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Jail for Takers

Persons who make any false state
ments in order to secure a license
or who procure another to make such
false statements, either as to age,
competency or any other material
fact are guilty of misdemeanor and
liable to fines of from 500 to $500
and Imprisonment up to one year.
Similar penalties are provided for any
clerk who shall knowingly issue Ii
cense contrary to or in violation of
the provisions of the act. In addi-
tion, the clerk is required to keep
marriage license dock open to inspec-
ton by the public at all times, I'M
der the same penalties.
The clause which authorizes the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-16
POULTRY AND EGGS

BABY CHIX, 10 varieties breeding stock,
eggs for setting, incubators, oil and coal
brooders, poultry supplies, foods, rene
dies. Write us your wants. Dorsh &
Greenfield Company, Butte, Montana
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GIANT STRAIN PUREBRED MAMMOTH
Bronze Turkeys. Prize winning stock.
Mrs. C. r. Lowery, Route 2, Boise, Idaho.
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS, young cockerels
ten dollars each; from pedigreed mating.
Setting eggs. E. NJ. Chambers, Boyill, Ida.
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HONEY-Chunk, comb sweet clover honey
in and lob pals at S1.00 and $500
each postpaid. James K Orr, Fairview,
Montana
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POULTRY RAIsERs
LIVESTOCK FOR SAIL

BUY "A PERCHERON sTALLION-The
largest breeder of Percheron horses on
the American continent, the Bar U ranch,
is overstocked with 100 young Percheron
stations, black and grays, weighing from
1880 to 1000 pounds. These horses have
been raised in the open and are hardy,
and more desirable for the breeder. Mon
tana is short Of good draft horses, and
this may be your opportunity. Send for
our catalogue. George Lane, Calgary,
Alberta.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
SPORTING

Art Staff breaks worlds skating
records at 100 and $50 yards.
George Pickering Is victor in 40
yard skating race at Woodland Lake.
Richards defeats Tilden in two sets
of exhibition tennis match. 11-9.
liz.
Charles Jewtraw wins information
al amateur speed skating champion
ship in meet at st. John, N. B.
Jay Gould and R. Earl Fink easily
win opening and round matches in
national championship squash tennis
tournament.
Mercersburg Academy swimmers
break national schoolboy relay rec
ord in meet at Columbia University.
New York.
Art Staff wins American profess
sional skating championship in meet
at Saranac Lake. New York.
Mickey Walker, w~e1terweight cham
pion, received an offer of S37 500 from
George Mcdonald of London to fight
Ted kid Lewis over there during
Derby Week.
Battling Sikh and Georges Carpen-
tier have been matched, the Temps
understands, for a bout next Septem-
Der, to be staged in the Buffalo Veio-
drome in Paris.
Carl Tremaine, Cleveland bantam
weight, was awarded a referees de-
cision over Johnny Curtin, of Jersey
City, when Curtin quit boxing in the
sixth round of their 12-round match
in Madison Square Garden, New
York, claiming he had been fouled.
Referee Patsy Haley said he did not
think a foul blow had been struck.
intercollegiate regatta distance re-
mains fixed at three miles.
Charles Jewtraw skates 22O yards
in fast time in International title
meet at st. John, N. B.
Ted Kid Lewis lost his title of
European middleweight champion to
Roland Todd of Doncaster in a 20
round fight in London.
There can't be any holdouts in the
New York Giants training camp this
spring. it was made known by Sec
rotary James Tierney. who declared
that no ball player whould be taken
to camp who hadn't signed his con-
tract.
Pancho Villa knocks out frankie
Mason in fifth round at Boston.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Army Officers Try Out Tractor
Type Vehicle That Performs
Like War Tanks.
new DEPARTURE IN TRACTORS
Glldes on Asphalt Pavement Without
Leaving Scratch, Then Goes Over
bitches, Up Hills and Over
Roadless Territory.

Washington.-A truck capable Of
carrying two and a half tons over
bitches. up hills and through roadless
territory, just as did the tanks of
World war days, has been demon
strated to high army officers and menu
bers of the house and senate military
committees here, with a view to hav-
ing the type adopted as standard for
the army.
With Assistant Secretary of War
Wainwright, General Pershing, officers
of the general staff and the ordnance
and supply departments of the army
and congressman looking on, the TO-
000-pound tractor-truck went through
its PAGES. first demonstrating its speed
and praeticability On the asphalt pave
ment and not leaving a scratch on the
roads smooth surface.
Then came the tests for war uses.
Down the side of the embankment into
Rock Creek park it went. carrying
among Its passengers Maj. Gen. Will
liam II. Hart, quartermaster general of
the army. In this untraveled territory
the truck crossed successfully a net
work of bitches in the deep ravine be-
low a bridge. Only once in the series
of tests to which the army man had
the machine PIT d~idJftraiter. Straight
up the side of a ditch, at an angle of
about 40 degrees, it started. Half way
up the frozen ground gave the rear
tractors no purchase, and for a mo-
ment the truck hung there. With a
twist of the steering wheel the trec-
tors bit the ground and up went the
big truck.
This 'roadless truck is a new de-
parture in tractors. Instead of the
usual leaf or coil spring that takes the
load of the great truck in crossing OBJ
structions it is equipped with a sus-
pension cable that spreads the weight
of the truck over the entire chassis,
giving the huge bulk a pressure of
only 1919 pounds a square inch OF a
hard roadway and Oh pounds where
the steel shoes come In contact with
the ground on suffer surfaces. A
snake track" having a radius about
! which the machine will turn. gives the
truck almost as much f1exibility as an
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
u. S. MILITIA COPIED BY ITALY

was called to head the government.
preference in choosing the personnel
OF the new force is given to fascist.
Moderate nationalists, Fiume legion
naries and those of proven Italian
faith" are given the second consider
alton.
Units of the new militia will be
placed in every town., just as National
Guard units are distributed in the
towns and cities of America. While
no definite orders have been Issued
regarding the uniform of the new
force, it is expected that the black
shirt Of the fascist will be adopted.
1t has been pointed out that the black
shirt is now traditional, just as was
the red Shirt in Garlbaldi's time. The
men in the new body are said TO favor
the black shirt in preference to an
army uniform, for it was in these
shirts they made their celebrated
march on Rome.
The now militia may he called 10
garrison duty in the Italian colonies
:" Africu. There they would super
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
NATIONS BUSINESS

High freight rates and impaired
rail equipment give impetus to de
velopment OF water transportation
and to demand for removal of al
legged rate determinations in favor OF
all rail transportation
Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone
are planning the organization of a
$50. 900 900 corporation to develop the
rubber industry in southern Mexico
or South America and make the
United States independent in time OF
war.
Restoration of German merchant
marine add repurchase of 1S0
ships given Allies as part of repara'
tons.
Stockholders of the Jersey Central
Railroad, in Philadelphia court charge
Illegal sale OF that company's Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
stock to inside group"
Standard Oil of New Jersey. in re-
port for first half of 1922 shows loss
on operations, but big profit on in
come from subsidiaries and interests
in other companies.
Two United American Lines yes
sells have been returned to coastal
trade, due to lack of ocean freight.
Consensus of thoughtful Congress
sional opinion is that Capper rural
credits bill should be passed at this
session.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
GENERAL

Columbia Teachers College, New
York, receives $1,000, 600 from Rookie
Teller t. aid foreign students.
twenty-five patients and three
guards burn to death in Wards
Island Insane Asylum. New York
City, fire while hundreds OF inmates
scream. Officials blame city for lack
Of fire apparatus.
Miss Alice Davis, s~eyenty-two
years old, OF Whitehall, N. Y, was
found frozen to death in her hone. y
eoroner's investigation revealed that
there was no coal in the house and
that the woman's attempt to start a
fire with green wood had failed.
Civilization a failure, the Rev. DR..
Leighton Parks tells fashionable st.
B-artholomew's congregation in New
York.
Anderson and other dry leaders or
dered to court in Albany, y. T.. to
tell where funds come from and how
they are spent.
Residents of Fort Edward. White
hall and other communities in the
EUUIA IA1AAA 1T III +ACH IA OLdAE
have notified Clarence B. Kilmer OF
Saratoga Springs, fuel administrator,
that they will seize coal from passing
railroad cars or in yards unless re-
lief arrives shortly.
Ship subsidy advocates win Skin
mish with opponents in senate.
The administration shipping bill
was restored to its former place as
the unfinished business Of the senate
after having been laid aside to allow
consideration of the British debt set
Element legislation.
Acting District Attorney Pecora in
dleated for the first time, in a letter
to Edgar n. Bracket, counsel foi
william II. Anderson, Anti-Saloo1
League agent, that ne intends to lag
the information he has received in
his investigation Of charges against
the dry leader before a grand jury.
Pig iron was advanced SO cents q
ton to a basis Of $50 a ton Chicago
Big railroads show $3.50, 900 900 mel
operating income increase for 1922
despite strikes.
La Montague brothers. New York
society men, begin prison sentence in
Newark. n. j., for b~ootlegging; must
serve full terms.
Harrison drug act impotent, As
sistant Attorney General Grim tell.
House Committee.
President Harding orders seven
teeE former employees of Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing restored II
civil service rights and Jobs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28

LATEST news IN
ABRIDGED FORM
Events That Concern the Two
Hemispheres Recorded So as
to Be Read at a Glance.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPlTOMlZED
Paragraphs Which Picture Executive
and Legislative Activities at the
National and State
Capitals
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPlT0MlzED
WASHINGTON

United States Shipping Board is
again in position to dictate terms on
use of Government vessels.
Greater activity in industrial pur-
suits in every line is indicated by
bank statements. says Comptroller Of
the Currency Crissinger.
Determined effort to be made by
Administration leaders to procure
passage of the Winslow bill restoring
S45, 1000 OF alien property to "
per CEN of wners.
Administration of Harrison act at
fault for growth of drug peril, DR..
Terry, narcotic expert, tells House
Committee.
The senate passed the British debt
~refundlng bill by a vote OF 10 to 10,
forty-six Republicans and twenty-four
Democrats voting to ratify the set
Element as agreed to by the Debt Re
funding Commission, while nine DEM
ocrats and four Republicans were re-
corded in favor of r~epudiating the set
Element.
War Department order retiring
Major General Adelbert Cronkhite.
whose son, Major Alexander Cronk-
bite, was killed at target practice,
ma cause Congressional investiga-
ton.
Congress was asked by the Com
merce Department. through the budg-
ct bureau, for an appropriation OF
$500. 900 to be used for a survey OF
rubber production conditions and
possibilities in South America and
the Philippines.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Death of Bill the Brute, Clark
Parker of Pasadena, Starts
Contest for $1,000,0Oo.
Ex-BURGLAR Died A RECLUSE
international Thief Invested an lnheri-
tance and Quadrupled lt-eiggest
Coup Was Robbery of Bank
of Lyons.

New York.-What would the old
cronies in crime of Clark Parker. once
internationally Infamous as Bill the
Brute. burglar, thief and receiver Of
stolen goods, say II they knew he left
an estate of 81, 1000 for eminently
respectable relatives and heirs 10
squabble over2
What might 3e the comment of his
one-time pal, Eddie Guerin, bad man
from the West who achieved no end
of notoriety as the only nan ever
to escape from dread Devils island,
the French penal colony where Drey-
fus and untold other unfortunates
of that cool million. Eddie who robbed
the silk-lined Bank of Lyons of 200,-
000 francs with Bill the Brute. but
who had to be sentenced TO a British
Jail at sixty-one in 1920 for flching
pennies from a pedestrian?
Died a Recluse.
Clark Parker died in Pasadena. Cal,
in January. 1929. a recluse millionaire,
aged eighty. For many years he was
well known TO the police Of America
and Europe. but Suddenly settled down
to responsibility In Boston.
His brother, Benjamin Parker. was
at the time a resident of Boston and
one respected alike in business and
society. He was the Molasses King
and he bequeathed his entire fortune
In trust to the reformed Clark. Clark
quadrupled it by tarefu' Investments
honest investments-and in 1910
moved TO the Pacific coast. living In
seclusion until his wife's death. alone
after she was taken from him.
Bill the Brute did not win his BROTH
er's fortune without a bitterly fought
legal contest. DR.. Frederick p. Gay,
now a member of the University of
California faculty, his nephew. led a
band of relatives IN a joint attack Oh
ground that Benjamin Tarker had been
unduly Influenced.
Now Clark Parker is dead and his
will divided the greatly enhanced for
tune of Benjamin Parker among the
MaSons and Elks of Los Angeles and
Pasadena and a long list Of one-time
friends. A birthday gift" of 81 900 is
all Doctor Gay is supposed to get.
Again Doctor Gay leads a fight on
the will. He and JeffeDsen H. Parker
of Boston are the nearest blood rela-
lions left by old BIZ the Brute. And
they have filed q contest on the ground
that the will and It's codicils are Ille-
gal. that the deceased was unduly IN
tlueneed in drawing up the instrument,
and furthermore incompetent.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
FOREIGN

Further burnings and bombings in
Ireland.
French order all Ruhr towns which
harbor German cabinet ministers be
lined and such ministers court
martialed.
Tomb of King Tut-ankh-amen off
cially opened, and scientists and dis.
tinguished guests marvel at added
splendors not afforded by cursory
view of day before.
Dozens reported killed and hun.
dreds wounded when Poles and Lith-
uanians clash in Neutral zone recent
ly assigned to Poland by the League
OF Nations.
Neutral association of Irish rerub
lican army members, representing 20,
coo, frame peace proposals.
Sarcophagus OF Tut-ankh-amen
found intact when scientists at Luxor,
Lower Egypt, enter inner crypt OF
tomb.
Essen in tense state, with French
military parading streets, following
clashes between occupying forces and
German police.
Chancellor Cuno. in appeal to Ger
man agriculturists to keep prices
down, Germany is ready
for longtime resistance to Franco
Belgian occupation.
France votes 400, 600, 0O0.franc loan
to Poland and Socialists bitterly as.
sail act as war measure.
France decides to disarm 1000
German security police In Ruhr as re.
suit Of numerous shootings.
Paris sees tentative feeler toward
British mediation in Ruhr in London
note asking French intentions in
British occupied area.
British, at conference with French
cabinet members in London, insist
Paris alter plan of operation in Ruhr
before England grants permission for
use of railways across British &C
cupied area.
Old Trinity Church at Montreal,
noted as one Of the most beautiful
edifces In Canada, was destroyed by
fire of undetermined origin.
Premier Bonar Law, at opening Of
Parliament, cites possibility it may
recall British troops from Rhine, and
said IL such action is taken it means
end of Entente.
Criticism of the French Rub poll
cy, attacks by tie Labor party on the
Tory government because of he I'm.
/ employment situation and the display
OF disrospect for Kina George by La
borites marked the first days session
! OF the British parliament.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28

/ Brute was the title beri0wed upon INN
by envious rivals of his nefarious pro-
fession when his career was nj its
height. Later, when he h. d lost his
nerve and contented himself with act
ing as a fence for stolen goods. that
imposing nickname vas changed to
plain English Bill.
Parker's biggest coup vas the rob-
berry of the Bank of Lyons In 1891,
planned and executed with the daring
Eddie Guerin, then the boldest and
s%hrewdest criminal in Europe, not to
say the most dapper. Eddie hired a
French chateau and lived in it with a
dazzling blonde from Chicago while
they planned the robbery: that's the
kind of a crook he was.
The robbery was accomplished
easily enough and Parker and Guerin
went into a cemetery nearby to divide
the spells. A sharp quarrel ensued
and in q moment of excitement and
anger Parker shot Guerin, seriously
woundlng him. No sooner had he hred,
however, when he rcpented and at the
risk of capture assisted Guerin to Lon
don. Parker fled TO Boston
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28


League OF Women Voters an
nounce plans for Des Moines conven-
ton.
Jury in Brooklyn finds Mrs. Raigen
guilty of murder in second degree
after twelve hours elaboration.
Democrats scoff ut Wallis account
ing Of $1,000, 900 fund to elect Gov.
Smith.
Bandits shoot two and flee with
$4,000 pay roll In downtown Manhat-
tan, New York.
Van Hoogstraten named to sue
coed Stransky as New York Philhar-
monte conductor.
Goethals threatens drastic action to
get coal for %shivering northern New
York towns; embargo definitely re-
fused at Washington.
M~ountainside Hospital at Glen
Ridge, N. j., was closed because of
an epidemic OF scarlet fever In the
town which invaded the hospital it.
self, where nine cases developed. Pa
tents were transferred to the county
hospital at Soho.
New York Stock Exchange probes
charge that member firms aided buck
bishops.
Extension Of coastwise shipping
laws to Philippines to be urged on
President Harding by Lasker.
Senator Borah introduces resolu-
ton to outlaw wal by treaty. and set
up international court on lines Of
United States Supreme Court.
Congestion of the steel trade makes
early deliveries almost impossible and
likelihood of double price standard,
depending on shipment date, is pre-
dicfpd
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
MussoIini's New State Troops
Modelled on National Guard.
Men Are Unpaid and Drill Only in
Spare Time-Former Soldiers and
Members of Fascist Are
Joining Ranks.

Rome.-Premier Mussolini's newly
organized state militia, which is main
~ enlisted from the fascist, is built
on the plan of the National Guard or
g~anlzations in the United States.
Service In the Italian militia is vol
untary, and is unpaid unless on active
service. Its members follow their
regular occupations and drill in case
Of civil disorder, while. in the event
Of war, they will be merged into the
regular army.
Already the new organization is
filled with former soldiers and lads
who took part in the recent historic
fascist cen. when Premier Mpssniini
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Heirs Fight for
Wealth of Thief

prominent. for between them they are
to receive $4,000 If the will stands
unbroken.
Began by Killing.
Parker began his criminal career
when he was still in his teens. killing
a seaman in a brawl aboard a sailing
vessel. He served Il term in a Massa-
chusetts penitentiary for the crime and
1t started him on a series of depreda-
lions in America. England, France and
Canada. In each Of those countries he
served time.
All kinds of burglaries End thefts
receivea11is attention and he commit
ted DER all kinds of names
clars- Charles Parker, William
Stetsqf fge Goodman. Bill the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
BULLETS KILL AFTER YEARS
indian Boy Shot in Head by Grief.
crazed Father Succumbs
to Wounds.

Peru, Ind.-The death of George
Dollar, aged sixteen, at the home O,
his grandfather on a farm near An
derson, recalls a tragedy at Macy. tbis
county, seven years ago, when GEORGE
Dollar, crazed by the death of his
wife, killed three members of his fam
NY, wounded his seven-year.oId son
George, Jr., and then went TO tbs
grave of his wife and killed himself
George had carried two. bulIets i'm
bedded in his skull since that time
and then died from an injury to. hi,
brain caused by one of the bullets
which had been touching the brain.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Seeks Danger Call for EIuers

London.-The air ministry announces
that tests are now being carried out TO
determine an international distress
word or signal for use in radio teJe-
phony in aircraft. Pending results
the letters $. O. s. will be used. and
will insure immediate attention by aIl
stations receiving 1t.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Poker Player Died When
He Found a Royal Flush

"a royal iush," exclaimed !
Charles Hass, of Davenport, Ia.
while at the home of a friend
playing poker. He had discarded
two cards and picked up a Jack
and ten of spades, filling out the
premier hand. AS he reached
for the chips he fell dead from
apopleXy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
Grass Used as Towels in Russia,

Petrograd.-Bundles of dried grass
and flax are sold in the streets OF
Petrograd, near the public bath
houses, TO be used as towels by the
bathers. They cost but a penny OF
so. and are thrown away after use.
Foreigners take their own towels, for
while the grass serves its purpose, II
Is FOO ticklish for their tender skins.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-28
pfdck Climbs
Over bitches

ordinary automobile and prevents the
kscuffing of the road so common In
tractors. A demonstration Of how the
weight is spread out by the suspension
cable was given by running the 10000
pound truck owe a series of pine
blocks. leaving no marks on them, and
without Earring the occupants. As a
final demonstration of the ease with
which ii can be manipulated Mrs. Will
liam II. Coburn of Chestnut Hill,
Mass, took the drivers seat and put
the big machine through all the tests
again.
The construction of the truck Is a
distinct departure from all previous
types and it is the first built in
this country. Built on the general prin-
ciple of a suspension bridge, the road
less truck was designed especially for
use In oil fields and other virgin ter
ritory where no roads exist. SO per-
fectly does this cable function, 1t Is
said, The machine could pass over a
mans leg without seriously injuring it,
the weight not applying in one spot
as in other types. Army experts be-
lieve this type will help to solve the
problem of carrying heavy loads over
light roads without the resulting dam
age that has led to so much protest
against the use Of heavy cars on
%bouleyards and other smooth roads.
New fabrication Scheme.
One phase of peculiar interest to
the technical men present was the
scheme of interior fabrication, which,
they believe. overcomes one of the
principal difflcultie.. to which tractors
have been subject. Heretofore in
running through sand there has been
much trouble yer the mixing of sand
and oil, which quickly cuts the bear
ings. This new invention forces the
oil out, the pressure being sufficient to
keep the sand from working its way
into the bearings.
The truck made the trip down to
Washington from New York at an
average speed slightly in excess of
nine miles an hour. The rubber tread
with which the front wheels and rear
tractors are equipped showed little
sign of wear.