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The Washington times., 1923-03-13
WAVE SWEEPING LINER
MORTAL Y. INJURIES SAIL OR

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
United States steamship President
Roosevelt and the North German
Lloyd liner Torck, both from Bre-
men, locked after fighting high
seas almost from port to port. A
comber knocked down seven men
working forward on the Yorck and
injured one, Robert Ramm. mortal
Nv. He was buried at sea. The
wind reached nearly 100 miles an
hour and the liners were forced to
lie to for several hours.
A stOwawav admitted IL was his
seventh attempt to sneak into the
country. He was found when two
days out with enough food and
water to last ten days.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
MONTANA MAN DEALS IN .
LIONS IN CARLOAD LOTS

LIBBY Mont. March 1s.-M. II.
Baker, OF this city, who claims
the title of worlds greatest lion
hunter. and catcher, expects to ship
live lions in carload lots in the
future. He has orders for more
than 100 lions, most Of them for
the Home biological Arena, OF
Kansas City. He plans, among
hunters into the woods OF Mon.
tana, Idaho and Washington, max.
ing Libby the shipping point for
animals they capture.
Bakers plan lis to fit his ranch
to accommodate a large number Of
lions and, when, q carload Is az.
sembled, send the animals East in
charge Of al keeper.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
CAN'T FIND SEAT ON CAR,
WOMAN. ASKS BUS IL Inc

Los ANGELES. March 1s- "A
request was received by the city
council recently that 4 franchise
be granted to q motor bus company
desiring to establish lines iii Los
Angeles from Mrs Hattie WeikeI.
who declared that out OF $50 street
car rides from her home to the
downtown district and return she
were spread over q period OF four
years.
In View of the lack OF accommo,
dations provided BY the street car
companies she argued. the street
| car system should be supplemented
by. motor bus lines. The matter
was referred to the city's board 81
public utilities
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
LONDON AND BACDAD TO
BE LINKED BY PHONE

LONDON, March I3i Engineer
ing experts OF the leading nations
of Europe Will meet in Paris to-
day to discuss through telephone
system from London to all coun-
tries on the continent and through
to Bagdad.
The fact that one universal lam
guage must be used is not regarded
as 3 serious abstacIe and complete
plans for the system will be pre-
scented III the meeting.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
SHOOTS DESERVING WIFE ]
AND COMMITS SUICIDE

PfFTsBIIRGH March IL You
are going to leave me, Dora e asked
Donald Sloan when ne found his
wife packing suitcase In their
home in Pitcairn.
YES" she answered
Sloan fired at her twice. One bull.
let went wild. The other struck the
woman in the back and she dropped
to the floor. Believing he had killed
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
al Man Fiji Victim,

WELLIN GT ~ March H.
Frank Lewis, thirty; who weighed
$50 pounds. died Of influenza In
Spencer Lewis had refused many
offers to Join ! circus as the rat
man
The Washington times., 1923-03-13

hiss wife, Sloan sent two bullets
into his own head. He fell dead
near where HIS wife "a She may
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
Peace in Coal Fields Probable

Harrisburg, pam agreement set
Ting all the main Issues In the eontre-
versy between mine workers and mine
operators which has caused a shut
down of anthracite mining has been
reached as a result of Governor Pin
chot's Intervention. There remains,
however, a number of minor points
to be settled before the agreement
could be considered complete and a
meeting of miners and operators rep
reseniatives, called to consider these,
adjourned at night without final ac-
ton.
@Governor Pinc+ot announced aftcw
the meeting adjourned that the repre-
s%entatives of both sides would ussem-
BILE again and that satisfactory prog
ress was being made. There was every
probability, according TO leaders of
participating groups. that a settlement
will result and that the mines will be
reopened within 10 days.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

Spokane, Wash.-First Lieuts. T. V.
v. Garrett. of Texas, of the United
States army air service, who are max
ing a transcontinentai flight from New
York to San Francisco and return, ar
rived here at 4:10 Sunday afternoon.
Sept. 8. They left Helena at ii O'Clock
Sunday morning. The officers are
mapping ont an aero route and In
speeding landing fields. They left for
Seattle at $50 Monday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
New Money DESIGNS

MISUNDERSTANDING MELONS ap-
proval Of the new designs for paper
money. under consideration for more
than a year. is announced at the treas
ury department, and many brand new
bills of distinctive type and marking
o on will be In circulation. The new
designs viii at first affect only United
States notes, silver certificates and
federal reserve notes In denominations
up to 800. with the exception of the
unpopular" 81 note, but 1t Is hoped
later to extend the new designs
amounting almost to a program of
Standardization - to national bank
notes and, ultimately, TO the gold GER
t~iflcates.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
WAR BETWEEN ITALY
AND GREECE AvERTEO
Allied Diplomats Snuff Fuse Of Bomb
That Threatened Destruc-
tion of Europe

Paris.-The council of ambassadors
has sent a note to the Greek govern
ment, embodying proposals for the set
Element of the Graeco-Itaiian eontro-
versy. The proposals somewhat modi-
fy the demands made on Greece by
Premier Mussolini. While they have
not been officially disclosed, 1t is I'M
derstood they contain the following
terms:
First. the Greek fleet to pay honors
to the Italian naval squadron at Pre-
US, which shall be accompanied by a
British and a French warship; the
Greek fleet saluting the interaIIied
flags with q guns the interallied
warships to enter port without salut-
ing.
Second. a memorial service to be
held In the Catholic church, attended
by all the members of the Greek gov
eminent. During the service the ships
in the harbor will fly their flags at
half-mast.
Third. military honors TO be paid
when the bodies of the victims are
placed on-board ships.
Fourth, Greece TO deposit the sum
of 50,0O0.000 lire as a guarantee for
the payment she may be called upon to
make.
Fifth. an international commission
presided over by a japanese shall con-
troll the Greek investigation.
The text, which was Sent to the
Greek government at Athens, received
the unanimous Endorsement of the al
lied representatives, but beyond say
ing "the council has reached an impor-
tant, perhaps decisive. stage In the set
Element of the conflict no Informs
ton with an official stamp was avail
able.
Baron Avezzano, the Italian ambas-
sador, made no pretense of hiding his
satisfaction as he left the meeting.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
Leonard Wins on Points

Philadelphia, Pa.-Benny Leonard.
lightweight champion, received the
newspaper decision in an eight-round
encounter with Johnny Mendelsohn, of
Milwaukee. Leonard won In seven of
the rounds, the fifth being called even.
From beginning to end Leonard out
classed his opponent, who. game TO the
end, was able to land on the champion
but ralery, and never hard.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

TOXIC Eight wards Of the .clty's fiji
teen are virtually wiped out
including the business ana %financia
districts with much damage In a
parts of the city water supply failed
and devastation by fire followed the
quake; explosion of government ar
senal killed thousands; ten thousand
refugees fleeing the city were trapped
In a suburb, HOMO, and died when the
suburb was destroyed by flames: esti-
mated 100000 buildings and residences
are In ruins.
YOKOHAMA Foreign section and
business and financial
sections wiped out by fire. One hun.
dred thousand dead reported. Tens Of
thousands of citizens. Including many
foreigners, escaped to the mountains.
YokoSukA Tidal wave wrecked all
government and many
other vessels. Quake and fire greatly
damaged town. Much loss of life
among 10000 population. Naval sta
tipf thkNiifNs ItNAFN Udful NliklbH
buildings and many ships OF Japan's
great navy are destroyed
NAooYA Population COCOON. Re-
ported practically de-
stroyed. Conditions the same as pre-
vail In other storm and fire wrecked
cities throughout the islands. In the
suburb OF Sasako 600 persons were
killed when a railroad tunnel col
lapsed.
OSAKA Railroad for hundreds of
miles torn up; many trains
wrecked with great loss OF life. Cnt
off from rest Of island. Food and
water short. Famine threatens.
ITO A sea port. Five hundred
houses swept into the sea by the
terrific tidal wave. Quake damage
augmented by flames and wind. Many
dead.
HAkoNE At this famous mountain
resort. largely f%requented
by visitors to the island. II Is reported
to he easier to count the living than
the dead. II Is here that the death toll
OF Americans and Europeans will
reach Its highest number.
kARNAkURA An aviator flying over
this city brought the
only word so far received when he re-
he could not see one house that
appeared 10 he standing. Loss of life |
here probably greater n proportion to
population than In ohtre places.
is reported entirely submerged.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
8 SHIPS WRECKED
ON PACIFIC COAST
SEVEN pEsTRoYERs AND PAS
sENGER LINER PILE UP ON
POINT OFF SAN MIGUEL
% LIVES REPORTED LOST
From Open Sea But One Is
Still Missing

Los Angeles-In a series of disasters
unprecedented In the history Of Pacific
coast navigation, seven United States
liner Cuba are piled on the rocks of
San Miguel island and the shores Of
the Santa Barbara county. California,
coast line.
The ships ran aground during one Of
the heaviest and most impenetrable
fogs ever seen on the southern coast,
according to shipping men. Twenty
three members of the crews OF the
United States destroyer flotilla have
lost their lives. and 10 or more are in
the Santa Barbara general hospital,
according TO the latest available fig
ures.
One officer and eight men of the
liner Cuba are adrift in a small boat.
but all other passengers and members
of the Cuba's crew have been saved,
it is reported here.
The Cuba ran ashore on the island
of San Miguel, off the Pacific coast,
near Santa Barbara, and the destroy
"a A4NCA B4tth uP OiiC dAitt IhC ~
at Point Honda. about 80 miles north
of Santa Barbara.
The survivors of the destroyer
wrecks are being held under naval
discipline near Honda. on the coast
line of the Southern Pacific railroad
just above Point AgrueIfo and about
10 miles from Point Conception. where
the first of the destroyer file > went
ashore Saturday night.
When the Cuba struck the rocks at
San Miguel island the destroyer Reno
was nearby and went to the rescue.
The Reno's commander reported that
the Cuba's lifeboats, loaded with refu-
gees. were heading out into the Pa
clfic, the crews having been confused
In the dense fog.
The Reno cruised about and picked
up the small %lifeboats until II had ac-
counted for nearly all those aboard the
Cuba. which carried lis passengers
and So members of the crew, includ-
Ing about 20 officers.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
REPUTATION
FOR COLD UkFOUnOED
Record Of 1888 Still In Minds of Many
Who Believe State 10 In ,
Polar Region


T~hirty-fiye years ago, in January
1888, to be exact, the thermometer at
Fort keogh, recently abandoned, near
Miles City registered 60 degrees below
zero. or the lowest temperature ever
officially recorded in continental
America. That Is where the story that
Montana Is a polar state originated.
and where the rumor mat this is the
coolest state in the Union started.
But such is not the case, according
to the state records. Havre, Montana,
Is frequently, too frequently, referred
TO as the coolest place in the United
States but records show such state
ments to be erroneous. The average
mean temperature for January. 1923.
In Havre, was 1875 above zero. For
the same month In Duluth, 1O.4 above:
for st. Paul 11.6; for Devils Lake. y.
d., 1913; for Helena, Mont, 20; for
Des Moines, Iowa, 20.4
The fact of the matter Is that Mon
tana, sheltered by the Rockies and be-
cause of more favorable humidity is
neither MS hot nor as cold as other
states.
Using the same line OF argument
that people use In saying Montana is
cold, basing the statement on one In
diTidual record, Montana is mIlder In
climate than any southern state. Rec
ords show that on July 20, 1893, the
temperature at Glendlve was III de
grees. The highest temperatures re-
In southern states are Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi, 107; Flori-
da. 105; Virginia, 10f, and Louisiana.
1903.
The actual statistics prove beyond
doubt that Montana Is the possessor
Of an almost Ideal climate. The great
part Of the state, excluding of
course the high mountain peaks that
are snow covered the year around. is
snow covered less than ninety days Of
The year, and the average date for the
snowfall ome between the first
sixteenth Of October. Spring
as close to the equinoxlal date
yet for its arrival as In any other state
II similar latitude.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

Marion. OhIo~-Bequests ~totaIling
S22G.0Oo In cash were made TO rela-
tives, lifelong friends, churches and
the Marion Park association by the
late President Harding. under the
terms Of his viii. filed for probate
here. Mrs. Harding WINS left q life
estsfe OF 100000 In government
bonds. the east half Of the building
now occupied by the Marion Star, the
Harding home en- Mount Vernon ave
nue, with Al persoaai property ron
lninsd therein. The residue of the ~
tafs was len to ~sher relatives.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
WORLDS GREATEST DISASTER
AT A GLANCE

Latest estimates place toll at 100. 000
dead throughout the stricken Islands.
Financial loss estimated at from ESQ
billion to 400 billion dollars: 80 great
that Japan loses her place as fourth
financial power OF the world and is
set back more than fifty years.
Largest cities Fokio and Yokohama.
devastated by earthquake. fire. ty-
{ phoon and idal wave. Thousands
: dying from disease and starvation.
) corpses piled with debris and burned
} regardless OF station In life.
( Hundreds Of smaller seacoast cities
and towns destroyed and inundated.
5. Millions OF people homeless and
! without food or clothing.
Martial law invoked. Looters shot
without mercy.
Tens of thousands of buildings.
some OF them historic structures Of
fame. reduced to ashes.
~ SeeFes-oE mountain villages buried
by landslidcs.
Imperial palace at Toxic partially
destroyed. Imperial family. including
Prince Regent. probably dead
communication and transportation
paralyzed. First news OF disaster
came from Iwaki radio station. 70
miles north OF Toxic. Failure OF Inn
perial naval radios to report lead to
Tear that entire navy department has
Water supply Of cities out Of COM
mission. Starvation threatens refu-
gees.
Volcanoes OF island rumbllng. Erup-
lions feared.
Tidal wave destroyed the sea port
OF UdB~ara- without leaving a trace
Many ships foundered In typhoon and
tidal wave
All possible agencies OF humanity
Fastening to relief. American Red
Cross raising S. 900. 900. shipping
Board vessels and navy vessels or
dered to islands for relief work. !
=peath-tnl of Americans and Euro ,
peans Will reach more than 100 il is I
feared.
Weeks win elapse before definite (
news OF holocaust can be supplied {
press. All available channels OF com )
munication are being used for official ,
messages and Will be for many days. }
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
Italian Wins Grand Prlx

Monza. Italy.-SaIamano. an Italian
driver, won the grand prix automobile
race. Felice Nazzaro was second and
Jimmy" Murphy. United States, was
third. -
Salamano's time was 5.27 :38 and
that of Nazzaro was $685. and that
of Murphy 5:32 81 seconds.
Premier Mussolini started the Ia
machines In the race In the presence
of a quarter of a million spectators.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
STATE TIMBER BEING CUT
666,OOO,0O0 FEET YEARLY

MOntana's "a billion feet of timber,
80 billion of which is under the con
troll of the federal forest service, are
being depleted at the rate of two
thirds OF a billion feet annually, with
the choice commercial timber compos-
ing the largest part Of this cutting,
according to Forest Service figures
recently complied.
One hundred and ~eIghty-elght mil
lion feet, or almost twice what Is cut,
is destroyed every year by forest fires,
and 72,000,O00 feet is destroyed by in
secfs.
The state forest service controls
about two billion feet of this timber
and private timber owners have about
one-fourth of the 81 billion.
There are 931 100000 feet Of white
pine, nine and a half billion feet of
yellow pine, and y billion feet Of fir
and larch. A survey Of the states tim
Der area shows that the government
has 6.O25, 900 acres OF merchantable
timber, private owners 10000 acres
and the state PAT, 900 acres. Nom
commercial timber lands amount t.
more than 4.000.000 acres, of which
1850 are on national forests. The
cut over and burned off lands total
pa 900 acres.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

the Nippon emperor, the limitations
being only In that the consent Of the
Imperial diet Is required TO legislative
acts. Meager dispatches tell OF the
heroic measures being taken by the
Grown Prince 10 administer the needs
OF bis people In the face Of disaster.
He has thrown open the imperial
palace for refugees and has been work.
ing niGht and day TO relieve suffering
ana famine although many members OF
his own family pertaheA.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
DECENTRALIZATION OF EMPIRE RESTS ON YOUNGEST EMPEROR

Upon the shoulders of a youth of
twenty-five years falls the burden and
responsibility OF rehabtlItating an en-
pIre visited by the greatest disaster
IN the history Of the world. He is
Grown Prince Hirohifo. the heir ap-
spnrent. who is the ~reignlng monarch
sptace of his father YoshIhito. the
4 emperor" who for three years
hean confined TO his bed while
s1te esrr1ed on the duties OF sm-
Absoiuts power fS~vtptsd ~
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
Fire In Treasury

Washington.-Fire broke out in the
trasury building recently bringing out
all available fire fighting apparatus.
The blaze was discovered In a pile
of brooms on the bnsemen floor ear
the large vaults. Ii was brought un-
der control In about 10 minutes. al
though, when the fire department ar
rived. 1t had a good start The dam
age was estimated at about $1,000.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
THOUSANDS DIE MANY CITIES
RUINED IN JAPANESE QUAKE
Earthquake, Typhoon, and Tidal Wave
Combine To Wreck Nippon In
Unparalleled Disaster

Death and destruction have reared themselves a throne over the
Empire of Japan and their joint rule of pandemonium and terror hold
sway from end to end of the Isles of Cherry Blossoms in the greatest
natural disaster in the history of mankind.
The devastated district covers area of at least one hundred
miles square, and includes the capital, Toxic, and the great seaport
of Yokohama as well as practically every city in the empire, which
are heaps of blackened, twisted ruins and ashes following the terrible
earth tremors of Sunday, September.
Earthquake, fire, tidal wave and typhoon combined in one hor-
rIbfe alliance TO produce one of the most appalling disasters since the
dawn of history
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
judge Guilty; Fines Self

Dubuque, Iowa.-PolIce Judge John
A. Cunningham found II necessary to
enforce the law against himself In
municlpa, court. The judge had
parked his car with the tall light out
and II was tagged by a watchful pa
trolman.
THE court fines himself 81 and
costs" the judge announced.
He saved himself from serving a
rhree-day jail sentence by paying the
fine and costs.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

Copenhagen. Sweden.-The Russian
council of commissioners has decreed
that soviet ruhles of the 1922 issue
shall he invalid in Russia after No
vember l. and In other countries after
December 81. according to advices
here.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
Cork Kills Threshor

Valentine, Neb. Albert Haugh,
farmer. residing near here, was al
most instantly killed when a pitch
fork which had become caught In a
tractor belt was hurled with terrific
force into his abdomen. He had been
working about a thresher.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

London-A dispatch to the Central
News from Berlin say ii has been
learned that the former Crown Prince
Frederick William has asked to he al
lowed to make his residence In Ger
many and that the Prussian cabinet
Is prepared to permit him to reside at
Castle Oefhles. near BresIau.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

Reno, Nev.-The body OF an uniden-
tified man with his throat cut from
ear to ear was taken from a well In
Barnes canyon, neal Ely. Nevada. by
police officials, according to word
reaching Reno. Jack Williams. found
near the scene. was arrested and held
on suspicion.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13

Bitten twice by nm Infatuated RATHER
the six-months-old TERROR dog of Mr.
and Mrs. Fritz .Jatsec, Of Roundup
nevertheless persisted in Raging the
reptile to an extent that II Was driven
away from the year-Old son of the
couple and the boy escape from a dan
gerous predicament unscathed. The
mother OF tile child went into n root
cellar near the house. The baby at
tempted TO follow but a snake laying
coiled near the top OF the steps pre-
vented. The mother heard the warn
Ing rattle. the barking of the terrier
pup and rushing to the top of the
steps drove the snake off. although
the pup, which had bravely attacked
the snake and stood between II and
the infant. was struck twice before
the snake gave way. First aid was adj
mlnistered the puppy and ii is be-
lieved II will recover.
Pinned beneath n disc from which
he fell while working In his fields
Robert C. Wilson, ~ofenear Baker.
spent II hours In digging himself out
with his bare hands. When he fell
Wilson succeeded In stopping the
horses. He was unable to lift the disc
from his body but managed to unlock
the horses from the singletrees and
after IL hours of work with his bare
hands scraped away enough soil to
permit him TO crawl from under the
implement. He suffered several Sc
we're cuts and bruises hut after releas-
ing himself succeeded In catching the
horses and rode one OF them 10 Baker
for medical attention.
With temperatures ranging from s
to 10 degrees above the normal aver
age for the first week In September In
the eastern part of the state the Their |
mometer showed no inclination To
lower In the opening OF the month.
Miles City and Wlbaux topped The list |
Of high records with a temperature OF |
100. Billings registered "a and Glas-
gov 90. 1t was SO In Havre and 81 In
Great Falls. s degrees above normal.
Helena reported a temperature of SO.
nine degrees above the normal. In.
the western part OF the state the
the weather was more season.
able, Missoula reporting 50 and Kalls-
pell as.
Wheat in the vicinity OF Power. In
county, will make fifty bush
ELS to the acre in many Instances. II is
predicted. This unusual yield Is said
10 be due to the fact that many Power
farmers are members of
.illage clubs and the fields IN that vi
unity have been kept free from weeds
worked In the manne prescribed
~ the rules of the tillage clubs.
News received ut Ell Paso, Texas.
rom Pueblo Del Sur, Sonora. Mexico
8 to the effect that Lanjamine G.
a well known mining man az
Montana In early days, is dead NJ that
Deceased was eighty years Of
Ige. At one time he was n member Of
he city council at Virginia City.
While hunting rabbits north of
Iavre with an old fashioned muxxle
shot gun Phil Greytag acct
entsIly shot himself and Is In n SEP.
Dus condition. The gun was over.
with powder and when GREY.
~ attempted to fire the ancie0g
h~ootfng Iron shot backward. 4