's
condition, the United States will re-
fuse to have anything to do with
the parley.
Ambassadors Herrlck was quoted
o. saying:
Whether we like it or not, eur
lot is now cast with the other GU
ropean1 nations to a very consider
able extent. The situation in Eu-
rope at this minute concerns Amer
lea as profoundly as did the af-
fairs Of 1S1z-17. Our continued well
hasna aansnds larEelE On thA aattle.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
Ashes of Bonar Law
Rest in Abbey
By F. A. WRAY,

LONDON, Nov. with impressive and solemn cere-
monies the ashes of the late Premier Bonar Law one Of
most beloved statesmen were buried today in West
Minister Abbey, the grave of Englands unknown
warrior The Prince of Wales heir to the British throne
acted dual capacity representative of King George
and chief pail bearer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
GIRL IS SOUGHT
IN CHICAGO
Staying
''sIim Ankles" May Give Clue
to Woman Who Shot Down
Edward Lehman.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Police to-
day sought young and beautiful
woman, with slim ankles, as the
key to the murder of Edward
Lehman, twenty-three, who was
shot to death when he interrupted
the robbery of the Delson Manu-
featuring Company, makers of
knit goods. Revenge appeared as
q possible motive, according to a
statement made by Lehman be-
fore he died.
Saw Girl With Slayer.
Lehman, an assistant Waterman,
With Albert G. Stemwedel, his en-
ployer, drove into an alley in the
rear Of the DeIson plant and saw
z. figure Of man under the rear
stairway Of the building He called
10 him and revolver shot answer
ed. Lehman crumpled to the
around, another shot wounding
Stemwedel in the right arm.
As the slayer darted from the
alley Mrs. Magdalena Leonbecher,
whose bedroom window overlooks
the scene OF the shooting, ran to
the window
Escaped In Car.
Il saw man stagger and fall,
she told the police later Then a
man with gun in his right hand
i, a girl clinging to his left arm, ran
down the alley. rushed to my
front window and saw the two get
into a dilapidated car.
The girl was slender and quite
young. Her face was pretty in
spite OF her agitation. 1 remember
noticing that her ankles were grace.
full and slender"
Two men are under arrest, Walter
e, Bockelman. who has a police rec.
crd, according to the officers, and
John Fellers. Lehman accused
SockAlnaa1 before he died
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
CLIQUE IN
BUREAU,
CHARGE
Or. D. c. Smith Says Favorit-
ism Ruled Under Forbes. and
Continued Under Hines.

&stSlt ttlta4kss elet9I tllIlkSs
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
InternationaI News Service.
A clique Of favorites, holding
high office in the United States
Veterans Bureau evaded the laws
Of Congress to pay out Government
funds to their friends, DR.: David
c. Smith, Government expert, tes-
titled today before the Senate IN
vestigating committee.
Doctor Cites Instances.
The clique used its powers in
paying unjust compensation
claims and in evadtng the b1-
reaus' rules covering insurance
claims, DR.. Smith said. The wit.
ness called attention to scores OF
examples in the administrations Of
both Col. Charles r. Forbes, former
director, and Gen. Frank p. Hines
present director.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
THE WEATHER.

Rain this afternoon and
tonight; Tuesday cloudy; no
change In temperature;
moderate, variable winds,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-19
FINANCIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE-A modern up-to-date bottling plant. good stock bottles. cases and some products, two eneton trucks, o-head Shields machine and other equipment, in Al repair, and operating every day. Territorial rights are esta bllshed on go
 ing drinks. Anniston, Ala, near Camp Mcclellan. Will sell all half interest to desirable party. Good proposition. Investigate it. Address w. D. Staples,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-19
NORWOOD
REAL ESTATE WANTED Ioa
LEGAL
Notice of Mortgage sale

Under and by virtue of 1t mortgage executed to the undersl gned Arthur C. Crowder and recorded in Volume 969 of mortgages, page 2s0 in the office of the Ala hama, and of the powers conferred by said mortgage. 1 will proceed to sell on the 9th day of May, 1923, at the Third Avenue Door of the Court House of said County, within the legal hours of sale the fOlloN ing described property viz: Lots ~, li, and c, as designated on The survey known Emma Harden's Re survey Of part of Emma Shaws survey of property ln the North West Quarter of the South Easl quarter of Secuou l9. owpshi ip ll 4, Range West the said lots fronting -n. Clay Cor Church. Street. and eNlend ng back northwcstwardly at night angles 10 su3d Clay street tO an alley. together W lth that certain lease sale contract betwt en James D. Carlton on the one part ant Enlma Harden on the other part covering sad Lot C of said survey ldescribe,i ri said lease saie contract as part of Lots and in Block AZ according to the map and plan of the E3st BIrUngAau Land Company, Map BooN !. Page z in the Probate Office of saIG Couul5l and eighty eight prouissory notes each dated May s1st, 1919, each for the sam oe Fifteen Dollars, payable tu tha ostu,r Of Emni:l Harden and due onv rapU month the first one due Iottt-UHr I.uulAs atlet date and the last uo{e olr hundlel and twenty eight iuon.us atter date. winch said lease sale contract and uot-s Were pledged ss collateral seruriiy ius. Tine pas nient of the having been iu. de 'n inc payment of said debt tGr pro,-sd. oi s.ch sab wiii 0e dp pli~d in aclurdturr with lpp tr~ms or said mortgagc. 1liS March 5ist. 1923.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-19
Notice to NOn- Re- sidents To Probate Win

TGo Si;.lc %. Aiabar". Jefferson County, Probate tuusa -tpri l0tn, l922.
 1Ars d@ gsuie Nm a Ililman and oath tuereNtth prodpofne and filing in this Coisrl apt instrument ot writing purporting i9 Do JHc ..s Wt aHd t"staneut of John T.. .i.'g.aH G-Deasea tud praying for such urJers l,.rr"s ani ptoecediugs as will uGl5 and l-tH. atfcrt the irubate and re etd of satl us' rGecnl is such will.
 NuG .ho sth oaD of Ma ia@2. having hecu s.t aa t daN tor hearing said pefi- toa anl ihe pruoi tu ne submitted in sup- pofi u, same ana it further appearing that lne iplawing neNt ot Niu ot sad deceased s4. uau yrsiarnls pt the sta'e of AiaDana:
 Aorlon Eug and. nephew who resides ID NrV orleans l.a.
 lt is therefore ordered that notice of the fling ot saa application and of the day set for Hearns sama be given by publica- don onoa wrak tot three SUCCESSIVE weeks 70 lBe Ase- Herald. uewspa per ,Wbushed u Jefferson County Alabama. .>oitce is hereby siv"n fine said named sun.rystGepls and all other persons in in 1urcsl to be and appeat 70 this Court on said >th day ol MaA. ls43, to contest said application If they thtnk proper Q to.
 J f. STILES, Judge ot Prsbst--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-19
LOVEMAN, JOSEPH &
 LOEB

WANTS EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS LADIES' SHOES. CHILDREN's SHOES RIBBON AND NECKWEAR, HOSIERY, CENTS FURNISHING, BOYS CLOTH ING, CORsETS, SHIRT WAIST AND READY TO WEAR TO QUALIFY IT IS POSITIVELY NECESSARY THAT YOU IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED LINE OF MERCHANDISE. APPLY OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT. s:3O TO 10 4. M
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-08
Burbank's Home City to Celebrate
50 Years of Wonderful Plant Work

that of the famous American wilt
walnut. These gardens will be KEEP
by men trained in Mr.. Burbank's ex
perimental farms and the planting
will be SO arranged as to be available
to students, botanists and plant
breeders of every nation throughout
the year. In short, the park will be
a perpetual school in plant breeding
for the whole world, a unique me-
mortal of an unusual man.
Mr.. Burbank will supply the plants
and attend to the supervision of their
planting in the park, and he will ar
range the collections Of seeds and
preserved plants, grasses and towers
in the museum. To him, this will be
a small task compared to those which
he has performed along the same lines
in the last half century, during which
millions of plants have passed through
his hands, from which he has select
ed a very few for prepetuation and
improvement into new and better
forms. Today, at the end of this half
century of plant breeding, he has
more than $500 experiments in Sc
lection, development, breeding and
training of plants going on at his ex-
perimental farms in Santa Rosa, more
than enough to endow the average
botanical garden with material for
students for the next hundred years..
The work that has been done be-
comes little less than marvellous when
it is remembered that each develop
ment of a plant-either from a wild
form or from on under-developed do
mestic plant-requires years,
times more than a decade, to bring
that plant to the point where it is
of the utmost utility to That
is the object of Burbank's work
the improvement of plant life to a
point at which it is of the maximum
of food supply, clothing sup
ply, or beauty, to man. 1t is his opln-
ion, expressed to me, that the remedy
for the present exodus from the farm
TO the cities, lies in providing those
who remain on the farms with such
improved crop plants that, with mod
,rn machinery, they can produce more
han a far greater number of men
could produce with the present type
If vegetables, grains and fruits.
And this is only one of many un-
Usual ideas which have come to this
,lant wizard in the so years of his
lose contact with the vegetable king
He believes that plants are
much like human beings, that from
,lants he has learned a great deal
bout men, and that children can be
developed, trained and improved, in
he same manner in which plants have
,een so improved by his master hand
lie has shown hat plants are amen
BILE to training, from the time they
'urst from the clod to the sunlight,
ust as animals are trained to man
and better breeds developed.
Te has proved that the bad traits in
weed can be crossbred out of it by
he wise guidance Of mans mind adj
ed to Natures principle of selection.
Re has leacaed that all life has De
by the survival Of the f%lttest.
nd he has ac IuireG the ability to do '
I
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-08
CALIFORNIANS WILL DEDICATE
FORTY ACRE MEMORIAL
GARDEN
Dearborn independently

An unusual mar will be the re
cipient of an unusual honor from May
II to 20 when men and women Of
the Pacific Slope gather at Santa Rosa
a few miles north of San Francisco
to celebrate the Golden Jubilee OF
Luther Burbank. This is not to hon.
or Mr.. Burbank's iftieth year, for
on the seventh of March he will be
IA years old; but TO commemorate
the fact that for half a century he
has been engaged in selecting, breed
ing, developing, improving existing
varieties of plants and creating new
ones to the vast benefit of agricul-
~turalists, horticulturalists and florists.
This celebration, at which, accord
ing to present indications, there will
be present the governors of four or
five western states and representative
bodies of men and women from every
one of the So counties in California,
will witness the dedication Of a vivid
and permanent memorial to the won
der-worker in the vegetable kingdom.
This will be Burbank Park, 40 acres
at the city limits of Santa Rosa, which
is to be converted into a magnificent
garden, containing all the plants,
trees and flowers which Luther Bur-
bank has developed in his SO years
of work. This tract has been pur-
chased for $32,5O0 by Santa Rosa,
and plans call for the expenditure of
of $780, 900 on the development and
upkeep of this, destined, perhaps, to
be n of the most important, and
most valuable, of the worlds botan-
ical gardens.
In the center is to stand the Bur-
bank Museum, in which will be kept
records of Burbank's experiments.
There also will be modern pictures of
Burbank himself at work. Phono-
graph records of his lectures, and cop
les Of his talks, as well as manu-
scripts of his books will be preserved.
Comparative series of the seeds of
plants, from those sent him by his
more than 500 collectors in foreign
lands, to those of the improved plants
which he developed from these, will
be on exhibition, SO prepared that
they will be available for study.
The whole idea of the memorial is
to be educational, according to James
B. Stafford, secretary-manager of the
Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce,
has been largely instrumental
in arranging the Burbank Park and
the Golden Jubilee celebration. In
the garden of this 40-acre park will
be planted, by families and in botan-
ical order, those plants which Mr..
Burbank has produced, from an an
nual crop of the celebrated Burbank
to the touring new walnut,
which developes a tree more than two
feet in diameter and 40 feet in height
10 years, as compared to the SOL
or 100 years necessary for the
of the wild black walnut to
the same size, yet which furnishes a
in every way the equal to ]
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Production Of Gross
Crude is on Increase .

New York. The daily average
gross crude oil production Of the
United States decreased 300 bar
rsls for the week ended August
l8, totaling 2,250,450 barrels, ac-
cording to the American Petro-
leum Institute.
The daily average production
east of the Rocky mountains was
1878, ,450 barrels, a decrease Of
300. California production was
$4,000 barrels the same as the
previous week.
Wyoming and Montana show
ed a daily average production Of
$50, 200 barrels. decrease Of 100.
Daily average imports we're
187, 200 barrels, compared with
248,0 for the previous week.
Gulf coast has been reduced
25 cents a barrel, now selling at
$1.OO a barrel. There were no
other changes reported in crude
oil prices for the major districts.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Forty Thousand Dollars
Paid by Six Refinsriss

Helena. Mont, Six refining
companies operating in Montana
and listed as independently
paid a total tax of $40. .217.44 for
the last month on which collec-
tions have been totalled, July,
according to report of the state
board of equalization. 1t is stat
ed that there are nine so-called
independent companies operating
in the state. but two or three Of
these are small topping plants
and not properly considered re-
fineries, and they pay small
amount of taxes.
The tax is computed on the
basis of two cents gallon.
Filling stations pay similar
tax where the product sold is not
produced and refined in Montana
but where the gasoline is exclu-
sively a Montana product the
two-cent tax is paid by the pro-
ducer and is collected at its
source, therefore is not paid by
the retailer.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Kelvin Citizens
Show Interest
Have Completed Grading the
Streets; Now Grovelfnq-
Oil Will be Used

Kevin is stapleizing and as a
substantial evidence, is gravel
ing the streets. 1t was recently
graded and as we go to press
eight trucks are distributing
gravel, while some twenty men
are either engaged in loading or
dressing. Oil will be added as
the finishing touch. nApproxi-
proximately two miles Of the
work is under construction and
more in contemplation.
Kevin is unincorporated and
the resources for this undartak-
ing was financed by the Cham
Der of Commerce and individual
subscription.
M. C. Green is experimenting
the work, and there are manifes-
tations Of approval on all sides of
his ability along this line.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

Few persons who look upon
Montana as an oil state of the
last three or four years realize
that more than 500 wells have
been drilled in the state. prospect
ing for oil, and that not less than
$40, 100000 has been spent j n
drilling operations and leases.
A large part of this expense
and considerable number of
the wells drilled have been in
purely procpect, or wild cat'
areas. The term wild cat" is too
infrequently misunderstood by
the bystander in the oil industry.
No promoter would use the term
in a prospectus offering stock on
the market any more than he
would use the word, promotion"
But. much as they disturb the
oil stock investor, are phases of
the oil industry that bear an i'm
portant part in development.
Something o f the extent of
the operations that Montana has
seen in the years Of prospecting
may be seen in the fact that
Knapp's Catalogue of Wells-a
work just published-some $50
wells are listed with essential de-
tails of sand depths and the like.
A wild cat is any we'll out
side a proven field. Behind it
may be the best of geological ad-
vice, adequate leasing of the
structure, may have every indi-
cation of success and be drilled
by a large organization that does
not place stock on the market.
Still it is wild cat" On the
other hand, it may be just what
the average person has in mind
when he hears the term. 1t may
b e drilling operation whose
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Wild Cat Prospect Holes
Develop Montana Acreage

chief reason for being is that il
is in the center of block of
leased acreage, or will cause rise
! in values of adjacent property,
or be the location of a scientific
instrument the object o f a
worthy but certainly ill-advised
community ambition.
From the point of view Of in
vestors and operators alike, the
wild cat" offers the greatest
opportunity for reward. Expens-
es are about the same as drilling
on proved acreage, for although
the leases cost less the drilling
costs are usually from five to ten
times as great, due to lack of
knowledge of conditions to be en-
countered, distance from central
operating points, often distance
from railway, from water and
from fuel. Transportation and
hauling are expenses that often
eat heavily into the pocketbook
of the wild CATER"
wild eating" takes a keener
business judgment, a greater
skill and knowledge Of trading
than does operation in proven
territory. In most wild cat"
operations, unless they are under
taken by large companies which
do no trading in leases, the drill
ing expenses are paid for in part
and sometimes entirely before
the we'll is started. Leases, cali
ed protection acreage" are sold
to many of the large companies
and large individual operators.
Small royalties under the well
and on nearby tracts are dealt
to the public. In the case of the
purchases Of the large operators,
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Work on Bowes
Structure Starts

Chinnnk, Aug. 27. Contracts
for the drilling Of the Bowes
structure have been signed by
d. B. Boyd here, representing
the Boyd Oil and Gas company
of Billings, and local parties rep
resented by Attorney D. j. Sias,
covering 1900 acres of land on
the north and south Bowes struc-
lures.
Craig and Bachelor, who have
contract for drilling of the first
well, arrived in Chinook Thurs
day nd together with B. N.
Forbes of Lewistown. who is
associated with Mr.. Boyd, began
the moving of materials to the
well location. Rig builders arriv-
ed here and a 1I2-foot derrick
will be erected. The well will be
on the Primm lease about nine
miles straight south Of Chinook.
The Bowes test is looked for
ward to with much interest by
oil men all over the state. The
geology of the structure is very
interesting. 1t was first mapped
and reported on by Stewart &
Wright, later a new map was
prepared by Irvan E. Stewart,
now of Great Falls. Rig timbers
are now being shipped from
Great Falls and the rig shipped
from Cat Creek is expected in
the first of the week.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Chamber Active in
Tuesdays Meeting
Resolutions Adopted and I'm
finished Business Discussed
At Regular Session

At meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night var
ious business of the unfinished
character were concluded that
will greatly benefit Kevin and
adjacent territory.
Several new members were
added and a resolution authoriz-
ing the secretary to make appli-
cation for membership in the
Secretaries National and United
States bodies of Chambers Of
Commerce was adopted. Invita-
tions to this end had been invit-
ed from these various organiza-
tions.
A. E. Louis, who attended the
state meet of secretaries gave a
glowing account Of the progress,
initiative and enthusiasm mani
tested.
A vote of sympathy was ex-
tended Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Brown
in their recent bereavement Of
their son, Harold.
A large crowd was present and
enjoyed midnight lunch served
by the committee in charge which
consisted Of Frank Brown, E. L.
McWhorter, M. C. Green and j.
L. Rock.