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Dutch Cradle.

Sam Mounts friend, Joe, who was to
be John Alden in the Thanksgiving
play, and Polly. who was to be Priscilla,
were .practicing the scene by the
spinning wheel. When Priscilla
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Dorothy Dix's Letter Box
The Woman Who Would Block Her Husbands
Career to Keep Him Faithful-T4e Poor Old
Woman Who Has Tasted the Bitterest
Drop fof Motherhood

daring
"a
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says, why don't you speak for your
self, John"", directed Betty Cut-out,
the manager, that is Johns cue to
rush out the door"
Priscilla said her line. John rushed
across the stage so fast that he
tripped over the cradle, falling to
the floor in a sprawl. Everybody
laughed so hard it broke up the show
for while.
The cradle you see above is q Dutch one
such as the Pilgrims brought on the May.
flower You may easily make ono with
small candy or match box. Cut your ends
from large squares of cardboard, drawing the
pattern from the diagram above. Paste the
box above the rockers, color the whole thing
brown and you have the incest sort of crib
for your play setting.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1923-11-22
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN
A Motive in Saving.

One mother says:
Saving a few pennies and putting
them into the bank regularly does not
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"JuSt Hats"
BY Vyvyan.
Lady of the Evening.

Nothing could be more feminine
than this headdress for the "boyish''
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Answer: Surely there all
OF herso by
often wonders
or the vengeance of
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speaking. to by
by their
wit '"" 'oiis' anu
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

tat It %1ll BE a particularly hard Job
s6f me;'' feplied the sheriff with Fthat
inffi 5s5miiei OF Els Which Keeps. .f8tne
Guessing AS 'tb6 Whether he is pe4Ved
a42n 8fg5 sedd -afi- an aa.f' 4H' 2j"FY
$50. ~ pTgru ".jlev,u .tu9-- fIs .
roMl Es. AHA uSRrOqse and Margin
39pFQHses mother and brother, rgeepec-
lively, of the murdered man, departed
Mountaineering forth =heme=at
! giresteel, n, pa where they. arr. en-
gagged in farming; Frank Sprouse &c
turned the same day to Sedrowooey,
Wash. where he is employed as an
attendant, in charge Of the receiving
Eroofi at The, Northern State Hospital
for the Insane.
Those VINO attended the trial in the
thope that they would be able to hear
Danner give his side Of the story of
1.-THE crime from the witness stand, were
keenly disappointed, and the attend
ance was noticeably lessened when it
became known that the principal actor
would not be allowed to speak his
lines. p iss.HE Illl2a- 1ut Is SSH :
'What do they want to get a mar
out Of his bed Tor, to take him acres
the: way justrto: tell him they areggo-
ing to crack his neck" said Danner
to the deputies as they were taking
him back to his cell Friday night after
the verdict was returned.
"Iaexpectea &C. said Danner to The
jailer the next morning. "WhenA I
looked at that jury l could feel it
was going to be that way. But the
truth is just like 1 told it, and they're
going to find it out just that way,
some Of these days"
Although Banner has blood rea-
tons residing in Kansas, Washington
and South Dakota, not one of them
was in Bozeman during the trial, or
at any time since his arrest last Jupe.
Continued on Page Tenn
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

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niglhV > .IEEits 2U IL tEt1rffv -
WqntinHed from Page .0ne) !,
IoYar the condemned maRis toll b., main,
tanned. Those who know him best
believe that when the proper time
comes Danner will make a completes
confession, thus removing all stigma.
from the name of the mother of his
children for whom he is said to enter
tain a fathers innate Affection. From
now until the time of the execution,
visitors will not be allowed, te see the
condemned man, several women hav-
ing been refused admission to his cell
last week after the verdict of the
jury was brought in. gev ,
Under the law, not less than so
days, and not,more than so days. must
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

attehti6n Of the people Of Gaffatin.
codnty as it was done B y1Jddge law
who. Several stines dUTiig the cooHthrse
IF THE trial, wkrned Sgainst 6roWding,
and called ~attentf6h to tneafact that
The Bdildh g, now &5Oaiyeaiffs old, was
not Built to hold sdch crd@ds as FILED
the seats, packed the aisles and crowd
ed theaentrances. g 1n"}t'' ga
These people who crbwded' on the
rear stairway on the third day Of the
trial mad the Scare Of their lives when
they were told that the upper railing
had Become ~dislodged more than an
inch and that the entire stairway was
iii fidtninent danger Of breaking down
Under the strain and precipitating
them to almost certain death to the
Floor bereath. h'S'
On the evening Of the last day of
his stay in Bozeman, Attorney Gen
eral w, D. Rankin was the personal
guest Of his friend, Prof, M. J. Abbey.
Of the state college.
7-tf9ssE -Aa f11 >tiff n- I f'
Mrs. Iva B. Banner, the accusing
witness. early in the progress Of the
trial received q letter Of sympathy
and encouragement from well-wishers
in Bozeman, livingston and nearby
rural towns. The writer's expressed
the wish and the hope that she would
BEG good eirl," and keep square
with AID the world; the same as she
had done in bringing her former hus-
band to justice and by telling the
truth and sticking to it. The letter
was signed: From Lots of Your
Friends"
well, JinE they picked out a hare
job for you to do,s' said Danner t
Sheriff Jim Smith as the eondemnec
man was being led back to his eel
kfrom the courthouse after the jury
Ereturned their verdict with the death
Epenalty attached. "Oh, l don't know
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31
His Anger Aroused

In Eeferring-to panner= having been
forced to marry his girl-wife in the
office of the sheriff in Dillon on Dec.
%, 1916 and to the birth of their
first child the following day-Christ-
mas eve-the attorney general, with
shaking finger pointing with accusing
emphasis in the face of the accused
man., charged him with being "as
yellow as the color of his face" 1t
was during the course of one of
these outbursts Of, righteous anger
that Judge Law admonished the at
torney general to soften down his
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

elapse between the passing of the
sentence and the day of the execu-
ton.
Rankin's Arraignment a
The arraignment of the defendant,
delivered by Attorney General Rank
In in his closing address to the jury,
was M Of the nest foreeful verbal,
indictments of an accused criminal
ever heard in a murder trial in the
state of Montana, according to old
newspaper men who reported the
proceedings for their papers or syn
dicated service.
against this man who stands
convicted as a liar by the records
shouted Mr.. Rankin in sonorous tones
at the climax of his closing address,
as a thief by the records, as a boot
leEger by the records, as a perjurer
by the records, as a rapist by the rec
ords and as a murderer. l ask you
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

I'M 'tne course of his address Mr..
Rankin took occasion to say a few
words of praise for Sheriff Jim
Smith and every member of his staff,
whose interest in the case and whose
patience, energy and ability made it
possible for the state to present SUCH
a strong and irrefutable mass of ev-
ideRceI against the accused.
Tracing the life Of the little mo
Their" Mrs. Banner from her birth
twenty-five years ago in Kansas, to
rthe time when, at three years of age,
her mother, the first wife of her hus-
band, the accused, died and left her
nlthe. custody iandbIunder the dom
iqanae ef.the Foply fatheE zshe had
eyer knoYn ,aaHndd, wh89mqq she had early
learned to call Joy. the. ~endearing nant
7 of papa" the a%ttornhey general lee
the jury through a labyrinth Jof de.
tails of her nomadic life until she
had reached the age of Il years
4---H-ur-
when he first referred to Danner a.
a "rapist," for having left the state
of Kansas in 1916 with the little cir
and her baby thalfsister Florence
under the cover Of darkness" "a:
testified to during the course of The
trial by J. E. Overholser. of Spo
kane, a brother of banners FIRST wifi,
and uncle of Mrs. Iva Banner.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

which, banner h~adfaceused SprouSe of {
killing because rhe91was filled rwithS,
fleas. .rsn- .xgf ai.7 .ifsa.w- 2nm 4,
.tBut his (Danfrer's5 own aogIwBig
.Sam,h said Mr. Rankin, San airdale,
"a one-m&n dog, a dog that will for
.eyerfstick to his master if his 'ntaster
is right, skunk away andIidefexhim
after he5kneww what his master had !
-doney and he did not come back again,
Afmanls friends may desert him and
everybody else maysgo against HIM,
but God knowsy and yourknow and
we all know that an airdale dog will
never desert his master if his master
is right. Are you going to believe
that this big; good, fine-looking man,
! Sprouse, the man~whem this picture
shows .hugging his dog,7is the kind.
Of man who would kill a dog because
that dog had flees ?-Isn't it more.
reasonable to believe that this wife
stealer would also be the murderer of.
the little dog, whose death would re-
move the very last ,scintilla OF, trecol-
lection Of the. murdered couple? -.
81 am, glad that we are trying this
case. before a jury of rlGallatin county
menT7a representative jury-a typical
Montana. jury, many Of the members
of WHICH are from the farmsrmen
who will assert their manhood
to the last ditch \, Your verdict is go
ing to serve notice on the people. of
tbs entire country, Of the entire world,
that you are not going to, stand for
any. violation q. ~ constitHtienal
L%gQyernment Of lay. and order, such
as 5Fo1ggth.t into being the y~digiRIgagn@tes:
of the oIden days in Virginia City.
n ask you to SIN the VERDICT and at
tacR.1 tfhe1 death. PENALTY where be
Thongs, or leave that to the experience
Of the JUDGE and # you wish, I will
take the brunt Of your action; but
ask you TO stand upright for the pro-
tedEfon Of a Wives and, children, in a
9ay, IF the spirit 20 off Powder
fRfTef III the great War, and Do what
you should do in all conscience and
righteousness and as you are ,eXpeeted
By The great.state Of Montana tC
do" g-%rH7 G0IF lit
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

III -A4Al Ui1ipF III lEiL l@<ILft DI3 81
Twelve men and trqs' tQisign thARer-
dilleStts and attack thesdeatA pRnalkK IN.
all conscience and righteousness as
you are expected by the great state
of Montana to do. i,
Mr.. Rankin departed Friday on the.
early morning train for Helena, be-
ing unablh to, await the verdict Of
the jury on account of pressing les
gal business at the state capital =
~ RAISED Opposing Council
At the opening of his address,
which began at. 2;45n o'clock Friday
afternoon, following a ffteensminute
recess, the attorney general took oc-
casions to express the state'sfapprec-
iation Iof the fairness and justice OF
the court, of the effectiveness of the
jury, and the c~ourtesiesr extended by
county ands city ~officialss He prais-
ted papnef's sttarney, dustin NJ
Smith, whom he said, had defended
his client fairly and with alertness
although he had nothing to- work on
and that he did the best he could to
defend and protect the rights of the
4 -accTfged
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

righteousness and as you are y~eXpeeteda
By the great! state Of Montana to
do" g%r"7 E1IF FH 4
County Attorneys Address
After the co1Vening IF court Fri
day morning, judge Lawfaspent Is
minutes inrdeliveringohi instructions
to- the iuryrOmth bointSIofnl law in
,Nelved, land athet questiUnetof motive
and unreasonable doubt, rin the,course
e0fTwhiekrhe asked the jury to, give. the
ssame, considerations to- Banner s. state
hmeMts as if the aceusedtman had taken
the witness standfin his own Behalf:
fl The first Of the three closing argu-
ments was delivereda bSyai County At
torTfey ETA. Peterson for the state.
Mr.. Peterson is the cotnty official Who
had charge Of the col1ating Of the evil
dence and all the legal matters in
Connection with the prosecution of the
ease since Mrs. banners memorable
confession last June g.: i'.'i N
Mr.. 'Peterson's address had to. do
mainly with the bringing out Of. the
Various details and phases Of the crime
and a determined exposition of the
many lies and Inconsistencies in. the
Several statements voluntarily made
by Banner following his arrest and
4. Which were conceived by and handled
under Mr. Peterson's personal super
Vision. Mr.. Peterson had his points
effectively arranged and in proper
Sequence, and he delivered them with
telling effect. '''-i'"
Attorney Smiths Address
Those. who. heard it, said that the
closing. address. delivered by Attorney
Justin NJ, Smith, for the defense was
one of the most fervid talks ever de-
liyered in a courtroom in Gallatin
county, by an attorney for a man ac-
cused of murder. especially in the
face of such damning evidence as had
been produced against Danner. He
brought out plainly. every, point in
which, he thought his client should
have been given, the benefit of the
doubt, his principal contention being
that the test Of the case, was in the
fact that it was one persons state
ment against .another's, banners
word against i that tofflhhiiaa ACCUSING for
"er "ne' .manres,.n4m $40 u1u "a q.
Mrs. Smith, admittedtha .MxsefDan-
ner "told what could be considered a
simple story, short, direct and to the
.fpoint, and she made what ordinarily
would be considered a good Witness
HE unwfttingly paid Mr. Rankin a
high compliment when he referred to
the attorney-genera9.a as the attorney
? general Of the, United States" al
which the courtroom Uttered, anC
Judge Law smiled. and then raped
for order. In the face Of such a mass
of direct evidence as ives presented
in the trial against Banner, it would
!, have been remarkable, indeed, hadsMr
Smith, with all his ability and earnest
ness, been able to secure an .acaHittaI
Sidelights on the Trial
r=Ehe courtesies< shown to visitors il
the rOuatEsomh x Clerk Of the Cour+
W. L. Hays and his deputy, and by tn
members Of the CITY daB men
} who gyRrded the trent apd Tear an
trance to the c~ourff60sh, Vas the sub
Fleet OE3much favorable comment.
Thg-heed Of a new courthouse vii
never be brought so fcrcibEy to tin
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31
The .Airdale .KneW

After pointing out. the various lies.
and discrepancies in banners several
statements; the fact that he had, for
nearly three years, walked and driven
innumerable times back and forth
within a few feet of his victims lying
in the wets%shallow grave along side
the road; the fact that he feared to
produce witnesses to prove snow was
on the greund-at the time of the com
mission of crime, and that there
waR ulteriorsSmotive behind khe
u friendly Italian in giving
Da cdArapd food, he shaved
juz Odak picture of Spseuse
ding hugging his little hog
VT banner testified Daunef
zad kfffedtwith the same hand axe
he had used on Mrs. Sprouse, bat
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

i to the .medical profession, were ac- curate. At that time Miss Lyons was presenting to the doctors an apparent temperature well above iit degrees, pr. Fishbein said that the rapid pulse and other features in Miss Lyons case were simply due to ex- citement and hysteria. He expressed the belief that her principal reason for feigning freak fever was to get publicity and said that fever mali gnerers' were not unusual.
 In the course of Miss Lyons illness she feigned unconsciousness several times and apparently was in a dying condition, The most recent "crisis' was last Saturday night when the doc- tors remained at her bedside through out the night in an effort to relieve her.
 picions were aroused on that oc. casion. The acting, he said. was too good, and he became convinced that no one could endure such agony as Miss Lyons professed to be suffering and remain alive. pr. Defnet was tho first who made the announcement that the girl had a temperature of 1i4 and at the same time seemed to be in fair health. He invited any doctors who cared to do so to go to Escanaba and sec for themselves. pr. Fishbein accepted the invitation.
 Watched Through Crack in Door
 pr. Fishbein described the manner in which the hoax was discovered. While supposedly making one test of her temperature to fool her." he said, i've made another test to check and found the second to show normal temperature. Upon taking another test under her arm we again found Q normal temperature.
 Then we placed termometer in her mouth and all left the room, one of us watching through the crack in the door. She removed the ther- momcter from her mouth, arched her back, stuck the thermometer under the bed sheets and then inserted 1t in her mouth again. When we looked it was at the top. we demanded the hot water bottle and she declared she was insulted, but after some trouble she brought out small bottle about the size of mans closed fist which had been concealed in the bedding. With the exception of hysteria, there is nothing wrong with Miss Lyons.
 "In Investigating the history of her case, we found she was frequent visitor at physicians offices. She had been injured in an automobile &C., cident, had three operation. had ex- perience in nursing and was disap, pointed in an affair of the heart"
 Later today she was reported hys- terical with an actual temperature of 104 and a possibility that death might follow her protracted faking.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

basis is seen by officials of the Maine experiment station in the fact that S41 requests for bulletins on scientific farming were received here from Russia during the past year. This was the largest number of in- ouiries received from foreign coun- tries. Canada was second With Z9o requests and countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Austra- lasia and the East and West Indies were represented.
 Farmers in all states in the Union sent inquiries. Ten thousand Maine farmers receive bulletins at regular
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13
GIRL FOOLED 'DOCS,'
 HAD NO HIGH FEVER
Used Small Hot Water Bottle to
 Raise Temperature

Chicago, March 1s.--A small. flesh colored hot-water bottle Is the secret or a hoax by which Miss Evelyn Lyons of Escanaba. Mich. has been able to convince doctors for three weeks that she had temperature from l14 to'11s degrees. although ap- parently in good health, 1t was said last night by Dr. Morris Fishbein, as- sociate editor of the Journal of the American Medical association. who told here of the investigation of the case which he made.
 The young woman. who had once been nurse, concealed the hot-water bottle in her bed. he said. and through pretended fits of coughing and hys- teria, managed to place the ther- mometer bulb on the heated bottle
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

long enough to drive the mercury to the deslred point. where 1t remains in medical thermometers until shaken down.
 pr. Fishbein. who returned today from Escanaba. termed the girl . "hysterical malignerer."
 Miss Lyons hoax was exceedinly simple. he said. After contriving to touch tho hot waxer bottle with the thermometer bulb. she again put the bulb where the doctors had placed 1t to take her temperature, but when tho reading was taken 1t showed the temperature of tho water bottle.
 When. for some reason, she was un- able to touch the hot water bottle. Dr. Fishbein said. tho patient either in- verted the thermometer and shook 1t, which caused the mercury to go to the top. or else broke the tube in her ex- citement and then refused to have n reading made until she attained a bottle.
 Home Doctor Admits Error
 pr. Harry J. Dcfnet, City health commissioner Of Escanaba, who is Miss Lyon's attending physician. said at Escanaba today that he as well as other doctors there had been com pletely deceived by ,hcr last week. Dr. Defnet gave The Associated Press @ signed statement that her temperature readings. made in every way known
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

intervals pointing the way to success full agricultural practices. The sta- tion is engaged in research in the nu- triton and breeding of plants and am imals, control of plant diseases and the study of insect friends and foes. Its studies of the laws of egg inheri- tance have. developed information relative to poultry management which has been found useful by farmers in all parts of the country.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13
City items

Open alleys at the Casino tonight. -advt.
 Wanted-Extra saleswomen for Saturday afternoon and evenings Also other afternoons for our Coat, Suit, Millinery and other departments. Ap- ply at once to Mir. Mullaney. Raph- ae's Dept. Store, The Big Store advt.
 Tickets on exchange for Don't Ask Me" at Crowel's tomorrow, a. m.- advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

Large can Imported Mushrooms 65c Tomorrow only. Cooked Food shop advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13

Dr. II. J. Defnet, the family physi- elan and also city physician has been treating the young woman for weeks for peritonitis.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-13
SEND FOR BULLETINS
Many Residents of Soviet Russia Seek Farm Learning in Effort To Better Their Country's Products

Orono. Maine, March 13.--An indi- cation that many residents of Soviet Russia are joining in an effort to place their country on a self-sustaining food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
BARE STOKES SCHEME TO GET TESTIMONY
Offered To Help Get Negro Waiter
 Out Of Trouble For Story

NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-An attempt of w. E. D. Stokes to obtain evidence against his wife, Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, from Henry Williams, a negro waiter on transcontinental train, In return for testimony favorable for with stealing Mrs. Stokes jewelry today was recorded in the re-trial of the wealthy hotel owners divorce suit.
 MT. Stokes alleged efforts to ob- tain damaging testimony from Will Hams were brought out while Der nard H. Sander was on the stand. MT. Sander took the stand just be- fore Clarence Mccormick. close friend of Edgar T. Wallace, principal CO., respondent, was sworn as a witness and court adjourned for the day. Me- CorniclS was expected to testify to- morrow.
 MT. Sander testified Mir. Stokes had come to him with an offer to exchange evidence of value to Will Hams in his theft trial for evidence against Mrs. Stokes in the divorce suit. He denied MT. Stokes had of fered Williams money through him. He produced d letter from the hotel man to the waiter. then in a Pitts burg penitentiary on murder charge, mentioning pawn tickets for jewelry Williams was said to have left be- fore acquitted of stealing the gems and asked Williams to write and tell him all he could to help him in the divorce trial, adding he would do all he could to help the waiter.
 The earlier part of the day was consumed in reading depositions ta- ken by the defense before a com mission in Bunceton, Mo-, to refute testimony that Mrs. Stokes had been seen there with Wallace in 1904 be- fore her marriage.