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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-06
A NEW OIL LAMP FREE
Burns 04M Air.

e. P. Johnson, 609 w. Lake ST..
Chicago, ILL.,, the inventor of a won
derful new oil lamp that burns "a
per cent air and beats gas or electric
lty, is offering to give one free to the
first user in each locality who will
help introduce it. Write him for par
t~icnlars AGENTS wanted
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-06
REMARKABLE
CRIMINAL RECORD
WOMAN FIREBUG CONFESSES
STARTING MANY COSTLY
CONFLAGRATIONS
Her Biggest Montana Fire Was that
Which Destroyed $780, 600 Lumber
Plant in Eureka Last Spring; Is
Sent to the P~enitentiary.

NJ OST remarkable is the Grim
VI inal record of Mrs. May
" Sheriff., alias May Steven
son, confessed firebug who was
sentenced to serve from 10 to 20
years in the state penitentiary for
burning the home of Louis F.
Garnsey at Whitefish. Mrs. Sher-
rill, it appears, has from childhood
been afflicted with pyromania, and
wherever she went left a long list
of mysterious conflagrations in her
wake.
Through the efforts Of w. G..
Brooks, state fire marshal, and J..
B. Hall, a special agent of the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters
of San Francisco, Mrs. Sheriff.
confessed many of her crimes, and
is strongly suspected of having
committed others she will not adj
NIT, including the burning of the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company
plant at Eureka last spring, which
entailed a loss of 100000. 1t has
been brought out that at the time
of the Eureka blaze she was en-
ployed at one of the lumber COM
pany's camps and was within half
a block of the mill when the fire
broke out.
She Began Early
Mrs. Sheriff. was born in Chica-
go, her maiden name being Cow
den. After her mothers death,
she was adopted by a family by the
name of Miller in Oklahoma. There
she set fire to the Miller home, and
finally went back to her father in
where she was response
bic for another fire. She was next
heard of in Missoula, where she
married a railroad man by the
name of Hough, who divorced her
upon conviction of a larceny
charge in Seattle. She was parol-
ed from the Washington peniten-
and became a trained nurse,
drifting to Dayton and then to
Wash. There she mar
ried Sheriff.. At Pomeroy she
was convicted on a charge of arson
and sentenced to 10 years, Sheriff.
her. She was soon after
oaroled, but broke parole. How
ever, she was again paroled in jan
larry, 1922, ordered from the state,
and her fare paid to Missoula.
She then went to work for a
umberman named Hays near St.
-gnatius, and admits firing his
ON which there was no
insurance. Her next move was to
Corvallis, where she set three fires
hen to Hamilton, where a mystic
-ious fire occurred, but she denies
responsibility for this. She went
the Westmont Orchards at Ha-
owned by the Montana Life
insurance company, where she
burned two barns and a silo; there
o Wisdom, where a barn went up
n smoke. Then occurs an inter-
yal in which there is no record of
Ter activities, and the next heard
# here was when she appeared at
'ennings in May last, and admits
burning a barn for a lumberman
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-06

Miles City.-Corn grown by John
Wareheim of Cascade is to be exhib-
tied at the national corr show to be
held soon in Chicago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-06
BIELENBERG WILL
CASE is DECIDED
JURY FINDS JOHN BIELENBERG
WAS OF UNSOUND MIND
AND BREAKS WILL
Brothers Succeed in Having Docu-
ment Disposing of Million Dollar
Estate Set Aside; Will Go to Su-
preme Court.

YTHE jury, in the contest of the
will of the late John Bielen:
berg, which has been on tria.
before Judge Winston and a jury il
the district court at Deer Lodge for
the last four weeks, returned its
findings to the effect that the de-
ceased was of unsound mind at the
time of making the alleged will, but
was not acting under undue influ-
ence as charged.
This contest was brought by the
brothers of the deceased, Charles P.
H. Bielenberg and Nicholas J. Bel
enberg to each of whom the tesla
tor had left a life estate in the in
come of a trust fund of 100000
each. The petition for the contest
alleged that the deceased was of
unsound mind at the time of the ex-
ecution of the will and also that he
was acting under the undue influ-
ence of Samuel McKennan of Hell
ena, who was named as the execu-
tor of the will, and other officers
of the Union Bank and Trust COM
pany, which was named as the trus-
tee of the personal trusts created,
and of Mrs. Augusta Kohrs of
Deer Lodge, who together with Mr.
McKennan and Mrs. J. M. Board
man were named as the trustees
of the trust company to be created,
designated as the John Bielenberg
Foundation.
Left Two Brothers.
Mr.. Bielenberg left surviving
him two brothers, Charles and N.
j. Bielenberg, to whose children
specific requests were left in addi-
ton to the principal of the $780,
900 trust funds, held in trust dur
ing the lives of their respective par
ents, and a deceased half brother,
Henry Kohrs, late of Davenport,
Iowa, and Conrad Kohrs, deceased,
late of Helena and Deer Lodge to
whose descendants substantial
sums were bequeathed direct. In
addition to these a legacy of $780,
600 was left to Mrs. Augusta Kohrs
wife of Conrad Kohrs deceased,
with whom Mr.. Bielenberg had re-
sided for many years, and legacies
of $1,000 each to the Kohrs Mem
orial library, Deer Lodge; Presby-
terrain church, Episcopal church,
Christian church and Methodist
church, Deer Lodge; the Y. w. C..
A the Y. M. C. A., St. Peters hos
pital and the Montana Children's
Home Finding society, all of Hell
ena. These legacies aggregated
more than 100000. The remain
der of his estate was left to trustees
to be held by them in trust for the
John Bielenberg Foundation and to
pay over the income under the fol-
lowing instructions and for the fol-
lowing purposes:
Purposes Named.
ITO distribute and pay over the
entire net income therefrom in ex-
tending aid, assistance and relief,
in such amounts, at such times. and
to such needy and deserving person
or persons, or to such charitable,
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

The inviting arrangements of this Cen
ter are inducing an increasing num-
her of imm grants and refugees to en-
ter ii and 10 enjoy its facilities. These
visitors spend their time reading the
books. periodicals and newspapers plny-
ing the piano, or in conversation. The
kindergarten is always astir, and the
workrocnIs for sewing and shoe-makins
are constantly busy. Under the direc
tion of II kindergarten. and with the
help of our committee, the children do
haiidwork, play, sing, perform ply
steal health exercises under the guild
ancc of health expert. They also
learn English. In the sewing rooms,
one can see at the machines, women
working diligently under the sympa
thetic direction of our committee"
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
...,t ,y,s .t this iuncturc that the

..Jt was Mt this juncturc that the
Jewish woman of Riga displayed her
genius. with incredible promptness,
kitchens and homes were provided Tor
the refugees. The young people were
u,obilized to supply these unfortunateS
with food. clothing and baudagcs, and
TO bring them to Riga, where they
would be received with sisterly love.
There was not "A woman VINO u'u MOI
set inside her duties to home and fam
;ly TO give herself to this critical need.
Their pain was our pain. They were
only by accident, the sacrifices. rms
incident is the most painful, but also
the proudcst. recollection 1 cherish OF
the war.
'"During the war, countless thhlilcS
left Riga. For several years. the ciiy
was altogether dead and lifeicSS. Al
the wars close. the city began to re
assume it's former outlines. Most of
| its old families returned, and many new
families made Riga their home. Social
activity WAS revived and took ON II
new development.
The most interesting work that we
1urc now doing is represented by our
Immigrant Center. Miss Sachs ana
Miss Maddow of the Reconstruction
init of the Council of Jewish Women.
laid the foundation for our new or
canization. \ large group of women
Immediately expressed their intention
to cooperate. This organization is
Young and just in the process of growth.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
Council of JeWish Women
Saving Migrant Mothers and Daughters

In the February issue of The Jew
the Council of Jewish Women there
appears IA very interesting article on
the work of the Council of Jewish
Women of Riga. contributed by Mrs.
ing the philanthropic work Of the Jew
ish women in Latvia. Mrs. Salkind
writes in part: -
at was at the outbreak of the war !;
no man yet suspected the consequences
| it would bring in its wake. The dec
laration brought life, inspiration, and
Jew and Christian seemed to unite in
their desire to help their fatherland
bitter disillusionmemt the Jews were
said to be spies and Whole cities with
their Jewish population, were expelled
Whole cities-tliat meant rich and poor
old and youth. the sick and the dying
iprcgnant mothers. ravins lunatics-al
the populution that filled hospitals and
similar institutions. all that bore the
Jewish name. had TO leave the city
within ~ hours. | have not the pow
icr to picture these people as they went
forth on their march to nowhere. They
went, carrying their sick on their arms
and even their dead. for they dared
mot turn back. to bury them in theil
ihomc city. SO marched they one and
Eall. brothers by virtue eof the slandci
tley endured and the despair that con
lfruntpd them.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
REPORT OF JOINT DISTRIBUTION
COMMITTEE

American relief contributions to Eu-
rope since the Armisticc amount ho
$50. 100000 according to figures just
made public by james w. Rosenberg.
vice chairman of the American Jewisa
Joint Distribution committee. This
amount includes beth Government and
private contributions for European re-
lief work The money has been cX-
pended in twenty-thrcc Countries of
Europe.
Over five-eighths of this amount has
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

been administered by the American Re-
lief Administration under the direction
Gf Herbert Hoover.
The American Jewish Joint Distri-
button committee, since the beginning
of the war, has collected from Ameri-
can Jews for relief work in the Eu-
lopcan war countries the amount OF
ncgriy SJS. 900 900. of which over so
O0O,OOO has already been spent.
In Russia the Ann ricin Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee has up to the
lIcsept time expended approximately
5l3,000,OOO
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
EDITORIALS
COUE AND AUTO SUGGESTION

earnestly readers health
nvgorang stimulating substitute for Christian Science
The charge been repeatedly made that the Jews drifting
Crushing the word into Christian Science such vast
numbers the existence of Judaism While IN no
supporting that thesis nevertheless confess to feeling
spirit of eaton and relief at the increasing popularity
employ the word While is true, that auto suggestion
propode the medical profession its
reasng popularity under will make it's
plcation easier by recepv the OF the public
1.-THE greatness became known only after the death of
Hyppoe head the Nancy school, the obscure
Jew the middle of the last century, who
into prominence exponent OF epaus metnoo OF
curing certain diseases by of hypnos Lebau un
assuming Nancy physician enduring hardps thru his
experimental cures until Bernheim to the
there appeared Benheims book de La Suggestion
preface which begins with the words 1T to NJ Lebau
medicine Nancy that the knowledge of the
induce sleep and certain nconteabe results
Bernem theoretical groundwork of the method employed by
Lebault epoch making work Freud another jew while
still this twenes discerned the value of Bernhems Hypno
Suggestion and brought rather lengthy preface OF
his own Bernheim merely heoretician medical
scientist and physician WELL Coue has broad cast
doctrine thruout the world.
ills of the body, and imaginary and the ills
mind many otherwise happy home rendered miserable
IT, following will small percentage of these who
would otherwise be cured then more to Coue
And from Scientific viewpoint Auto Suggestion as demon
by Coue far sufficient and most important Taking all
things consideration and endorse Coue to
readers to be taken according Instructions
Roack of Psychology Harvard University
in his article Coues Jewish Predecessor printed in The Amer
ican Hebrew says
'But we nav condemn Coue the of the
purpose praise Bernhem 1t justice
aers that remind the readers of his fruitful
establish the doctrine whch skfuy
handedby If hear about Nancy and
Bernheim remember that it he who drew
the worlds attention to the remarkable dongs in the small town.
the expressive language of the should that it
Bernheim who pu Nancy the map while his
gradually fading from view in accordance with the we'll
attention. There will most probably time
aens and students of abnormal
hoogy to the Jewish physician in Nancy will be recognized in
fin heasl
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

coming Sunday March 11th the Beth Joseph
richer with beautiful Safer Torah Safer
and will be the soul of the Jewish nas
Torah always consolation to people when in
AS long the Safer Torah remains Holy to
the adversely will destroy
the faith in it.
This Sunday the people of Denver and especially those who
ago. during life of their saned leader Henry Ponsy
received religious inspiration and training this syna-
Cog will opportunity show prove their appreciation
not only but the living WE'LL by attending the Beth
They need and they need
support
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

= who was all his life
u prosecutor of the Jews and u traducer
of our name This man tried to hide
himself under coat of modesty and
installed himself as the leader of II
respectable Jewish Community and AS
a pedagOgue to Jewish children.
Years ago this terrible Jew. named
Tiliinger, then later Elfeinbein, had re-
ccived Rabbinicai education BY n
strictly orthodox family in Galicia, but
became converted to Christianity and
was missionary among Jews. He was
not only mistaken fanatic. but a man
without the slightest sense of decency.
During the time Uf his missionary
life one of the periodic dramas of the
Jewish nation was enacted in Austria.
The trial of jew for n ritual muir
der was held and the enemies of Israel
played their parts concentrating their
forces against the innocent, guiltless ma
ton. To those enemies Of Israel. TIL
niger gave his aid and support. He
placed at their disposal his knowledge
of the Talmud and by skillful and dis
torted experts proved to the satis-
faction of those who did not really
for the Passover ritual.
Tellinger sold his soul for money,
wrote articles In magazines adding his
testimony. This same man showed HIM
x.f i,
ton In the metropolis Of the United
States until he was discovered and the
mask of hypocrisy torn from his face.
and then he disappeared.
OF course. lie is not the first Rabbi
In the jewish history that has been
into Christianity. For in
stance Paul de Santa Maria who lived
In the beginning OF the fifteenth ccn-
tury caused all tire sufferings the jew
ish people went through at that time.
But he was not hypOcrite. He left
his nation but used different strategics
of throwing his poisoned bombs into
Judaism. yTellinger sncaked inside the
Jewish life trying to poison the chil-
dren by trying to be their teacher.
Now the question prevails.
Who is guilty?
Who is responsible for this dcmornli-
zatiOn?
Why is it that everybody who wants
to take the name comes and takes:"
Is this the fault of the Rnbbis of the
United States?
Is this the fault Of the congrega-
tiOns?
My opinion is that this is the fault
of the Jews of America. These Jews
have congregations, Rabbis. Revcrcnds.
but we have not nm authorized Rabbi
to give the authority to the sO-callcd
Rabbis and Reverends to represent the
Jewish people. In all other civilized
countries, France. England. etc, tile
Jews have chief Rabbi called Raw.
When congregation is in
need of Rabbi or II religious teacher
they approach the chief Rabbi and he
appoints the suitable person, after n
investigation about him. In
the United States not only Is there no
Raw Hakalel but every Rabbi considers
himself chief Rabbi. II this problem
of n Chief Rabbi will not be solved,
cases like Teliinger will occur again
and again and shall bring more shame
upon Israel.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aosousoaoeoeoeaasoa
chine operates and how it oper-
ates. Modern business and mod
ern inventions, with their keen
competition and laudable ambi-
tions, have made many students
of so-called modern psychology,
which finds its basis in the study
of the biological development OF
the human race.
This will lead US, before long,
to a systematic development OF
our nervous. system. We will
acquire the faculty of exercising
it as we now train our muscles
to gain physical strength. Then,
we will deal with the beginning
of the real super-men of whom
we even now have considerably
more than we imagine, if we on
lly look for them in the right di-
rection. The startling part is
that we do not have to look
among our highest intellectuals.
We frequently wonder how it
is that people of apparently
mediocre mental ability develop
in mature years into great think
ers and writer's. We marvel at
Herbert Spencer, who, physical
ly deficient and suffering pain
all his life, was able to rise under
the most trying circumstances to
the greatest heights of mental
development.
That longevity and mental ac-
complishmspt are not solely de-
pendent upon physical strength
is demonstrated 50 often. we
seldom wonder at it any more.
A wife who has been ailing all
her life, outlives by many years
her robust husband who never
knew a day of illness until death
called him. An anemic man out
lives a physical giant.
Judging from physical stand
ards, the wrong person died. On
ly higher development of the
nervous system kept the appar-
emily ill-fitted survivor alive and
supplied the superior powers Of
resistance. We have no better
explanation than that the little
gray matter must be of greater
Importance in life than muscles
and flesh. We only need look
around and we will find proof in
abundance.
The world marvely at the great
French actress who, we are told,
has burned the candle of life at
both ends and who still charms
at the age of 80 years. Not even
the loss of a limb-a severe af-
fiction to one of her age-has
served to quench her remarkable
vitality.
We may observe in many
artists who have kept their mind
fresh and young to a most as
tonishing age, this remarkable
vitality. 1t is the artist who
seems most easily able to develop
the nervous system to a higher
degree. Altho he keeps no reg
ular hours and disregards hy-
gienic laws, he enjoys a most
vigorous old age.
1t seems the world must soon
recognize these truths and adopt
a system of artistic mental cal
esthenics, as we now play golf
or punch the bag for physical ex-
ercise. The time is not far off
when all the world will strive
for artistic development which
lmeans a longer and happier life.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
Treacherousness in Israel
By MORRIS sAREMskY

Several weeks ago
a I re q c cry and
shame was discOv-
cred in a synagOg of
New York. Like u
story of the middle
ages with their rec
ords of intrigue and
desperate villanies
rings the story of
that shameless Rabbi
who wnS all his life
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
JEWISH THEATRES FACE BLUE
LAW CHARGES.

New York-Thc managers of two
jewish theatres, Martin Schwartz of
the Jewish Art Theatre and VIM. Mem
dclsoln, of Thomashcfsky's were among
nine men arraigncd in court Monday,
on charges fled by the Lords Day AL
liancc of having given Sunday tile
atrical performances. The case against
the Art Theatre was continued until
February % an dthat of Thomashefsky
playhouse to February %.
Man should thank God for the evil
AS well as for the good,-Talmud
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
OPINIONS
Personal, Local, National, International

b. OiCToR NEUHAUS

8esareeasuaunauesuesssaososaasaan
DEOPLE of past ages, with
Hout the aid Of the telescope,
i plotted the heavens and
studied many of the stars. They
let their minds travel into dis
tant spheres but they knew little
about themselves. They, at an
early date, established cycles OF
time, but they knew nothing OF
the circulation of their blood and
they were totally ignorant of the
functions of the various organs
in their own bodies.
1t is only in these modern days
that the human being is begin
ming to manifest some real inter-
est in the delicate piece of ma
chinery and the chemical labora-
tory which constitute himself. In
spite of all this ignorance and in
capacity thru the aeons of evolu-
ton, and without our conscious
assistance, we have developed to
a wonderful degree of perfection.
The question arises, what can we
be if we once learn to understand
the forces which make us what
we are?
We know why every piece of
man-made machinery runs but
we do not know why the human
body-most perfect of all ma
chimes, runs. We know an cleo
trio spark produces the explosion
of gasoline which operates the
automobile motor. We know the
heart is the motor of the human
body, but we do not know why
the heart beats. We know the
brain and the entire nervous sys-
tenn are the forces behind the
heart but how they cause the
heart to beat is a mystery to us.
There is a mysterious gray
matter which forms the center of
our nervous system and which
is responsible for our perceptive
ability. 1t enables us to react to
all the phenomena of the uni
verse. It has made US masters
of this earth, or what is upon
this earth, and there seems to be
no limitation upon our mental
growth.
If this thought is scientifically
correct, the future of the human
race must seem startling in its
possibilities. And the accom-
plishments of man up to the
present day must appear only as
a beginning and as the childhood
of a ripper maturity.
Altho we are still cropping in
the dark, we know much high
er development of our mental ia
culties is within our reach. We
grow physically only to the age
of maturity. But the growth of
our mental faculties never ceases
during life, no matter what our
age. 1t is really appalling when
we think how little use we make
of these possibilities. Most of us
stop learning at the early age of
Ia; some continue to the age of
81; very small number carry
on to the end. OF course, under
such conditions, it isn't difficult
to succeed as it always is easy
to keep abreast, in progress, of
those who are in the majority.
To successfully operate piece
of machinery, one must know the
functioning of it's mechanism.
One must know what the ma
REPORT OF JOINT DISTRIBUTION
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

1t fitting that the Jews of Denver should its organized
collective support the Beth Joseph congregation The most
urgent need of unity collection funds Such
will the mantananc and building of this
worthy and religious institution.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

Schrcincr Wool and Mohair Commits
sion company. announced carly this
weel, that Il deal had been consum-
mated whereby approximately one
million pounds Of the fall clip mOhair
were sold to !. II. CaUthcn. repre-
sentinG the GoOdall Worstcd COM
pany Of stanford, Maine.
Excellent prices were received. the
grown bringing IS IL cents per pound
and the kid. 50 cents.
This is the largest sale ever made
at one time by the Schreiner Com
mission company. More than 30
freight cars will be required to trans
port the mOhair
While nothing definite could be OBJ
tanned as TO the approximate amount
Of mohair remaining in the ware
houses. it is thought this Shipment
will clean them out. Worhmen are
rapidly loading the huge consignment
Tor shipment II the East.
The fall clip OF wool has been COM
ing in for the past week or two and
for the last several dayS.tha volume
has been steadily increasing. Large
consignments will probably begin TO
come an from now on.