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Evening star., 1923-10-21
THE DOUBLE CHANCE
Fascinating Wrongly Accused Hero and Loyal SUeeie~t
BY T. S. FLETCHER
Au1or Of "Rayner,sIade AmaIgamaiion,"
4u1or OF "Rayner-SIade AmaIgamation," etc.

'Some time? What time?" asked
| Inspector Cortelyou. sharply.
Exactly three-quarters of an hour.
Came out at $40; walked down to
YOU might have left that out, Per
rett." said the inspector. you must
have followed him or you couldn't
have kept an eye on him. Weil?"
''He called and made a purchase at
| poulterer's. grocer's. green
grocer's. and a wine and spirits" con-
| tinued Perrett Went on carrying q
basket, and had a bottle in his
pocket; proceeded to some cottages
on a waste piece of ground.
! tages to be called Parkers Lane.
Went into the middle one-there are
only three of them-rema1ned there
about twenty minutes / saw the
per room. There is only one upper
room in each cottage. He came out
and went home: this morning went
/ to Offices as usual"
All said Inspector Cortelyou.
! Doesn't sound very interesting or
: illuminating, does 1t, Perrctt? Any
! thing else?"
YES. sir" replied Perrett. "but I
| have made seperate note OF IT
About a quarter of an hour after he
| entered the cottage a woman In
nurses uniform came along and went
: in. | concluded from that, and from
| the fact that he purchased chickens
I at one shop. grapes at another. and
either spirits or wine at a third. and
I took them to the cottage, that there
was somebody i'll there"
! "A very reasonable deduction. Per-
rett," sal! Inspector Cortelyou. pour
/ ing himself out fresh coffee. 1T does
you credit. All right-off you go-if
, I want you or Stevens ! shall let you
know in the usual way"
! Then the inspector turned to GER
, tain letters and documents. and Per-
rett went off And If. on leaving the
| house, he had turned to the right in
stead of to the left. he would have
| met Marshall Stead, who. a minute
orr two later, came up. knocked az
! the door. and in his usual quietly
confidential manner, intimated that
he desired to see Inspector Cortelyou.
! The detective told his landlady to
admit the visitor at one. and Stead
: came in, important and self f-assured,
but suave as ever The Inspector
motioned him to Il seat and handed
him cigar case. Stead shook his
head in some surprise.
"Oh, no, it's cigarettes that you
smoke. isn't it?" said Inspector Cor
telyou, and produced a box. Help
yourself, SIR
Stead took a cigarette, and loked
surprised. How did you know /
smoked cigarettes?" he asked.
BY, your fingers" replied Inspector
CoFtelSou. Hoticeu theHl III court
the other day. It's my way TO no
tice everything Well, what can l do
for you, Mr.. Stead?"
| Stead. feeling somewhat nonplussed
by the detectives cool reception, was
| slightly embarrassed.
The fact is, inspector" he said,
| II called to speak to you about the
murder of my late friend, Sir Robert"
| Aye" just So" said Inspector Cor
telyou. II know that, of course.
And what about 1t, Mr.. Stead? Have
you anything to tell me?"
CONTINUED TOMORROW.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
l.0NGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE
WILL BE ENDED MONDAY
Shipping Board Offer, 80 Cents an
Hour, Tentatively Accepted,
Pending Minor Adjustments.

NEW ORLEANS, October 2o.-Strik-
ing union longshoremen and screw
men here yesterday voted to accept
tentatively the offer of the United
States Shipping Board of 80 cents an
hour and return to work Monday
pending settlement of several points
as regards working rules.
This action settles the situation
only for concerns operating shipping
board vessels, who are compelled 70
accept the terms. Independent con-
Germs and foreign shipping companies
expect to continue operating with
mont union labor. with a wage scale
OF 90 cents an hour, the prevailing
pay.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
WILL SUE FOR BACK PAY,
Striking Shopmen, Returning Un-
der Rail Board Rule, to Test Act.

NEW YORK. October 20.-Suit for
back wages" and damages aggre-
eating S15,000,000s will be started
against the Pennsylvania railroad by
$4,000 shopmen, who suspended oper-
ations more than year ago and re-
turned to work under the Railroad
Labor Boards wage award, it is an
nounced by Norris Hillquit, counsel
for the men.
Mr. Hillquit described the suit as
( novel in that it would bring to a
head controversy that grew out
of the boards ruling and its subse-
quent rejection by the Pennsylvania
road. The litigation, he declared,
would test the validity of the trans
portation act under which the board
operates. A.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
FAIRNESS IN CUSTOMS
PLEDGED FOR BRITAIN
Conference at Geneva Told Inter
Imperial Policy Would Be
Impartial.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, October 20.-The British
and Australian delegates assured the
international customs conference yes
terday that Great Britain and her
dominions would accord equitable
customs treatment to all nations The
assurance was given when Senior
Buero, Uruguay, and the japanese
delegates inquired if the proposed
British interimperial policy would
give preferential duties to the British
dominions.
Senior Buero said Uruguay exported
the same products as Australia
hides, meat and cattle-and if Aus
tralia was favored Uruguay and other
South American countries would suf-
fer.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

A steamer wardrobe for
short trips - sturdily con-
structed and equipped to the
last detail with all the parts
essential to a good wardrobe
trunk.
tThe Hccht Co., First Floorl
Evening star., 1923-10-21

CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening star., 1923-10-21
"FOrgeryi" .

H1 IT down, Britten-sit down,
Pogmore," said Quinton.
handing them chairs close
to his desk, near which
Evening star., 1923-10-21

Japan has an avenue Of trees fifty
miles in length extending from
Nikho 10 Namada?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
Dope in u. S. Prison
Easy to Get, He Says

New Orleans, La, May 11.LThomas
Wright, on trial yesterday in federal
district court for possession Of narcot-
les in violation of the Harrison act,
declared in the witness stand that ne
had no trouble in obtaining narcotics
while serving a sentence IN 1911 IN
the Atlanta federal penitentiary: :,
"I served nine months and IL day" ,
Wright testified.
"Were YOU cured while in the penl-
tertiary % inquired Arthur B. Lebold'
counsel for the defense.
'No, l could get all the e and "a !
wanted in the penitentiary, asserted
Wright. - mc,,
It was explained in court that g
and ''M'' were cocaine and morphine,
respectively. -,
AS Wright was leaving the witness
stand. Rene Waguestack, assistant
federal district attorney, inquired:
"Do YOU mean to tell this court you
can GET all the narcotics you need IN ~
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta :!
"Well, at the time was there
could" replied Wright.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
q CONNECTS KILLED
I'm FLORIDA CAMPS
w OMAN TESTIFIES
ALLEGES NEGRO WOMAN MUIR
DERED AT PRISON CAMP OF
SOLON.

Tallahassee, May 8.-Nine convicts
serving at he convict camp of State
Senator T. J. Knabb in Baker county
met their deaths during the last year,
six of these dying since last Septem-
Der, the joint legislative committee
investigating convict camp brutalities
was told Tuesday by Mrs. Thelma
Franklin, a social worker of Glen Saint
Mary, in Baker county.
Mrs. Franklin declared she had con-
Quoted a personal investigation into
the records which showed that a cor
oner's inquest had been held over each
and that death according to jury YER
diets was educ to natural causes"
Two members of the committee
jumped to their feet and Senator
Knabb screwed around in his chair
when Mrs. Franklin related that Mary
Sheffield, a negro woman, and hel
daughter, said to have been about e
years of age, were shot and killed last
Wednesday by Warden Thompson al
one of the Knabb camps. The Shell
field woman was to have been used a.
witness before the committee
Thompson is now in a hospital, hav
ing been cut by the woman.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
RED FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS RUSSIANS
OF DANGER INNOTE FROM BRITISH

Moscow, May I'm. Tchitcherin.
the SOVIET foreign minister. dressed in
Che uniform of a member of the red
army and wearing red decoration.
was the chief speaker at a great meet
ing =, held IN a theatre here Saturday.
Inc theatre was crowded to the
doors, while in the streets thousands
who had taken part in a great dem
onstratlon listened to speakers from
motor trucks and balconies, all of
whom made reference to what thew
termed the war threat against Russia
IN the British note, in the assassina-
ton OF VOrOwsky at Lausanne and
other recent developments.
Referring to Vorowsky, M. Tchit-
cherin said: ''This is a symptom of
the general European situation. The
direct responsibility rests with the
Swiss government, which instigated
no preventive measures, while the
moral responsibility is on England
France and Italy, who originally in
vited the Russian delegation to Lau-
same"
Regarding the British note, which
he characterized as insOlent, Tchit-
cherin said: eve are getting tele-
grams that British warships are al
ready in the White sea; perhaps by
now they have opened hostilities
against our ships.
"The note contains false facts and
messages improperly deciphered, but
the chief point that must be consider
ed is the eastern question We must
reply calmly and firmly. Russia will
not 90 back single step before the
demands: we therefor offer a confer
ence. We are ready to discuss the
losses sustained by British citizens in
1920, but we will render bill to Eng
land for all those England shot during
the intervention in the north. We de-
sire peace, and da not want war, but
we will wait until the enemy attacks
US"
The foreign minister was followed
bv War Minister Trotzky, who tolC
the delegates that Russia wanted
peace, but the red army was ready
if necessary.
eff war comes, it will be long one;
it will delay the building up of oul
country for many years, but the rec
army, which wants peace. will carry
out its duty until the end"
M. Bucharin, head of the left wing
of the soviet central committee, II
more belligerent tone, said that the
capitalist powers constituted a bar
barous civilization. eve are. telling
them to go to hell" ne shouted; eve
will not sell our prOletariat even II
they send more warsliips.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
WHIPPING BOSSES
BANNED BY SOLONS
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ABOL-
ISHED IN HANDLING OF STATE
PRISONERS.

Tallahassee, Fla, May 12.-Forced
addiction of whipping bosses in con-
Wet camps throughout Florida was be-
lieved to be only matter of time on
the face of action in both houses of
the legislature Saturday. The upper
house of the general assembly Satur-
day passed a measure placing corpor-
al punishment under ban for a trial
period of two years, abolishing it for
ever in the handling of convicts, while
the lower house after adding an
amendment scratching out two years
and making it read forever" in its
provisions as relating to state convicts
approved the measure by a vote of So
to 2.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
SUPT. POORE OF
FR0ID SCHOOL TEN
DERS RESIGNATION

Supt. E. Y. Poore, who has been in
charge of the Froid schools during the
past two years has rendered his res
ignation to the Board of Education.
and next fall will be part of the
Williston' faculty. His plans for the
summer are as yet undecided.
There will be several new faces in
the F'roid school rooms next term.
Miss Beatty, Mrs. Wasley, Miss AS
trOpe, Supt. Poore and w. F. Harvey
have decided not to remain. Kathleen
LOucks, Mrs. DINER Olson, and C. w.
Heisington are expected to be with us
for another term at least.
Supt. Poore has given Froid an ex-
cellent school and was reelected for
third term but has declined to re-
main.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
LET IN
ROOSEVELT COUNTY

Bids upon the construction of the
Federal Aid Highway job in Roosevelt
County were opened Monday of this
week at a meeting of the state high
way commission, attended by Commits
sioners G. w. Lanstrum and Henry
Good of Kaispell, and Senior Engin-
eer w. H. Lynch of the United States
bureau of public roads.
The work in this county consisted
of the grading of 11.35 miles of the
Roosevelt International highway be-
tween Culbert5On and Bainvile. AZ
bert LaLande of Bainville submitted
the lowest bid $25,763. Other bids
were: Scott P. Hart, Poplar, $27.
Fitzgerald & Stanton, Great Falls,
$31 ,125; Roosevelt County $31 ,l25;
and Stanley Bros, Williston, N D.
$32,357.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
OWNER FIRST STORE
IN CULBERTSON DIES:
WAS STATE PIONEER

Poplar, May Ill. z. Bruegger,
Montana pioneer and owner of the
first store in Culbertson, is dead at
the home of his daughter near that
place, according to reports here.
Mr.. Bruegger built and established
Culbertson's first store in 1895, when
the present city consisted of two log
saloons, a log hotel and a car shack
depot. He has had business interests
there ever since, and was postmaster
at the time of his death.
Mrs. Bruegger died several years
ago. Mr.. Bruegger is survived by
several children.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
GO TO IOWA ON
HOMESTEAD CASE

A Mr.. Bennett, deputy United
States Marshall of Helena, was here
the forepart of the week and sub
poened a number of witnesses in the
case of United States VS.. James Stat
ford, a former homesteader of the
Sioux Creek community.
The case is one of alleged perjury
In proving up a homestead, and the
hearing comes off at Dubuque, Iowa,
on the 25th of this month.
Those who have been subpOened as
witnesses in the case and who must
be in Dubuque by next Wednesday are
Peter Rorvik, Erling Fosfeld, J. P.
Woodwork, Carl Volpp, Andrew Kirk
egaard, Bill Moody and VIM. Barr.
Also Frank Frandsen of Seattle,
Washington, a former resident of
Cottonwood creek.-Circle Banner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
DANISH UNION KILLS
LABOR INFLUX

Copenhagen.-Five thousand Polish
agricultural workers. intended to flood
the Danish farm labor market and
smash union wages, will cultivate PO-
lands soil instead of Denmark's this
spring and summer. The Land Work
ers union of Denmark saw to that.
The employing farmers had petit
toned the government for permission
to import 5000 Polish workers, alleg-
ing disastrous labor shortage. The
Land Workers union protested. A
special government commission fixed
WAGES on a scale agreed to by the
union. The land owners were told to
apply to the union for the men needed
Only in case the union could not sup
ply the number, was immigration tc
be authorized.
The land owners needed 1000 men
The union supplied them all.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
YEGGS DESERT PLAN
TO ROB SAFE AFTER
BANK FOUND CLOSED
Bandit Plot Comes to Naught At
Opheim; Institution Suspended Two
Years Ago.

Glasgow, May 14.-Bank robbers
some time early Saturday morning at
tempted to blow open. the safe of the
First National bank of Opheim, but on
discovering that the bank had been
closed for two years evidently decided
that it would not be worth while.
Telephone lines on both sides Of
town had been cut, entrance was gain
ed through rear door, the windows
were covered and charge of explOs-
ives set off, which knocked the knob
off the door of the safe. A pile of
correspondence was disturbed and it
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
PHYSICIANS HELD IL
ABLE FOR HOW THEY
DIAGNOSE CASES
GERMAN JURISTS SAY DOCTORS
MUST USE MODERN MEANS TO
REMOVE DOUBT OF CONDI-
TION.

Berlin, May 9.-That physicians are
responsible for their diagnosis of dis
ease and are liable to the patient for
damages if the diagnosis is wrong, is,
in effect, the decision Of the German
supreme court.
A vineyard owner named Braun
fell from a street car. He was taken
to a hospital, where the doctor dag
nosed his injury as fracture of the
hip joint. !,
He was treated accordingly, but it
later developed that he had merely
suffered dislocation of the hip.
Through the treatment the hip be-
came slip and the patient sued the
doctor for damages.
He won his case before a jury and
the verdict was confirmed by the su-
preme court.
The court stated that in entrustin9
his body to the doctor the patient hao
entrusted his future happiness in the
hands of the physician, and therefore
had the right to expect that the ply
stefan would avail himself of the
most modern means Of removing al
doubt as to the condition.
The court said that in this case sucf
protection could easily have beer
given by the use of the X-ray.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
WHIPPINCS ROUSE
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 14.-If
local authorities cannot curb mob vio-
Ience in Oklahoma, martial law will
be employed, Governor J. G. Walton
TODAY told Attorney General George
SI7crt Governor Walton made his
Statement in directing the attorney
general to hold court of inquiry in
Connection with the recent whipping
of Claude Nathan at Anadarko.
The governor said the regular au-
tborities would he given an oppOrtun-
itv to stop the mary whippirgs, which
be declared, were reported to him,
and that if they failed, he would call
ON the Oklahoma national guard. He
said he intended to include the entire
state in the anti-whipping movement
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25

fessional county-splitter in Montana
arrived here Wednesday morning
from Great Falls, to look after some
business interests, and to see how
things are moving along at his Van
dalia ranch.
Mr.. Mckay just finished the carving
of the new Lake county out of the
counties of Missoula and Flathead
counties and naturally is much elated
over the success of this Lake county
proposition.
He says, further, that since spend
ing the past few years in the western
counties of the state, he realizes more
than ever that Valley county is still
entirely too large.-Valley County
News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
HARDING TO SPEAK
IN HELENA ON TRIP WEST

Washington, May 10.-COnfer.
ences held by President Harding
with advisers within the past "a
hours, have resulted in an ar
rangement of the executives
tentative speaking engagement
on the western trip.
The rearranged list provides
for addresses at st. Louis, Hans
as City, Mo-, Hutchinson. Kan,
Denver. Salt Lake City, Boise,
Idaho. Helena, Mont. and Seattle
and three addresses in California.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
NATyE OF MISSOURI

Billings, May 14.-Rolla Duncan,
while native of Missouri, has lived
in Montana practically his entire life.
He was raised in Helena, attended
public schools in that city and after
serving several terms as deputy sher-
iff and under-sheriff was twice elected
sheriff of Lewis and Clark county. He
was later elected county commissioner
but resigned that Office to engage in
the moving picture business in Idaho,
In the fall of 1920 he disposed of his
interests in Idaho and came to Billings
and since then has been in partnership
with Eugene O'Keffe, operating one
of the principal theatres in the city
and the Regent moving picture house
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
PROGRESSIVES PICK BORAH
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT

New York, May "a resolution
calling upon Senator William E. Bor-
all, of Idaho, to be the progressive
candidate for president in 1924, was
adopted, Monday, by the executive
committee of the Committee of as.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
ITGAL NOTICES
cuERIFF's SALE

district COURT OF
N IIWRFFNTIETH JUDICIAL, DIS DIS
The TN TIVE THE STATE OF MON
TRICI u AND FOR THE COUNTY
dF FfslHHERIDAN.
-,rrv STATE BANK, Medicine
sECI IN Montana, banking corpora
t ton,' Plaintiff, ,,.
vr WINTER and ALICE
CHRlS24I5E4P5' his wife, A. F. vI0L7
VIM VIM and ROGERS LUMBER
EII43 NV a corporation, Defend
ants. .old at sheriff's Sale, on the
To Pc SUI IF MAY, A. D. 1923, at the
18th day " 15G o'clock P. M. Of said
hour o. t s%O fTont door Of the County
day. at Inc yllT : at PlentywOOd, in the
Court 1 ~ Sheridan, State of Montana
COUNTY, u l, bidder for cash, the fol-
to the n 3lssscribed Real Estate, situatcc
living o us and being in the County OF
Cd I!Ils State Of Montana, IN TWO
Sn. -ate tracts, tO-wit:1.
ss2aTa.e fot number five (5) IN
Pi5st Nine ~, and Lot nu 9ll;e
2 II T--ownsite Of the Town OF
maine IaI iTe Lake, Montana, accord,
Aedlcl4 NE oficial plat thereof, and
ng y IN file in the office OF the
nov Corrtv Clerk and Recorder IN
e .J for Sheridan County, Mon
t sa.a.aa,,5-The Southwest quarter
= ss' Section thirty-twO (32), and
y ~ North half of the Southeast
Ils M +.y and the South half of the
sg4l ..irl quarter of Section thir-
NOl ,I' I95 all in Township
4;r o- l82) North Of Range
s ss.r.seven go East Of the Mon
. Ll Meridian, Montana, contain
95605 acres, more or less, ac-
ing 5l;Tg +o the United States Gov
.~,rant survey thereof.
Al more particular all the right,
aa a-l claim and interest Of the above
u.., defendants, in and to the Real
r . bereinbefore decribed.
n,+ad at PlentywOod, Montana, this
o,5 39v of May. A. D. 1923.
--' w. RODNEY SALISBURY
C,srir Of Sheridan County, Montana.
CP4NT BLACKWELL,
Medicine Lake, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiff. :,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25

The engineers estimate on this work
was 32,562. Stanley Bros. of Willis
ton, were the low bidders upon the
construction of a 54-foot pony span
bridge on this stretch of road over
Sheep Greek. The bid on this work
was $5,414 against the engineers es-
innate of S6,038.
The bid of Roosevelt County was
filed by County Commissioner Geo.
Lesson.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25

London-"Big business in France
has always favored negotiation with
Germany, in the teeth of the national
ist clamor for the iron hand and cOer-
cion with violence; but neither the
steel industry, nor any other industry
save agriculture, has a majority in
the parliament or the government"
writes George Slocombe, Paris cor
respondent of the labor paper, Daily
Herald.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
FLOOR OF CHURCH
FALLS. 10 HURT

Edgewood, Tex, May 49, AS
strains of "Abide With Me" faded
away in the partly finished structure
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, here this afternoon, the floor
gave away and 10 persns were in
iured, most of them seriously and a
score or more were bruised. About
hundred persons were scuttled into
the basement of the building.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
ROLLA DUNCAN U.S..
MARSHAL FOR MONT.
FORMER HELENA SHERIFF
CHOSEN BY HARDING FOR PO-
STTION, LEAVITT REPORTS.

Washington, May 14-Representa-
tive Leavitt, republican, Montana, said
after a conference with President
Harding, today that the executive had
appointed Rolla Duncan of Billings as
United States marshal for Montana,
the appointment to become effective
July 1.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
SIX ARE KILLED WHEN
PASSENGER PLANE CRASHES

Amiens, France, May 14.-Six per-
sons, including New Yorker named
Schwab, were killed in the fall OF a
passenger aiEplane at Comfy, 13 miles
south Of this city today.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25

is thought that the robbers discover
ed from this that the bank had been
closed for two years and decided that
further operations would not be worth
the risk.
The combination of the safe has
been ruined and it will probably re-
quire an expert to open the door. No
clues to the identity of the would-be
robbers have been found.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-05-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Ted Curtin & wife to Ist Natl Bk,
warranty deed, Ell NEA z, SWA
S1z NWK 8-37-55.
list. Natl Blk. Westby to Far. St.Bk
Westby, warranty deed, Part L / XIX
8, Westby.