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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-07

LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON
To BEATRICE GRIMSHAW,
CONTINUED

At last I am going to try and fin
s ISL this letter. although it is very late
: and am afraid shall finish It rather
abruptly. I am sleepy and tired and
rather mixed up in my mind, but to get
back to my homily on love and it's
effect on John Alden Prescott.
: When I told him that men are per
fectly content to write ''flnis'' and start
another book. If they have found an
other heroine who promises an extra
FLIP to their curiosity, he rose to his
feet looking as though he were going
E to deliver a very portentous speech.
But, thinking better OF it, he re-
marked, Il am going to lunch
= He had hardly left the room and
) had gotten out this letter again think
/. ing would finish it, when there came
"a call for copy.
COmmOtfon
8 There was A great commotion in the
: composing room over q lost page when
arrived there and it took me all the
afternoon to write new copy and
sstraighten things out.
. came back to my Office after 6.
nervous and exhausted. It did not
make me feel any happier to see John
Alden Prescott coming in the door
smiling and vigorous.
He had evidently been on the golf
course since luncheon q, OF course.
had had no luncheon-somekow find
no time to eat in the middle of the
DAY lately.
IT have come back to take you to
dinner" he said. His tone and man
ner Infatuated me. He seemed so sure
that would go. He seemed sure that
: ne was doing the right thing.
Thank you, It Is most kind and
i thoughtful OF you, but you see have
at least an hours work here Then I
am going home, have some toast and
: hot milk sent UP to my bed and go to
sleep If possible"
you are not cross with me?" he
asked in surprise. Il thought I would
find you anxious to finish your discus
sion on love when returned. have
been thinking Of it all afternoon. That
is why maybe, made eighteen holes
in DOGGY"
Refuses
I'm glad improved your golf, but
{ I must decline to add any more to
+ your evident enjoyment Of life by fur
nishing your evenings entertain
-ment-" Then I explained the lost copy
and my hours Of work in fixing the
matter up.
: on. I'm so sorry, so sorry, dear"
he said.
my name Is Mrs. Atherton. Mr..
Prescott"
Great Scott, woman. didn't mean
anything"
: Yes you did You meant I was a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-07
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-07
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New Britain herald., 1924-01-25
TO DISCUSS TRADE
Matters Pertaining 10 Business of Countries to Be Thrcshed Out at Mecting in Mexico City.

Mexico City. Jan. 25.--l'eHrtecn subjects have been listed for presen- tation at the Second United States Mexican trade conference, to be held In this city February i1-i5, inclusive. Discussions will be initiated by a paper prepared by an expert in the matter from either the United states or this country. The subjects are. 1. Starting business in Mexico incorporation, partnerships and agen- cies.
 .. Agencies and agents compared with branches carrying stocks.
 ,. Importing for whoIcsale--Dis- tibution and selling methods.
 4. Importing for retail and selling methods.
 ]. Exporting from Mexico.
 $. Banking and tinance-Con- ditions and methods.
 :. Transportation in Mexico.
 s. Packing. shipping and invoicing merchandise for Mexico.
 2. Mexico as a field for insurance Of all kinds
 10. Advertising in Mexico-How to reach the customer.
 II. Agricultural and industrial in yestments.
 fZ. Gil and mining development 1s. Patents. trademarks and copyrights in Mexico.
 I4. Commercial and educational exchanges.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-25

been renting spacious building which belongs to the City of Manila. This building rejoiees in the title of "The Ayuntamiento," and the City Of Manila heretofore has collected an an- nual rent of one million pesos from the insular government. But last year the legislature voted to give the city only s25,O00 as rent for the building.
 Now the city authorities say the city treasury is hard up also. The city wants the million pesos rent, in- cluding back rent, or it wants posses sion of the building. The city pro- poses to turn the Ayuntamiento into a school building and cut down the city's annual rents for school build ings scattered about the city.
 The legislature hasn't the million pesos. and it has no place to go If elected. And there the matter rests.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-25
FRENCH SHIPS ARE
 NAMED FOR ANIMALS
Ingenuity Has Been Taxed to Get
 Suitable Titles for Vessels

Paris. Jan. e5.--French ingenuity has been severely taxed in the choos- ing of names to be given to the three cruisers. six destroyers, twelve tor pedo boats, six submarine cruisers and six submarines for coast defense, now in course of construction as the first part of the naval program all lowed under the Washington naval aecords.
 The names of renowned admirals of the French navy were resurrected and will be carried again to the. confines Of the far seas which they visited while alive and by the three fast cruisers, one of which, the Duguay- T'rouin, was launched last August, The other two, to be known as the "LaMotte- -Picauet" and the "Primau- guet." will be in commission during the first months of 1925. They are 5000 tone ships and are expected to develop a speed of 36 to SS knots an hour.
 Wild animals of the jungle were called into service in the christening of the grim destroyers.
 They are the Jaguar, the Panther. the Tiger, the Leopard, the Lynx and the Chacal. The first two will come out of the Lorient shipyards Decem- Der, 1924. and January, 1925. respec- lively. The last three are being con- structed at Saint Nazaire and the Tiger at Nantes-in the region where Temenceau was born. They will all be ready for service before April, 1924.
 If the twelve torpedo boats now in course of construction are ever gath cred together into the same fleet the report of the admiral in command will read like a recitatl of all the at mospheric disturbances ever recorded upon the seven seas, The Bourras- que, fSquall) will be launched at Dunkirk. March, 1925. The Cyclone and the Mistral-a cold wind from the north which brings chills to the Riviera several times year--will leave Hayre shipyards February and April. 1925. The orage (Storm) and the Ouragan (Hurricane) are in course of construction at caen: the Simoun and the Slroceo at Saint Nazaire. the Tempete fTempestl at Nantes; the Tornado tTornado), the Tramontane--a northern wind blow ing over the Mediterranean from the Pyrenes and Alps---the Tromhe tWaterspout) at Bordeaux and the Typhoon at Hariieur. These will all be turned over to the Ministry of Marine by the builders during the first six months of 1925.
 The original namesakes Of the six submarine cruisers will have an op- portunity of reading their own names on the bows and sterns of the ocean, going subs, as they caFort about their larger steel comrades. The Reauin tshark), the Sonffleur "a species of nhale), the Morse fNalrus) the Naryai fnarwhaB, are being built with all speed at cherbourg and will take the water this year. The Brest shipyards arc putting the finishing touches to the Marsouin tporpoisel, while the Dauphin tdolphin) is prac- tienlly completed at Toulon.
 Gentler names Of d more feminine nature have been chosen for the six weaker submarines. They will be called: the Ondine twatersprite), the Ariane, the Cire. the Calypso, the sirene, and the Naiade. They will be finished in 1925.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-25
PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE
 LOOKING FOR A HOME
Home Has Been started but Contrae- tor Runs Out of Funds Leaving
 Building Only Half Finished.

Manila, Jan. 25.--The insnlar iegis- lature is house hunting. An impos- ing edificc has been started for it's use but the contractor ran out of funds and the legislative home pending the sale Of building bonds to finance fur ther construction, remains as unin- habitaDle pile of gray concrete and rusty iron,
 In the meantime the legislature has
New Britain herald., 1924-01-25
IRELAND ADOPTS RADIO.

Dublin. Dec. Z5.--Ireland is as pct without established radio broadcast g irg. and all listening-in is done against the prohibition of t1e govern ment But this condition soon will be changed. for the postmaster general has decided upon a method of broad casting control and s group of Irish firms have agreed 10 work iHe scheme together. There is 10 be 4 main station at Dublin. Radio sets viii Be imported. and manufactured locally. The license for an amateur viii cost $500: hotels and restaur- ants wiH pav s25.eh. News. music and advertising aiil be distributed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23

falo creek, 10 miles south of Hell
ena, where he lived until after the
death of his wife in 1906, when he
returned to Helena. He was taken
sick on March IS of this year and
was taken to Butte in September,
at which place he submitted to two
operations. Mr.. Beach is now well
on the way to recovery, appearing
as strong and active as a mar in his
fifties or sixties. He expects to re-
turn to his home very shortly.
The doctors at the Murray hospi-
tai attribute his remarkable recoy-
cry and physical condition to the
healthful outdoor life he led as a
young man and his lifelong observ-
nee of clean habits.
The pioneer never tires of telling
of the great horses he owned in the
days gone by and of their triumphs
on the race track. In Helena he has
a huge collection of prize ribbons
by his horses during the many
years he raced them at the fair. "If
l were a millionaire now" he said,
/ would buy a beautiful team of
horses like some I have had before.
And then I'd spend most of my time
travelling about the country just
looking over the best horses I could
That would be the greatest
pleasure I could find in the world"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23
FATHER PIERRE JEAN DE SmET--A GLIMPSE
AT THE STORY OF THE CHILDHOOD AND
YOUTH OF THE FAMOUS MONTANA PIONEER

says of the Walloons that they "are
descended from the ancient Gallo
Belgi, with an admixture of Roman
elements"
When Peter attended the Semin-
airy of Mechlin, he was said to have
been popular with his classmates,
and others who knew him. 1t was
then he began to consider what
should be his future vocation, and
almost decided to become a Trappist,
when, through the eloquence of a
visiting priest, Father Nerenckx, he,
and eight others, were pursuaded to
go to America, and become mem
bers of the Society of Jesus.
By the advice of the priest, they
left Belgium secretly, as their par
ents would not consent to their going.
They were to take a ship at Amster-
dam, and it was necessary for them
to exercise the greatest caution, in
passing through Protestant Holland.
With this in view, they alighted
from the omnibus or stage before
reaching a city, entering it as pc
destrians.
While waiting for the ship, Peters
brother Charles arrived in the city,
Tor the purpose of ~pursuading him to
give up mis- project of being a mis-
Charles looked everywhere
for him, and might have given up the
search, when on the street one day,
he came face to face with his long
sought brother. Peter took Charles
to his room, where the latter told
how his family grieved because Peter
had left the country without bidding
them farewell. His father was old,
and would not live long, and it was
duty to remain with him to
the end.
Then Peter presented his side of
question, doing it so effectively,
Charles IA moved to tears, and
before returning home, gave his
brother a large sum of money.
Arrived in America, Peter began
mis- novitiate at Whitemarsh. The
Master of Novices there was Father
Van Quickenbourne, who gave a
part of his time to instructing and en-
3ouraging the negroes, in whose
he was interested. Peters
MOTTO while at Whitemarsh, and al
ways was that of Bossouet: "Woe to
knowledge that leads not to
owe, and betrays ITSELF"
Father Van Quickenbourne having
,een made Superior at the new Mis-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23
BY MARTHA e. PLAssMANN


4" HERE is no name more intimate
ly connected with the early his
Il tory of Montana, than that OF
the missionary priest, Father Pierre
Jean DeSmet, of the Society of Jesus.
But while much has been written of
his activities here, few are familiar
with the story of his childhood and
youth, that enables us to understand
the man of after years.
We are apt to think those who de-
vote themselves to the teachings of
religion, as radically different from
the rest of humanity, not withstand
ing the testimony of the apostles,
1--WE also are men of like passions
with you," and it is necessary for us
to know them before they entered
upon their life work, in order to dis
burse our minds of this belief.
The subject OF this brief sketch,
was n of sixteen children, and him
self had a twin sister. His father
seems to have been a nan of stand
ing in the town of Termonde, Bel
GUM, the birthplace of Pierre Jean.
This town, situated at the conflu-
ence of the Bender and Scheldt, has
an historical background. In 1867
it was invested by the French army,
under Louis Fourteenth, who was
celebrating at night the sure victory
of the morrow, when the defenders
of the town opened the sluices of the
Bender and the dykes of the Scheldt
flooding the surrounding country
and causing the French to flee.
Louis warned by a miller, barely es-
capped, exclaiming as he did so:
Cursed city-would that l could
take you with In army of ducks"
History repeated itself, when,
1914, the town defended
by 5000 Belgian troops, was beseiged
by 10000 Germans. After six hours
fighting against hopeless odds, the
dykes of the Scheldt were pierced,
putting the Germans to flight.
In this city, on January %thirtieth,
1901 Pierre, or Peter DeSmet was
BORN. His sister says of his school
'He was a sort of Hercules, the
error of his class, high-spirited, a
lighter, and always in trouble" His
,iographer strives to qualify this by
EXPLAINING that while Peter undoubt-
IDLY fought, it was generally on the
light side, and then cites an instance
When he did not. War was then rag
ng and his youthful imagination pic
uring the inhabitants of neighboring
illages as Russians" he lead a COM
any of boys against one of these,
nd in the encounter was badly
eaten, being forced to retreat to Ter
monde. His father learning of Pet :
RS escapade, stopped the boys al
owance, which resulted in keeping
i'm in the house for ten days. He
improved the time by finding his
lother's scissors and cutting all the
ockets out of his coats. On being
sked why he did so, he answered, f
What need have I for pockets when t
have nothing to put in them?" {
He was not a remarkable scholar, S
keeling in nothing but mathemat- n
S, but studied conscientiously, and d
always writing" according to r
lie testimony of one of his class {
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23

sion to the Indian tribes in what was
then known as Missouri, Peter De
Smet was n of those chosen to ac-
company him. Little money could
be raised to defray their expenses;
but Father Van Quickenbourne said
to those who would have gladly help
ed him, +" Don't worry, we will go on
foot and beg u food"
Some wagons were bought to carry
their baggage, and one for any who
CHANGED to be sick, and then began
their long journey. They were eight
cen days in reaching Wheeling, where
they tried to get a boat but we're I'M
successful. Instead they purchased
two scows and dashed them together.
On one went the negroes and bag
gage; on the other the missionaries.
The descent of the Ohio was not with
out danger from wind-storms, fall
ing trees, hidden snags, and the
steamboats, it was necessary to avoid.
At the falls of the Ohio, all but one
went ashore, and the baggage was
forwarded in carts.
The baggage was later sent by
steamboat to st. Louis, while the
missionaries went across country on
foot, $50 miles, often through
marshes where they sank in water
and mire to their waists. 1t was not
often that they were entertained at
farm houses, but spent the nights in
stables, where they could not sleep
because of the mosquitoes that har-
raised them.
st. Louis at that time was a village
of four or five thousand inhabitants.
From there they continued their
journey to the Mission, which was
about half a mile from Florissant, a
town near st. Louis. The house was
of logs, plastered with mud; a wood
en- latch lifted by a string, fastened
the door; and the windows were
holes in the wall. The attic
rs the dormitory, and what
formerly were chicken house and pig
pen, became the study and refectory.
There was a farm of three hundred
acres. With funds exhausted it was
imperative to work this and await
the harvest. Their clothing was in
sad need of repairing, and their food
consisted chiefly of bacon and corn.
The Ladies of the Sacred Heart took
pity on them; mended their clothes
If mendable, or made them new gar
and denied themselves to aid
the missionaries.
In a letter written at this time,
DeSmet says, "Thank God l
am wonderfully well. I have suf-
with the heat, it is true, but
we have other advantages of which
you are deprived. In Flanders l had
to be bled-a custom Of the
country, and an operation which
required a doctor. 1t is done
1ere, gratis, by gnats, mosquitoes,
.leas, ticks and flies. They are so
)bliging! 1t is far easier to kill them
han to try to dissuade them from
'edering this service" {
Here in this rude Mission House,
DeSmet, the former athlete; J
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23

mates. Notwithstanding this, he Of
ten changed schools, on account of
his rowing disposition, and possibly
his fighting proclivities. On the ath-
letic field he was a leader.
1t is told of him, that while at
tending school at Alost, he was in
suited by a Walloon, who was both
older and larger than himself. Peter
downed his opponent, and doubling
him up took him to a pool nearby.
"The bully shouted and kicked, but
Sampson held him with muscles of
steel, nor did he let go until he had
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23

drivers were lnVeterat6 DOOZerS,
"Most of them were drunk all day
long, though they worked every
Gay" ne said.
After leaving the stage company,
Mr.. Beach for a time conducted a
stable in Omaha. He was enthus-
iastic about a wonderful team of
horses he bought there for $75
apiece and later sold to a prominent
Chicago banker for $4,000 when the
bankers wife insisted upon the pur-
chase. Just a short time after
that" the old man said somewhat
ruefully, that banker sold them to
a wealthy New York man for
$4,000"
When the lure of the West called
him again, Mr.. Beach went to Salt
Lake and started a hack line. 81
paid one-tenth of my possessions as
a tithing, too, before I started out"
he said. "a man couldn't do bust
ness there unless he did 1.-THE to the
Mormon church." 1t was while there
that on request of Brigham Young,
he bought and sold a beautiful team
of horses to the Mormon leader for
$4,000.
"He ordered the best there was in
the country" Mr.. Beach said, land
he got them"
There, too, he met and married
his wife, who proved his faithful
companion and helpmate until her
death in 1906 on their ranch near
Helena. In 1872, the same year he
was married, the noted horseman
moved to Helena and started a liv-
cry business. That same year, he
burned out by the great fire
that completely destroyed the bust
mes section of the mining camp. Dur
ing his many years residence in the
capital city, his livery stables were
burned down a number of times, but
he always started a new stable in
he kept the best horses to be
obtained in the territory.
Brought Blooded Horses.
"There were no real good horses
in Montana when I first located in
Helena" Mr.. Beach said, "and so I
back east and bought two stall
ions at jamestown, N. Y, and Alex
andria, Va, and brought them to
in 1892"
For years he won prizes at the
fa1r with the colts OF
.hese stations, which he drove per-
.ionally in competition with the best
lorses in the territory.
"In those days, we always called
he people Of Butte the Butte saw
the old man chuckled, "and
hey called us the Helena hogs be-
we'd clean up every time they
ent horses over to enter in the
He told of winning a $4,000
DOL on an investment of $3.50 on
ne occasion.
Trading his livery business for a
erd Of cattle on the Musselshell ri
er in1878, Mr.. Beach stayed with
be COW business until the terrible
inter of 1886-87 wiped out all but
6 of his 1000 head of cattle. The
previous fall he had refused an Of
er of $50 a head for his cattle from
Helena banker.
MANY prominent stockmen of
state went broke that winter"
e remarked. 1.-THE snow was five
nd six feet deep on the level
and whole herds starved to
With the remnants of his cattle
r. Beach took up a ranch on Buff
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-23
Dan Beach, Pioneer, and Famous
of The Territorial Days.
Is Recovering From Operations

II WING on his cot in the Murray
hospital at Butte, recovering
- from two major operations per-
formed during the past few weeks.
that would have taxed the strength
of the most healthy, is Daniel Wat
son Beach, ~86-year-old pioneer of
Montana, and the West, and in his
day one of the most widely known
race horse owners in the territory.
Owner of various livery stables in
Helena, in the days before automo-
biles were undreamed Of, and the
importer of the first blooded and
registered horses into the then terri
tory of Montana, Dan Beach for
nearly 20 years drove his own trot-
ters and PAGERS in the famous old
territorial fairs at Helena.
Mr.. Beach is a member of the So
ciety of Montana Pioneers, having
arrived in Virginia City first in
1854. Previous to that he was a
messenger on the Holiday Overland
Mail and Express company, operat-
ing between Omaha and Salt Lake
City with Denver as a halfway sta
ton. He was sent to Virginia City
by his company, which also operated
a stage route to that busy mining
camp from Denver to check up on
the drivers of the stages, who were
suspected of having a hand in rob
berries of mails an dgold shipments,
which were not infrequent occur
rences before the V~igilantes com
menced their operations.
Born in New York.
Born on August Is, 1888, in Bris-
toll, New York, Mr.. Beach, on at
tanning his majority, left for the
west, attracted, he said, by an ur-
gent desire to see bleeding Kan
as that territory was known in
The days preceding the Civil war He
arrived in Kansas in 1859 during the
administration of Governor Pomeroy
who was appointed by President Lin
Leaving Kansas the next year he
vent to Omaha and for several years
served as teller in the Omaha and
Chicago bank until that institution
vas rendered defunct by the eco
ionic CONFUSION resulting from the
Evil war.
Mr.. Beach left Omaha following
he failure Of the bank and drifted
eastward to Denver and Salt Lake
lily. A short time later he was
ack in Omaha and having obtained
position as stage messenger he
lade frequent visits there on his re-
ular journeys between that place
nd Denver.
Rode Well Armed.
"It took us three days to make the
II miles to Denver" the old pion-
or said. 81 rode on top of the coach ]
it'll two navy pistols strapped to my ]
cit and a sawed-off shot gun filled {
it'll buckshot in my hands. I always
.ade a little extra money on those l
fps by taking charge of shipments Y
{ gold and money in addition to
hat was carried in the regular mail '
rong box. Usually we picked up be- 3
veen $4,000 and $1,000 along the
ute and they paid me commissions f
see that it was safely delivered" a
did I ever get held up? Just
at Plum creek. But we were t
IT carrying much money and it b
dn't amount to much" a
While on his trips to Virginia p
ty as special agent for the stage d
mpany Mr.. Beach declared his
ain discovery was that the stage N